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Rosa
Luxemburg
Anton
Raderscheidt
Woodcut 1919
Raderscheidt's
print of the socialist leader, Rosa Luxemburg, was one
of seven woodcuts comprising a portfolio named Lebendige
(The Living). The artist belonged to Gesellschaft der
Kunste (Arts Company), a group of leading artists from
the city of Cologne that sought "the transformation
of the teaching of art, and the establishment of a living
contact between art and the people."
Raderscheidt's
print was executed in typical avant garde Expressionist
fashion - rough and exaggerated. It was an homage to Luxemburg,
who had been viciously murdered by rightist thugs.
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