"As far as I can see, as a printmaker Erich Heckel essentially developed out of the woodcut. Because it imposes the necessity to simplify, it is a good means of education.. .Sometimes it charmed him to take advantage of the nature and quality of specific woods; in that way he cut the weather-beaten face of an old man in oak that had lain in the moor for hundreds of years."
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Quote by , in Erich Heckels graphisches Werk, 'Das Kunstblatt 1.', no. 9 (1918): 284; as cited in 'The Revival of Printmaking in Germany', I. K. Rigby; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California & Prestel-Verlag, Germany, 1986, pp. 53-54
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Erich Heckel
1905 – 1913
Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 in Döbeln – 27 January 1970 in Radolfzell) was a German painter artist and print-maker; he was a founding member of the Expressionist artist-group Die Brücke ('The Bridge') which existed 1905-1913.
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