Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Sent as a postcard by Emy Frisch (later the artist's wife) to art historian Dr Rosa Schapire.

Oil, 1917.

This postcard is addressed to Frau Lily Klee-Stumpf, the wife of Paul Klee. Hand printed in 1912. A tiny but powerful composition, the wild horses are glimpsed half-hidden behind trees, while the sun’s rays fragment through the leaves. On the…

Ernst Neuschul was a painter of the Neue Sachlichkeit, or ‘New Objectivity movement, which arose in post WW1 Germany. Prior to this between 1919-1926 his interests included Freudian psychoanalysis, sexual liberation, spiritualism and yoga. During…