Picture "Two by the Sea" (1920)
Picture "Two by the Sea" (1920)
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limited, 100 copies | signed | original woodcut on paper | framed | size 39.5 x 34.5 cm
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Picture "Two by the Sea" (1920)
Erich Heckel is one of the fathers of German Expressionism. In 1905, he founded the legendary artists' group "Die Brücke" in Dresden together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl. Like the other founding members, he had previously studied architecture.
He trained himself as a self-taught painter and graphic artist and found a high degree of artistic independence very early on, especially in his woodcuts. Some of his woodcuts are among the strongest achievements of German Expressionism. The depictions of the North Sea coast near Dangast and the Moritzburg ponds near Dresden are among Heckel's favourite subjects.
Original woodcut, 1920. Copy from an edition of 100 copies on paper, signed by hand. Motif size 18 x 13.5 cm. Sheet size 24.5 x 18.5 cm. Size in frame 39.5 x 34.5 cm as shown.
About Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel (1883-1970) is one of the most important artists of German Expressionism. In 1905, together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl, he founded the legendary artists' group "Die Brücke" in Dresden, which later Max Pechstein, Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller joined.
After World War I Heckel developed a new, cosmopolitan classicism that was accompanied by a more naturalistic approach and a brightening of the palette. In the 1920s, he produced numerous landscape works, including the unusually large charcoal drawing of the 'Westerholz Mill', which is still a popular touristic destination in Schleswig-Holstein.
Erich Heckel's works are represented in the world's leading museums and collections.
The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.
Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy.
Collective term for the painters and sculptors of the 20th century, such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall and others, whose works are the most recognized in our times.