ETCHING Hand Signed ~ GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST ~ c1920 numbered THE BLIND WRITER

Description: An evocative German Expressionist portrait etching by Arthur Kaufmann (1888-1971). The etching dates to c.1920 and is a portrait of the blind writer, Adolf von Hatzfeld, who has autographed the etching in pencil in the lower margin. Published in an edition of only 40 impressions, it is numbered and hand signed in pencil by the artist. The biography below includes a description of this work. The image measures 8 x 6 1/8 inches, sheet size is approx. 15 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches with full original margins. It is printed in black ink on very fine transluscent Japan paper and is in pristine condition. Arthur Kaufmann (1888-1971) is one of the main representatives of Rheinisch Expressionism and New Objectivity. He made a name for himself as an excellent portraitist of avant-garde artists and the intellectual elite in Germany. As early as 1931, Herbert Eulenberg wrote about him in the magazine "Kunst und Künstler": What he is most interested in is the portrait of people. Recreating faces from life "Bringing heads to the canvas in all their uniqueness." This portrait of the writer Adolf von Hatzfeld shows the Westphalian with angular, stern facial features, a high forehead and almost closed eyes. Kaufmann has captured the characteristic features of the person portrayed, who went blind at the age of 21 after attempting suicide. From 1904–06 Kaufmann completed his studies in painting at the Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie. This was followed by periods studying abroad in France, Italy and England, among others. After World War I Kaufmann returned to Düsseldorf in 1919. He was the driving force behind the artists’ association ‘Das Junge Rheinland’ that, through its exhibitions, played an important role in establishing German avant-garde art. In 1929 Kaufmann founded the Städtische Schule für Dekorative Kunst in Düsseldorf and took on its management. After the Nazis seized power in 1933 he was dismissed for racist reasons. He went into exile in Holland from where he emigrated to America in 1936 and earned his keep as a portrait painter. After World War II he took up a teaching post at the Washington School of Art and paid regularly visits to Germany from 1953 until shortly before his death to oversee exhibitions of his works. biographical information courtesy of alfredflechtheim.com: http://alfredflechtheim.com/en/works/bildnis-adolf-von-hatzfeld/

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