Lumber Yard
Fritz Eichenberg
c. 1935-1943
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wood engraving
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.1600
About the Artist
Fritz Eichenberg
Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990), born in Cologne, Germany, to a Jewish family, endured the harrowing bombings of World War I as a child, experiences that ignited his lifelong commitment to anti-war themes and social satire. After apprenticing as a printer and studying at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne, he honed his craft at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig under the mentorship ...