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Richard Seewald

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WA-00029381

Expressionism

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5315
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Richard Seewald was a German painter, printmaker, and ceramicist whose work bridged Expressionism and abstraction across seven decades of practice. Active from the early twentieth century, he worked across oil, watercolor, lithography, and ceramic design, developing a formal vocabulary rooted in color relationships and gestural mark-making. His output encompassed easel painting, public commissions, and applied arts, reflecting the artistic preoccupations of Weimar Germany and its aftermath.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (7)

The Goat (Die Ziege) (plate 17) from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)

1920 · Woodcut from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions and one lithographed cover

composition: 6 3/16 x 8 1/4" (15.7 x 20.9 cm); page: 12 11/16 x 9 9/16" (32.3 x 24.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Front cover from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)

1920 · Lithographed cover from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions and one lithographed cover

composition (irreg.): 10 13/16 x 7 7/8" (27.5 x 20 cm); overall: 13 x 9 5/8 x 13/16" (33 x 24.5 x 2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Blind Man and the Cripple (Der Blinde und der Lahme) (plate, page 75) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 5 (May 1919)

1919 · Woodcut from a periodical with four woodcuts

composition: 8 1/4 x 6 3/16" (20.9 x 15.7 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Goats (Ziegen) (tailpiece, page 128) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 8 (August 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 3 3/8 x 4 5/8" (8.6 x 11.8 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

To the Wayfarers (Den Wanderern) (plate, page 189) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 11/12 (December 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with nine lithographs

composition (irreg.): 9 9/16 x 7 13/16" (24.3 x 19.8 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dreamed Primeval Forest (Geträumte Urwaldlandscaft) (plate, page 43) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 3 (March 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 8 11/16 x 7 9/16" (22 x 19.2 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Deer (Rehzwillinge) (tailpiece, page 2) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with six lithographs

composition (irreg.): 3 5/8 x 4 5/16" (9.2 x 11 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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7 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

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7 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Expressionism

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Museum of Modern Art

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New York, US

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