Trees Against the Sky
Karl Schrag
American Art
The art of Karl Schrag, a German émigré to the United States in 1938, was liberated by the war’s end, when he allowed himself to move from politically positioned subjects to the more neutral art of landscape. In 1945 he also began to remake his stylistic approach under the influence of the innovative British printmaker William Stanley Hayter, joining Hayter’s studio, Atelier 17, in Greenwich Village. In both his prints and paintings, Schrag developed a more abstracted use of line with the aim of heightening the sense of motion in the images.
MEDIUM
Transparent and opaque watercolor, porous pen (felt-tip marker), crayon, ink, and mixed media on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
DATES
1946
DIMENSIONS
22 9/16 x 15 7/16 in. (57.3 x 39.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Watermark in paper: "1940 ENGLAND / B"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
47.113
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Karl Schrag (American, 1912–1995). Trees Against the Sky, 1946. Transparent and opaque watercolor, porous pen (felt-tip marker), crayon, ink, and mixed media on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper, 22 9/16 x 15 7/16 in. (57.3 x 39.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 47.113. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.113.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 47.113.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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