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Ernst Barlach

24 works

Ernst Barlach (1870-1938) was a painter, printmaker and draftsperson. Read more

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Lithograph of three figures in dark hatched tones: a standing figure looking up, a kneeling hooded figure, and a seated reade

Hope and Despair II

1931

Woodcut of two cloaked figures joined by a canopy of fabric, surrounded by a crowd of grimacing skeletal faces.

Totentanz II (Dance of Death II)

1922

Black and white woodcut of a long-haired woman in a robe beside a snarling beast, with figures in the dark background.

Lilith, Adam's first wife

1922

Black and white woodcut of a cloaked figure dancing with an old woman in a headscarf, with a sword and bold carved lines.

Mephistopheles dancing with the old woman

1922

Black and white print of a kneeling woman bowed beside a reclining sleeping figure on a bed, in dense hatched lines.

Mother kneeling at bedside of sleeping son

1912

Sketch of a horse pulling a cart with two cloaked figures along a winding road through rolling hills.

Peasant's cart

1912

Drawing of a bearded face above a boat in stormy waves, with a small robed figure reaching out below.

Poor cousin and high master 1

1919

Black and white lithograph of a skeletal death figure in a flowing cloak, leaning on a staff and striding across a dark mound

Magere Hein

1880

Black and white print of bent peasant figures pulling a heavy load under a sweeping, cloudy sky.

Russian peasants towing

1912

Black and white print of a standing woman smoking by a doorway while a seated figure rests on an ornate sofa.

Smoking woman

1919

Ink drawing of two figures, one in a long dark cloak, in a field of diagonal hatched strokes suggesting fog.

Spectre in the fog

1912

Lithograph of a cloaked man gazing up at a starry night sky beside a small lantern on flat ground.

Star dance

1919

Pencil-like drawing of rolling fallow steppe with dark rounded forms resting in the foreground.

Steppes lying fallow

1912

Black and white woodcut of two cloaked women and a small child standing close together, one woman leaning forward.

Stonebreaker and red kaiser

1922

Black and white woodcut of a bishop in a mitre beside a tumbling figure and billowing cloth amid diagonal hatching.

The Bishop

1922

Black and white woodcut-style print of a seated woman in a shadowed room with hatched walls and a paved floor.

The Dead Day

1912

Standing Figure with Extinguished Torches

1922

Ink and gray wash drawing of a bearded man in a draped robe, seated with bare feet and head tilted upward.

Man Kneeling

1916

Pen drawing of a giant man in a long coat looking over a mountain valley with a village and church tower below.

Man of Heights

1906

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman surrounded by a dense crowd of men, one leaning over her shoulder, on toned paper.

The Couple in the Crowd

1917

Pen drawing of a shawled older woman offering a paper to a man in a long coat on stone steps beside an iron railing.

High-Class

1906

Charcoal drawing of three standing figures in heavy cloaks, a man in a cap, a woman in a hat and shawl, and a figure holding

Three Figures

1913

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man carrying a small box between two boys across a field toward a village.

Child's Funeral in Russia

1906

Sketch of a seated man drinking from a flask beside a donkey, with a standing figure and hills behind, in brown ink.

Italian Peasants with Wine Flasks

1909

Ernst Barlach (1870-1938) was a painter, printmaker and draftsperson. Ernst Barlach was born in Wedel and died in Rostock. The work of Ernst Barlach is associated with Expressionism. Browse 24 works by Ernst Barlach from 5 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata