Ernst BarlachGerman, 1870–1938May one see it?
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1924 · Award
Kleist Prize
1924
The drama “The Flood”
In the drama The Flood (Die Sündflut) Barlach projects his personal mysticism onto the story of Noah and the Ark; it won him the Kleist Prize.
1925
Meets Bernhard and Marga Böhmer
In 1925 Barlach met for the first time Bernhard Böhmer, who became his friend, and Bernhard's wife Marga.
1925 · Career
the Munich Academy of Fine Arts
In 1925 Barlach was admitted as a member of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
1926
The drama “Squire Blue Boll”
In the expressionist drama Squire Blue Boll (Der blaue Boll) the squire almost seduces a down-and-out young mother, before both achieve spiritual regeneration.