1916
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Burial (Begrabnis) is a 1916 by Walter Gramatté, held at National Gallery of Art.
This picture shows a dark, shadowy scene with a group of people standing near a tall, spiky shape in the center. The background has a few small buildings and a winding road, but everything is mostly black and white. The people look like they’re gathered around something important, but their faces are hard to see. The artist used thick, bold lines to create the shapes, almost like a woodcut. The paper looks thin and has a rough texture, which makes the black ink stand out even more. Next, look up technique: linocut.
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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