1920
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Die Komponistin Sonia Friedman (The Composer Sonia Friedman) is a 1920 ink by Walter Gramatté, held at National Gallery of Art.
This woodcut shows a woman sitting at a piano, her hands on the keys. The image is mostly black and white, with sharp lines and rough textures. Her face is blurred, and the background looks like a dark, tangled forest. The artist used a woodcut technique, carving the image into wood and printing it. This method creates bold, simple shapes and strong contrasts. Look up woodcut to see how artists carve and print images this way.
Walter Gramatté (8 January 1897 in Berlin – 9 February 1929 in Hamburg) was a German expressionist painter who specialized in magic realism.
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