Der Bilderman, vol. 1, no. 14 October 20, 1916
In August 1914, the publisher and soldier Paul Cassirer founded Kriegszeit (Wartime), an art journal that captured the period’s bellicose nationalistic sentiments. He and many of the artists who contributed to it were soon disillusioned by the war, however, and in 1916 he replaced it with Der Bildermann (The Picture Man). Barlach’s cover emphasizes the war’s carnage and uses religious iconography to call for peace.
Artwork Details
- Title: Der Bilderman, vol. 1, no. 14 October 20, 1916
- Editor: Paul Cassirer (German, 1871–1926)
- Artist: Ernst Barlach (German, Wedel 1870–1938 Rostock)
- Artist: Max Slevogt (German, 1868–1932)
- Artist: Käthe Kollwitz (German, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) 1867–1945 Moritzburg)
- Artist: Erich Heckel (German, Döbeln 1883–1970 Radolfzell)
- Artist: August Gaul (German, 1869–1921)
- Artist: Karl Walter Leopold von Kalkreuth (German, 1855–1928)
- Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, Aschaffenburg 1880–1938 Frauenkirch)
- Artist: Heinrich Zille (German, 1858–1929)
- Artist: Rudolf Grossmann (German, 1882–1941)
- Printer: Imberg & Lefson (German)
- Publisher: Paul Cassirer
- Date: 1916
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Overall: 14 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 1/2 in. (36.5 x 28.5 x 1.2 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.96.10
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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