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
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Walter Gramatté · 1897–1929
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...