Erich HeckelGerman, 1883–1970Mädchenkopf
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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About the work
In this stark woodcut, Erich Heckel shows his girlfriend and future wife Sidi Riha as she was convalescing from a long illness. The unguarded image reveals her physical and psychological hardship.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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- P.74.91.3.1
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Meanwhile, in the life of Erich Heckel
The whole lifeMay 1915 – November 1918
The Ostend hospital: an artists’ colony
From May 1915 until the end of the war in November 1918 Heckel serves in the Ostend emergency hospital, housed in the railway station and home to a true artists’ colony: the orderlies paint, make woodcuts, read and discuss literature and poetry, and adorn the building with murals and window decorations. As a painter, he is most deeply impressed by the Flemish landscape and the North Sea, especially sunlight penetrating the unusual cloud formations.
1918
Returns to Berlin
Heckel returns to Berlin; the painting Spring (National Gallery, Berlin) is also dated 1918.
1919–1944
Annual summer trips to Osterholz
Every summer from 1919 to 1944 Heckel travels to Osterholz, where he works a great deal.
