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Also Known As Käthe Schmidt
Born July 8, 1867 • East Prussia
Died April 22, 1945 (aged 77) • near Dresden • Germany
Movement / Style Expressionism • German Expressionism

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Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
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Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
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“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
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“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
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