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Artist:
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Maximilian Kurzweil
Die Graphischen Künste
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Title:
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Der Polster
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Date:
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1903
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Medium:
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Woodcut
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Dimensions:
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11 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (28.58 x 26.04 cm) (plate)
15 1/8 x 12 in. (38.42 x 30.48 cm) (sheet)
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Credit Line:
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The William M. Ladd Collection
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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Location:
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Gallery 344
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The melancholy of this woodcut expresses the true condition of its creator. Maximilian Kurzweil was one of the founders of the progressive Vienna Succession and editor of Ver Sacrum, its highly influential journal of art and design. As professor of the Womenâs Art School, he met attractive young students, one of whom, Helene Heger became his lover and joined him in a double suicide in 1916.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Die Graphischen Künste
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Role:
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Publisher
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Name:
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Kurzweil, Maximilian
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Nationality:
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Austrian
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Life Dates:
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Austrian, 1867 - 1916
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Prints
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Austria, , ,
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Accession #:
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P.5,421
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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