Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) initially trained in painting but is primarily known for printmaking and was also a sculptor. Unlike many other female artists at that period, her father, who recognised her drawing talent and approved her aim to become a…

Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938) was born in Nierendorf and studied first in Berlin and then in Weimar where he met Liebermann in 1874. In 1901, he left Weimar and, following an invitation by the collector Karl Ernst Osthaus, went to Hagen where he…

Many developed a radical, modernist approach, placing them firmly within the Expressionist canon of work. Many had found initial success through the Berlin Secession, the breakaway progressive faction at the turn of the century led by Max…

They were: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), Erich Heckel (1883-1970), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) and Fritz Bleyl (who left shortly afterwards). The group was later joined by Max Pechstein (1881-1955), Otto Mueller (1874-1930) and Emil…

Luise Paetow (better known as Luise Grimm) was born April 13, 1900 in Berlin, and died June 1, 1991 in Berlin. Her artistic education from 1916 to 1926 was with Gertrud Nering, Ernst Mueller-Schoenefeld, Hans Baluschek, Hans Licht, Johann…

Title page from Der Bildermann 1, No. 16 (1916), verso Selig sind die Barmherzigen by Ernst Barlach. Printed by Paul Cassirer.

Page from Der Bildermann 1, No. 14 (1916), recto Anno Domini MCMXVI by Ernst Barlach. Printed by Paul Cassirer.

Page from Der Bildermann 1, No. 18 (1916), recto Dona Nobis Pacem! by Ernst Barlach. Printed by Paul Cassirer.

Erich Heckel was a painter, printmaker and sculptor, well known for being one of the co-founders of the Expressionist group Die Brücke, along with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.  A keen and experimental printmaker as well as a…

Page from Der Bildermann 1, No. 1 (1916), verso Demut by Ernst Barlach. Printed by Paul Cassirer.