Description:
GEBÜRT (BIRTH). 1917. Sohn 118. Woodcut, on Japan paper. Signed and numbered "24" in pencil of 100. h: 11.8 x w: 11.8 in / h: 30 x w: 30 cm. RARE. In very good condition.Friedrich W. Heckmanns, Conrad Felixmüller: Das druckgraphische Werk 1912 bis 1976 (Düsseldorf: Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1986); Gerhart Sohn, Conrad Felixmüller: Das Graphische Werk 1912-1974 and 1975-1977. 2 vol. (Düsseldorf: GS Editions, 1987); Heinz Spielmann, Conrad Felixmüller: Monographie und Werkverzeichnis der Gemalde (Cologne: Wienand, 1996)
Printmaker, painter. The youngest of a second generation of Expressionists who emerged in Dresden in the wake of the Brücke artists. By age eighteen, was working as an independent artist and had taught himself the various printmaking techniques. In 1915 began making regular visits to Berlin, where he shared a studio with Ludwig Meidner, frequented Expressionist soirées, and, in 1916, exhibited at the Galerie Der Sturm.
In 1917–18 worked as a medical orderly; war, and… Read More