Ernst Barlach

German · 1870–1938 · Painter, Printmaker

Ernst Heinrich Barlach was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer. Although he was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his… (Wikipedia)

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Ernst Heinrich Barlach was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer. Although he was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his participation in the conflict made him change his position, and he is mostly known for his sculptures protesting against it. This created many conflicts during the rise of the Nazi Party, when most of his works were confiscated as degenerate art. Stylistically, his literary and artistic work would fall between the categories of twentieth-century Realism and Expressionism.

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Born 1870, WedelDied 1938, RostockOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q156890 ↗ULAN 500013940 ↗Museum works 18

Expressionism

Also known as E. Barlach, Ernst Barlah, Ernst Heinrich Barlach, Erunsuto Baruraha

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Ernst Barlach, Standing Figure with Extinguished Torches — **Standing Figure with Extinguished Torches**1922 · charcoal on green-gray paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Christ in Gethsemane — **Christ in Gethsemane**1919 · woodcut
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Man Kneeling — **Man Kneeling**1916 · pen and brown ink with gray wash and graphite
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Man of Heights — **Man of Heights**1906 · pen and black ink over graphite
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Walk in the Shadow — **Walk in the Shadow**1922 · lithograph on handmade paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, The Couple in the Crowd — **The Couple in the Crowd**1917 · charcoal on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Flute player — **Flute player**1936
Kunsthalle Mannheim ↗
CC0 · Immanuel Giel, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Kunsthalle Mannheim

Ernst Barlach, The Avenger — **The Avenger**1914
Israel Museum ↗
CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Israel Museum

Ernst Barlach, High-Class — **High-Class**1906
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Ernst Barlach, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Three Figures — **Three Figures**1913
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Ernst Barlach, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Singing Man — **Singing Man**1928 · bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Hope and Despair II — **Hope and Despair II**1931 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Wil…

Ernst Barlach, The Transformations of God: The Divine Beggar — **The Transformations of God: The Divine Beggar**1921 · woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Ernst Barlach, Die Bettlerin — **Die Bettlerin**1906 · terracotta
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken in memory of Mr. …

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Ernst Barlach

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