In Little World, Klee reveals the magic of an inner world, a semi-organic microcosmos materialising through a profusion of melting black shapes, child-like faces and simple plant forms.

Max Beckmann (1884-1950) was born in Leipzig and studied at the Weimar Academy before he moved to Berlin in 1905, where he joined the “Berlin Sezession” in 1907 and met Liebermann, Corinth and Slevogt. During the Berlin period, he founded the…

Dix had returned from the war for less than 2 years when he made this etching entitled 'Match Seller' which is discussed here, one of a series called 5 Radierungen (5 Etchings), which show groups of disabled ex-soldiers, often with devastating…

Original Title Käthe Kollwitz Mutter und Kind Year of Production 1928 Artist Käthe Kollwitz and Louise Diel Medium Book Materials Paper, ink Dimensions height: 24.7; width: 19.5 cm Credit Line Purchased Copyright We have attempted to…

Hans Grundig was born on 19th February, 1901 in Dresden, Germany and died on 11th September, 1958 in Berlin. Grundig studied 1920 - 1921 at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts. He went on to study at the Dresden Academy from 1922 - 1923. During…

Erich Heckel (1883-1970) was born in Dobeln, Germany. He and Schmidt-Rottluff studied architecture in Dresden but after founding the “Brücke” group, both left the University in 1905. In 1910, Heckel met the dancer Sidi Riha, who posed for some of…

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…

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was born in 1815 in Breslau, Germany, and died in 1905 in Berlin. He was a German artist famous for his drawings, etchings and painting. He is considered one of the most prominent German artists of the 19th…

Emil Nolde (1867-1956) was born as Emil Hansen in Nolde, a town in the North of Germany. He was initially trained as a woodcarver but started to paint as an independent artist in 1898. Before he settled in 1903 in Alsen during the summer and in…

Alfred Hess (1879-1931) was a wealthy Jewish shoe manufacturer. In the 1920s Hess shoes were a byword for quality, exported all over Europe and abroad from the four large ‘M & L Hess Schuhfabrik’ factories in the town. Alfred Hess also…