
Before the Mirror (Vor dem Spiegel)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1920
- Medium
- Drypoint
- Dimensions
- plate: 9 11/16 x 7 13/16" (24.6 x 19.8cm); sheet: 12 9/16 x 10 1/4" (31.9 x 26 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Paul Kleinschmidt
Artist

Painting
Paul Kleinschmidt was a German painter born in 1883 whose work bridged Expressionism and figurative modernism in the early twentieth century. Active primarily in Berlin and the Rhineland, he developed a distinctive approach to portraiture and interior scenes marked by bold color and psychological intensity. This profile will be expanded as more verified source material becomes available.
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Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf)
1935 · Watercolor and pencil on paper
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1923 · Drypoint
Woman in Armchair (Frau im Sessel)
1922 · Drypoint
The Young Bull (Der junge Stier)
1922 · Drypoint
Margarethe Kleinschmidt in a Wicker Chair (Margarethe Kleinschmidt im Korbstuhl)
1921 · Drypoint
The Prodigal Son (Der verlorene Sohn)
1920 · Drypoint
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Paul Kleinschmidt
- Year
- 1920
- Medium
- Drypoint
- Dimensions
- plate: 9 11/16 x 7 13/16" (24.6 x 19.8cm); sheet: 12 9/16 x 10 1/4" (31.9 x 26 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1920-M063298
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





