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    • Death Swoops

    • Death Swoops

    • Death; Children; Allegory; Expressionism; Simple; Abstract;

    • Skeletal figure of death in a black cloak swoops down upon and grabs children as another runs away. Simple black charcoal lines create the figures and the stark contrast of black on white create a very evocative scene that engages the viewer and...
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    • Death, Weavers Cycle

    • Death, Weavers Cycle

    • Death; Family; Social; Allegory; Skeleton; Dark; Expressionism;

    • Death, as a skeleton, reaches for the figure of a sitting woman while her family watches in a crowded room which is like a simple, wood shack. The standing husband is viewed from the back to the right of the scene and looks helpless to do anything...
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    • Germany's Children Are Starving!

    • Germany's Children Are Starving!

    • Children; Hunger; Social; History; Simple; Abstract; Expressionism;

    • A group of wide-eyed children holding up empty plates waiting for food. Very simple lines , with just a few strokes to create the bowls, arms and hair of the children, but very expressive and evocative , showing the sad plight of poor, starving...
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    • Karl Lieknecht Memorial

    • Karl Lieknecht Memorial

    • Death; Funeral; Mourning; Woodblock Print; Expressionism;

    • A row of figures mourning over the body of Karl Liebknecht, who lies in front of them, flat under a white sheet with just his head showing. The brutal lines of the woodblock print technique add to the expressiveness of the work as does the stark...
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    • Mother with Dead Child

    • Mother with Dead Child

    • Woman; Child; Mother; Death; Expressionism;

    • Woman folded over the body of her dead child. Expressive rendering showing the raw emotion of the grieving mother as she cradles her dead child.
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    • Never Again War!

    • Never Again War!

    • Female; Poster; Social; Propoganda; Expressionism; War;

    • Female figure gesturing in the air with the slogan ""Never again war"" in the background. Social protest work that is trying to move the people to political action. Simple black lines define the figure and writing, very expressive and provocative...
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    • Outbreak, Peasant War Cycle

    • Outbreak, Peasant War Cycle

    • Peasant; Revolution; Female; Ruckenfigur; Desperation;

    • Female character known as ""Black Anna"" urging the peasants to rebellion and revolt. From a series of prints called the Peasant War Cycle. A series of busy lines add to the emotion and motion of this expressive series.
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    • Plowing, Peasant War Cycle

    • Plowing, Peasant War Cycle

    • Peasant; Agriculture; Male; Revolution; Social; Expressionism;

    • Male figure harnessed to a plow in a field, the figure is laid out almost flat to the ground under the weight of the plow and pressure of his situation. Social, expressive portrayal of the peasant's plight in post-war Germany.
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    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait; Profile; Artist;

    • Self-portrait as an older woman with white hair and a resigned look, in profile facing left. Simple, expressive portrait of the artist.
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    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait; Artist; Expressionism; Melancholy;

    • Self-portrait looking slightly down and to the right with head resting in hand. She is an older woman, who looks resigned and melancholic. The lines are narrow and a series of cross-hatched lines, sketchy in style create the face.
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    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait; Abstract; Expressionism; Woodcut; White on black; Contrast;

    • Full frontal self-portrait as an older woman. It is just her face placed right up next to the picture plane and consists of a series of white lines on black. The style is simple and expressive which is enhanced by the harsh unforgiving format of...
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    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait; Artist; Expressionism; Profile; Simple;

    • Self-portrait in profile as an old woman with white hair and wrinkles on her forehead. The face is more detailed and modeled, while the hair and back of her head are barely outlined, so the focus is on her face and the emotion of her mood at the...
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    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait; Artist; Expressionsim;

    • Full frontal self-portrait, with just her face framed close up to the picture plane. She is older with wrinkles around her eyes and one finger placed on her forehead. Very simple and expressive which engages the viewer to relate to her life and...
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    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait

    • Self-Portrait; Artist; Old age; Profile; Simple; Abstract; Expressionism;

    • Half length self-portrait in profile as a very old woman with a white turban cap and a face that look masculine in nature. Simple and abstracted, but full of expression.
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    • Survivors

    • Survivors

    • Children; War Casualties; Desperation; Social; Beggars; Expressionism; Simple;

    • Adults and children, some wounded, looking towards the viewer for help. Very expressive portrayal showing a large mother figure encircling three of her young children in her arms, with more children in the foreground and several poor and...
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    • The Mothers

    • The Mothers

    • Mother; Children; Social; History; Expressionism; Simple; Abstract;

    • A group of women clutching their children. Expressive portrayal of the sense of hopelessness and despair among the people in post-war Germany. The figures loom large in the scene as they are close to the picture plane and show many expressions of...
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    • Woman and Death

    • Woman and Death

    • Death; Woman; Child; Expressionism; Skeleton; Allegory; Nude; Struggle;

    • A nude woman being attacked by the cloaked, skeletal figure of death while her child clings to her desperately. Simply rendered in a black and white print, the monumental figures are nicely formed, but not detailed. Very expressive work which...
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    • Boy with Arms Around Mother's Neck

    • Boy with Arms Around Mother's Neck

    • Mother; Child; Embrace; Genre; Expressionism;

    • Portrait of a mother holding her small child. Both the mother and child are smiling and the child enthusiastically wraps his arms around his mother's neck. Although still simple and expressive in style, the mood is very different, a more happy,...
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    • Death Clutches a Woman

    • Death Clutches a Woman

    • Death; Woman; Child; Allegory; Expressionism;

    • A woman with a child is taken by the allegorical figure of death. Very expressive portrayal using simple lines, abstraction and stark black on white paper to show the horror and fear on the face of the mother as death is upon her and this evokes...
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    • Pieta: Detail

    • Pieta: Detail

    • Pieta; Religious; Mourning; Death; Expressionism;

    • Detail of a bronze Pieta sculpture, showing a veiled woman hanging her head down and covering her mouth with her hands in grief over the dead figure in her lap.
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