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Erich Heckel was famous for his artwork. He was a painter and engraver who played a prominent role in the German Expressionist movement. During the early 20th century, he became a founding member of Die Brücke, a group of artists who all worked in the style. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Erich Heckel art.
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WINTERSONNE
By Erich Heckel
Located in Portland, ME
Heckel, Erich (German, 1883-1970). WINTERSONNE. Dube 318. Drypoint, 1913. Edition size not known. Signed and dated "Heckel 1913" in pencil. Printed on heavy wove paper. 4 3/4 x 6 1/...
Category
1910s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Drypoint
"Krankes Mädchen" original woodcut
By Erich Heckel
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue refere...
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bathing Women Badende Frauen - Landscape Bathers German
By Erich Heckel
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed with the artist’s monogram and dated in pencil "EH 29" [1929] in the lower right image.
It is also hand titled in pencil “Badende Frauen” [Bathing Wo...
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Watercolor
Children on the Shore Kinder am Ufer - German Expressionism
By Erich Heckel
Located in London, GB
This original etching and drypoint is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Erich Heckel 12" at the lower right margin.
This work was hand printed by the artist in 1912 in ...
Category
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Yellow Flowers Gelbe Blüten - German Expressionism
By Erich Heckel
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Heckel 48" [1948] in the lower right image.
It is also hand titled in pencil “Gelbe Blüten” [Yellow Flowers] in th...
Category
1940s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Watercolor, Laid Paper
The Brothers Karamazov - Lithograph by E. Heckel - 1919
By Erich Heckel
Located in Roma, IT
Original title: Die Bruder Karamasov
This original lithograph is hand signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Edition of 125 prints.
Representing a scene from Dostojewski's novel "The Brothers Karamazov...
Category
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph