Standing child
(Stehendes Kind)
1910; published 1911
from the Die Brücke 1911: E. Heckel (The Bridge 1911: E. Heckel) portfolio, 1911
- Medium
- colour woodcut
- Measurements
- 37.5 × 27.7 cm irreg. (block) 54.2 × 40.0 cm (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- Dresden, Germany
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Dube 204 b.2
- Printing/Publishing
- published by die Kunstlergruppe Brücke, Dresden 1911
- Inscription
- inscribed in pencil l.r.: E Heckel II
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: H - Accession Number
- P150A-1974
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1974
© Erich Heckel/ARS, New York. © Erich Heckel/Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Erich Heckel and the other Die Brücke artists were drawn to printmaking, which promoted flat colour, crude expression and the simplification of form – all of which became hallmarks of their art. The group was influenced by Edvard Munch and Paul Gauguin. A new impetus was also provided by Oceanic and African traditional arts. This is evident in the mask-like features of the adolescent Fränzi, who modelled for the group and was regarded as the ideal child of the new society, both innocent and wise. The emphasis on childhood innocence and on non-European cultures reflects the yearning of these artists for a re-establishment of harmony between humankind and nature as opposed to the reality of modern urban life.
- Subjects (general)
- Abstract Art Human Figures Landscapes
- Subjects (specific)
- children (people by age group) girls green (colour) nudes (representations) red (colour) simplicity (artistic concept) standing
- Movements
- Die Brücke German Expressionism (movement)
