Der Vater (The Father)
1920
Medium
lithograph on pale brown paper
Dimensions
sheet: 59 × 46 cm (23 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
2006.24.5
Art Historical Context
**Der Vater (The Father Heinrich Hoerle, 1920 Lithograph on pale brown, sheet: 59 × 46 cm (23 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, of the Collectors Committee in the turbulent aftermath of World War I *Der Vater (The Father is a striking lithograph by Heinrich Hoerle, a founding member of the Cologne Progressives (uppe Progress). Formed in 1920 amid the Weimar Republic's social upheaval, this avant-garde group channeled the trauma of war into raw, unflinching art. Hoerle's work reflects the era's preoccupation with human suffering, using stark realism to portray the physical an...