Posts by Erich Heckel
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The Fool (Der Narr) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 5th Portfolio: German Artists, 1921 (Neue Europäische Graphik, 5. Mappe: Deutsche Künstler, 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/64863
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The Dead Woman (Die Tote) for the portfolio Die Schaffenden, 2, no. 2 http://www.moma.org/collection/works/72155
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A.N. from the portfolio Eleven Woodcuts, 1912-1919 (Elf Holzschnitte, 1912-1919) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67215
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund (by exchange)
In the Meadow (Auf der Wiese) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/60764
At the Forest Pond (Am Waldteich)
At the Forest Pond (Am Waldteich) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4...
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The Fool (Der Narr) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 5th Portfolio: German Artists, 1921 (Neue Europäische Graphik, 5. Mappe: Deutsche Künstler, 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/64863
The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund and the Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
Girl with High Hat (Mädchen mit hohem Hut) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/89952
Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Alsen Landscape (Landschaft auf Alsen) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67395
Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
Near Ghent (Bei Gent) (plate, folio 31) from the periodical Der Bildermann, vol. 1, no. 15 (Nov 1916) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/15898
The Associates Fund
Seated Woman with Crossed Legs (Frau mit gekreuzten Beinen sitzend) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/63714
German Expressionism is often characterized with the term angst-fear, anxiety, anguish. But the Expressionists also captured joy and pleasure as is seen in this portrayal of curvaceous young woman fixing her hair during an outing to one of the beautiful lakes nearby the city of Dresden.
One of the leading German Expressionist artists, Erich Heckel championed the reinvigoration of German art by a return to the woodcut, a medium associated with both medieval German art and the primal energies of tribal art. Here Heckel portrays his future wife, Sidi Riha, with downcast eyes, full of melancholic, brooding emotion. Sidi was a dancer and seems to have been well aware of the power of gesture.
Crouching Nude https://collections.artsmia.org/art/50312/
Title Page of the Erich Heckel Portfolio Published by J.B. Neumann, Berlin (Titelblatt der Erich Heckel-Mappe des Verlages J.B. Neumann, Berlin)
Title Page of the Erich Heckel Portfolio Published by J.B. Neumann, Berlin (Titelblatt der Erich Heckel-Mappe des Verlages J.B. Neumann, Berlin) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4...
page with prints on two sides--seated man and standing figure on small farm plots with buildings in background and text at top on recto; text and flowers, butterflies, and mushrooms on verso In 1916, publisher Paul Cassirer started a new periodical, "Der Bildermann" [The Picture Man], "to bring a broad public directly in touch with art." It featured original lithographs that sought to offer beauty as a form of relief from the grinding brutality of World War I. Leo Kestenberg, a pianist and pacifist, ran the journal while Cassirer served in the army. Max Slevogt designed the vignette on the masthead, which shows a man peddling broadsheets to eager soldiers and civilians of all ages and stations. "Der Bildermann" embraced the art of impressionists (such as Max Slevogt), expressionists (Erich Heckel and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner), and naturalists (August Gaul). Dwindling subscriptions, increasing difficulties with censors and the bureaucracy, led to "Der Bildermann’s" demise after only eighteen issues.
Belgian Landscape (Belgische Landschaft) (recto) and The Meadow (Die Wiese) (verso), page from "Der Bildermann" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/131410/
Given anonymously
Cover of the invitation to the exhibition of the "Brücke" Artists' Group at the Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin (Titelholzschnitt der Einladungskarte zur Ausstellung der Künstlergruppe "Brücke" in der Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/65496
Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Wounded Sailor (Verwundeter Matrose) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/137368