Karl Schrag
SELF PORTRAIT IN A GERMAN MANNER - Large Monotype
1991

Name: SELF PORTRAIT IN A GERMAN MANNER - Large Monotype
Brand: Karl Schrag
Price: 3250 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

KARL SCHRAG (German - American 1912 - 1995) SELF PORTRAIT IN THE GERMAN MANNER, 1991 Monotype, Signed titled, dated and annotated "Monotype with touches of Oil color, I /I" Plate and image 17 ¼ x 23¾ inches, sheet 21 ¾ x 28. In generally good condition. Some handling creases in the margins ACCENTUATED IN PHOTO. Repaired tear in the upper left margin near the image top left corner. Some stray ink and slight soiling in margins. Biography from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: "With Gabor Peterdi and Mauricio Lasansky, Karl Schrag was among the most important printmakers in America during the 1950s. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, Schrag first studied art in Geneva. He continued his artistic training in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and with printmaker Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 from 1932 until the outbreak of World War II. At that time he came to the United States. In New York, he further developed as a printmaker, studying at the Art Students League and working at the studio, Atelier 17, established by Hayter in 1941 as a counterpart of his Paris workshop. When Hayter returned to France, Schrag became director of etching at Atelier 17 until 1951. The artist later joined the faculty of Cooper Union in New York and taught there until 1968. Schrag's earliest prints are cityscapes that celebrate the vitality of New York. His landscapes were inspired by trips to Maine, Mexico, Spain, and Florida. In the 1960s Schrag also made portraits. [This is an excerpt from the interactive companion program to the videodisc American Art from the National Gallery of Art. Produced by the Department of Education Resources, this teaching resource is one of the Gallery's free-loan educational programs]

Creator:

Karl Schrag (1912-1995, American)

Creation Year:

1991

Dimensions:

Height: 17.25 in (43.82 cm)Width: 23.75 in (60.33 cm)

Medium:

Monotype

Movement & Style:

American Modern

Period:

1990-1999