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Reichspräsident Ebert (1919–1925)

Artist/Maker (German, 1858–1925)
Date1924
MediumDrypoint
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 7 13/16 in. (29.8 × 19.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineFriends of Art Fund
Object number1966.8
Status
Not on view
More Information
Made a year before Corinth's death, this drypoint depicts the first Chancellor and first President of the Weimar Republic, Friedrich Ebert, who stands nonchalantly smoking a cigarette, hands in his pockets. The quick, sketchy drypoint lines are characteristic of Corinth's work after 1911, when he suffered a stroke that hindered his ability to paint or serve in the war. Ebert, a member of the Social Democratic Party, had pushed strongly for war in 1914, and is credited with the founding of democracy in Germany. However, his compromises with the right led many to believe he was responsible for the weakness of the Republic.
Exhibition History
From Expressionism to the New Objectivity: German Prints and Drawings, 1905-1945
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 28, 1988 - August 21, 1988 )
Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 10, 1989 - January 7, 1990 )
Utopia and Alienation: German Art and Expressionism, 1900-1935
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 1999 - December 19, 1999 )
"To Make Things Visible": Art in the Shadow of World War I
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2009 - June 7, 2009 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary