id: 300947 accession number: 2017.99 share license status: Other url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.99 updated: 2020-11-12 10:00:52.689000 Der Krieg, 1914. Heinrich Davringhausen (German, 1894-1970). Oil on canvas; overall: 82 x 69.5 cm (32 5/16 x 27 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Modern European Painting and Sculpture Sundry Purchase Fund 2017.99 title: Der Krieg title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1914 creation date earliest: 1914 creation date latest: 1914 current location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism creditline: Modern European Painting and Sculpture Sundry Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany technique: Oil on canvas department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Heinrich Davringhausen (German, 1894-1970) - artist German painter and printmaker, 1894-1970 --- measurements: Overall: 82 x 69.5 cm (32 5/16 x 27 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The Nazis seized 200 of this artist's paintings because they were considered "degenerate art." digital description: A member of a circle of avant-garde artists active in Cologne, Davringhausen painted this apocalyptic vision of a burning village in 1914 as a premonition of the violence and destructiveness of the First World War. Tiny black figures, some apparently carrying and shooting guns, are engulfed in a vortex of burning, collapsing buildings, perhaps alluding to the potential obliteration of cities and countries, even the social structures of Western Civilization. Through a masterful merging of expressionist emotion with Cubist and Futurist formal devices, Der Krieg (War) made a significant contribution to the theme of apocalyptic war scenes painted by the German Expressionists. wall description: A member of a circle of avant-garde artists active in Cologne, Davringhausen painted this apocalyptic vision of a burning village in 1914 as a premonition of the violence and destructiveness of the First World War. Tiny black figures, some apparently carrying and shooting guns, are engulfed in a vortex of burning, collapsing buildings, perhaps alluding to the potential obliteration of cities and countries, even the social structures of Western Civilization. Through a masterful merging of expressionist emotion with Cubist and Futurist formal devices, Der Krieg (War) made a significant contribution to the theme of apocalyptic war scenes painted by the German Expressionists. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES