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    Artist

  • Bauer, Karl, (1868-1942)

    • Title

  • Portrait of Heinrich Heine

  • Physical Description

    1 print : ink on paper ; 20.5 in x 14.5 in, 52.5 cm x 37 cm

  • Date

    1910

  • Notes

    Signed by artist in pencil beneath plate mark on lower right.

  • Summary

    Portrait of Heinrich Heine sitting at a three quarter angle, looking directly at the viewer. He has wavy parted hair, a moustache and goatee, and a large collar. The face of the portrait is finely rendered.

  • Depicted

    Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856, depicted

  • Subject

    Poets, German, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Prints; Lithographs

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Heinrich Heine was born in Düsseldorf in 1797 to a Jewish family. He was a German romantic poet, journalist, essayist and critic known for his lyric poetry and his radical political views which forced him into exile in Paris, where he died in 1856.

Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer (1868–1942) was a German artist, printmaker and poet. He was born in Stuttgart and studied art there and in Munich. Bauer travelled frequently to Italy and France while still a student. In Venice in 1891, he met and befriended the poet Stefan George. Bauer's portrait of Stefan George is the most famous representation of the poet. Bauer's traditional skills in draftsmanship made him a popular illustrator and portrait artist. In his later life, he made a number of portraits of Nazi leaders.

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Citation

Bauer, Karl: Portrait of Heinrich Heine, Leo Baeck Institute, 2024.69.