Standing Girl in Water and the Other Sitting on Shore (Im Wasser stehendes und am Ufer sitzendes Madchen mit Hut)
1921/1922
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 38.58 × 28.58 cm (15 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 55.88 × 43.5 cm (22 × 17 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.17.337
Art Historical Context
**Standing Girl in Water and Other Sitting on Shore ( Wasser stehendes und Ufer sitzendes mit Hut)** *Otto Mueller, 1921/1922, lith* Otto Mueller, a leading German Expressionist and member of the Die Brücke group, captures a serene, intimate moment in this evocative lithograph. The composition features two young women—one standing gracefully in shallow water, her hat adding a touch of whimsy, and the other seated thoughtfully on the shore—set against a natural landscape. Created in the early 1920s, amid Germany's post-World War I cultural ferment, Mueller's work reflects his fascination w...
About the Artist
Otto Mueller
Otto Mueller (1874–1930) was a German Expressionist painter whose distinctive vision of the human figure in landscape made him one of the most poetic and individual voices within the Die Brücke movement. Born in Liebau in Silesia, he trained at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently worked briefly in Munich before his pivotal association with the artists of Die Brücke — Ernst Ludwig Kir...