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Richard Seewald
Ten woodcuts on the Bible1916

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Hand-colored woodcut depicting two nude pink figures flanking a serpent-wrapped tree, with German text above reading 'Richard Seewald / 10 Holzschnitte / zur / Bibel'
Color woodcut with bold black outlines depicting a chaotic flood scene. A green boat floats centrally amid falling rain rendered as vertical blue lines. Purple storm clouds and yellow lightning bolts frame the composition. Pink nude figures gesture dramatically in the foreground and middle ground alongside a spotted yellow animal. Dark figures climb at right, and a collapsing structure appears at left.
Color woodcut print with bold black outlines; figures at lower right blow large curved golden horns while a crowd and a white horse with rider fill the middle ground; angular geometric cityscape and jagged landscape in yellow, blue, purple, and pink fill the background.
Color woodcut print depicting a massive curling wave in dark navy and white with bold linear carving, small figures tumbling in the foam below; in the background, a lone bare tree, colorful banded landscape in yellow and green, pink clouds, and a line of figures on horseback or camels at the horizon.
Hand-colored woodcut landscape with bold black outlines; a town in the middle distance is overwhelmed by jagged yellow lightning bolts and a dark stormy sky with radiating sun; in the foreground, blue-purple desert plants and three robed figures fleeing to the right.
Woodcut print in black, white, and gray tones depicting three nude figures near a fountain in a lush garden, with an arched arcade building, tall tower, and palm tree in the background. Bold, angular linework with dense foliage rendered in simplified shapes.
Color woodcut print depicting two nude figures carrying a large cluster of blue grapes on a pole beneath a grapevine, against a dark background with stylized foliage, birds, and a radiating sun in a white sky.
Black and white woodcut print with bold lines. At left, a robed figure tumbles backward from a kneeling donkey on a road bordered by a stone wall, with stylized trees, a walled town, and dark mountains behind. At right, an oval medallion framed by a dotted border contains a winged figure holding a spear and sword.
Black and white woodcut print depicting two figures in confrontation: a small nude figure in the foreground faces a large robed warrior figure wielding a spear, with a fortified city and tents visible in the background. Bold, flat areas of black and gray with angular, expressive line work.
Artist or Maker
Richard Seewald
Title
Ten woodcuts on the Bible
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1916
Medium
Ten woodcuts with watercolor on thin Japan paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.288a-i
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.
  • Jentsch, Ralph. Richard Seewald: das graphische Werk. Esslingen: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1973.