1920
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Homecoming (Heimkehr) is a 1920 ink by Walter Gramatté, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people sitting close together, their faces blurred but their hands clasped. The lines around them are jagged and rough, almost like they’re tangled in a storm. The background looks like it’s swirling with chaotic marks, as if wind or water is pulling at everything. The artist used a technique called drypoint, which means they scratched into a metal plate to create the lines. This makes the image feel urgent and raw, like it was drawn in one quick breath. If you like this style, look up drypoint to see how it works.
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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