1915
<p>In this four-color lithograph, sculpted and depersonalized machinelike bodies charge forward with unfettered vigor. The blunt, angular rendering of their hands make their flesh appear solid and inviolable, while their collective formation mimics the force and symmetry of an engine. The effacement of these soldiers’ features renders their faces impenetrable and their assault terrifying. Here, even while not depicting the actual mechanisms of modern warfare, Albin Egger-Lienz poignantly evoked the brutal dehumanization of the first industrialized war in history.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1915
- Dimensions
- Image: 60.1 × 78.3 cm (23 11/16 × 30 7/8 in.); Sheet: 72.3 × 90.3 cm (28 1/2 × 35 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Albin Egger-Lienz
Artist
Printmaking
Albin Egger-Lienz was an Austrian painter and printmaker whose work bridged Symbolism and Expressionism in the early twentieth century. Active from the 1890s until his death in 1926, he developed a distinctive approach to figure painting that emphasized psychological intensity and formal restraint. His subjects ranged from allegorical compositions to rural and mythological scenes, often rendered in muted palettes and angular forms.
Stribach bei, Stribach, Lienz, Austria
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- Albin Egger-Lienz
- Year
- 1915
- Dimensions
- Image: 60.1 × 78.3 cm (23 11/16 × 30 7/8 in.); Sheet: 72.3 × 90.3 cm (28 1/2 × 35 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1915-073430
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
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