Who created "Das Findelkind (The Foundling)"?

Das Findelkind (The Foundling) was created by Max Pechstein in 1923.

What medium is "Das Findelkind (The Foundling)"?

Das Findelkind (The Foundling) is drypoint and etching in black on handmade paper.

Is "Das Findelkind (The Foundling)" in the public domain?

Yes, Das Findelkind (The Foundling) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Das Findelkind (The Foundling)

Max Pechstein

1923

Medium

drypoint and etching in black on handmade paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.81 × 17.78 cm (9 3/8 × 7 in.) sheet: 35.4 × 29.53 cm (13 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Classification

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust)

Accession Number

2015.19.3282

About the Artist

Max Pechstein

Hermann Max Pechstein (1881–1955) was born in Zwickau, Germany, the son of a craftsman in the textile industry. He trained as a decorative painter in his home city before enrolling at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden and then transferring to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under the painter Otto Gussmann. His early exposure to the work of Vincent van Gogh proved decisive in d...

Das Findelkind (The Foundling)

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