Das leere Café (The Empty Café)
Walter Gramatté
1917
Medium
graphite with touches of stumping on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.1 x 26.2 cm (13 7/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Merritt Porter Dyke Fund
Accession Number
2007.71.1
About the Artist
Walter Gramatté
Walter Gramatté, born Walter Eduard Gramatté on January 8, 1897, in Berlin-Wedding to building manager Otto Gramatté and his wife Katharina, emerged as a poignant voice in German Expressionism despite a tragically brief career. The son of modest parents—described variably as a baker in some accounts—Gramatté volunteered for World War I in 1914 but was largely spared frontline duty due to chronic p...