August Macke
August Macke belongs to the generation of German Expressionists whose brief career unfolded in the years before the First World War, and his work moves between painting and printmaking with a light, rhythmic sense of colour and form. The two sheets held here reflect that range: a linoleum cut alongside a drawing in black chalk and graphite on paper, with subjects drawn from encounters and travel such as Greeting (Begrüssung) and Tunisian View. Dating from 1912 to 1914 per the Met, the group includes impressions up to that period, and together the pair offers a compact look at Macke's graphic work during his most productive years.
2 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
