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Erich HeckelErich Heckel, Expressionist woodcut portrait of Asta Nielsen, 19191919
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Erich Heckel
Döbeln 1883 - 1970 Radolfzell
Portrait A.N. Asta Nielsen
Woodcut
Signed in pencil lower right
Additionally signed lower left by printer F. W. Voigt
Image 46.2 x 30 cm
Frame 80 x 60 cm
From an original edition of 40 copies
Catalogue raisonné Dube 322
Elaborately framed under museum glass in an antique frame
Authenticity confirmed in writing.
Copies of this woodcut can be found in the Brückemuseum Berlin, MOMA, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, National Gallery of Art Washington, among others.
In 1904, Heckel began to study architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden but dropped out after only a year. When Heckel joined his fellow artists Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to form the group known as 'Die Brücke' in 1905, the path was cleared for Expressionism. Heckel now devoted himself to various print-making media, such as woodcuts, lithography and etching. Luminous landscapes in glowing colours were the result. In autumn 1911, Heckel moved to Berlin. By then he knew Pechstein, Nolde and Mueller, who had joined 'Die Brücke'. Other contemporaries with whom he was in contact were Marc, Macke and Feininger. In 1912 Heckel and Kirchner decorated the chapel for the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne. A year later 'die Brücke' was disbanded. Heckel's first one-man show was mounted by Gurlitt in Berlin. From 1915 until 1918 Heckel served as a medical orderly in Flanders and then returned to Berlin, where he remained domiciled until early in 1944. Heckel spent most summers on the Flensburger Förde while his many travels took him to the Alps, Southern France, Northern Spain and Northern Italy. 729 of his works were confiscated in German museums in 1937 and his studio in Berlin was destroyed in an air raid shortly before the end of the war, destroying all his printing blocks and many of his works. Heckel subsequently moved to Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. In 1949 he was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, a post he held until 1955. During this decade, still life became an increasingly important subject in Heckel's work. His style was now calmer, more balanced, with an almost lyrical atmosphere. Erich Heckel was honoured with exhibitions in numerous German cities in 1953 to celebrate his 70th birthday – and again ten years later on his 80th birthday. Heckel was also awarded numerous prizes: the 'Kunstpreis' of the city of Berlin (1957), of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (1961) and the 'Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz' (
- Creator:Erich Heckel (1883-1970, German)
- Creation Year:1919
- Dimensions:Height: 18.19 in (46.2 cm)Width: 11.82 in (30 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Eltville am Rhein, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2910217476832
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