Loading
Hope and Despair II
Ernst Barlach (German, 1870-1938)1931
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In both his sculpture and prints, Barlach expressed the suffering and anguish of World War I (1914-18) and the difficult years that followed. The artist, whose work depicts ordinary workers, wrote: "Truly, not beauty and loveliness is our strength, our power, but rather the opposite, ugliness, daemonic passion and the grotesque genius of greatness..."
Download this artwork (provided by The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Learn more about this artwork.
Details
- Title: Hope and Despair II
- Creator: Ernst Barlach (German, 1870-1938)
- Date Created: 1931
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.344
- Medium: lithograph
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Germany, 20th century
- Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William J. Eastman
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 1953.344
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
