Picture "Two Girls" (1932)
Picture "Two Girls" (1932)
Quick info
limited | signed | dated | titled | woodcut on handmade paper | framed | size 51.5 x 51.5 cm
Detailed description
Picture "Two Girls" (1932)
Original woodcut on handmade paper, 1932. Signed, dated and titled. Motif size 19 x 21 cm. Sheet size 27 x 33 cm. Size in frame 51.5 x 51,5 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.