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The sculptor, graphic artist and writer Ernst Barlach is one of the most famous artists of German Expressionism. The rapid progress and political changes of the 19th and early 20th centuries spelled a breathless adaptation to ever-changing living conditions.
Aug 8, 2020 · Born on January 2, 1870 in the northern German town of Wedel, Ernst Barlach proved at an early age to be a gifted playwright, novelist, sculptor and graphic artist.
Lilith, Adam's first wife, Ernst Barlach (Germany, also active France, 1870-1938) (Germany, Berlin, 1898-1933) (Germany, Berlin, 1908), Germany, 1922, published 1923, Prints, Woodcut on Japan paper.
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May 15, 2009 · The exhibition “Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach’s Images of the Nibelungen and Faust” at the Princeton University Art Museum brings together about 60 of the artist’s works, including several...
Born near Hamburg, Barlach was a sculptor, printmaker and writer. From around 1896, he worked in an art nouveau style. However, after visiting his brother in Russia in 1906, he was struck by the solid and sturdy figures of the Russian peasants.
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Ernst Barlach defies easy classification: he is both a predecessor to and contemporary of the German Expressionists. Because he worked chiefly in the mediums of printmaking and sculpture, he failed to achieve the widespread recognition of painters such as Kandinsky or Kirchner .
