#Petri Fischzug

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MWW Artist of the Day (9/29/19) Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976) The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug)(1918) Woodcut, 39.5 x 49.7 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was one of the most important progenitors of German Expressionism. During his career as a painter and printmaker, Schmidt-Rottluff made more than six hundred printed images in woodcut, lithography, and etching. The woodcut technique dominated Schmidt-Rottluff's printed work from approximately 1909 to 1920. By 1911 he had moved to Berlin, where, increasingly exposed to Cubism and African and Oceanic art, his work grew more abstract, with angular lines and flattened shapes. In 1915 he was conscripted into the army and served for three years in Russia and Lithuania before returning to Berlin in 1918. These prints were made during the war years when, traumatized by the brutality he witnessed, Schmidt-Rottluff suffered such extreme anxiety that he was unable to paint and devoted himself to the more therapeutic practice of carving woodblocks and wooden sculpture. Between 1917 and 1919, he devoted himself primarily to religious subjects, including this "Miraculous Draught of Fishes," taken from a portfolio of woodcuts depicting scenes from the life of Christ. (from the MoMA catalog)

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Petri Fischzug) from the portfolio 9 Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (9 Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1918, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon Size: composition: 15 9/16 x 19 9/16" (39.5 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 27 3/4" (53.3 x 70.5 cm) Medium: Woodcut

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74788