The Publican (Der Budiker) (plate, folio 48) from the periodical Der Bildermann, supplement to vol. 1, no. 4 (May 1916)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1916
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 x 8" (22.5 x 20.3 cm); page: 14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Heinrich Zille
Artist
Photography
Heinrich Zille was a German painter, printmaker, and draughtsman known for his unflinching depictions of working-class life in turn-of-the-century Berlin. Working primarily in charcoal, ink, and lithography, he documented tenement interiors, street scenes, and the urban poor with both social sympathy and formal precision. His graphic style eschewed sentimentality while capturing the texture of everyday hardship and resilience among Berlin's laboring populations. Zille's prolific body of work functioned as both artistic practice and social document, establishing him as a crucial figure in German Expressionism and graphic modernism.
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- Heinrich Zille
- Year
- 1916
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 x 8" (22.5 x 20.3 cm); page: 14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1916-M012927
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- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
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