Conrad Felixmüller
German, 1897-1977
Disabled Workers
INV-1988
Conrad Felixmüller
German, 1897-19771922
Disabled Workers
Conrad Felixmüller German, 1897-1977 →prints and drawingdrawings (visual works)
Date
1922
Medium
Brush and pen and black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions
64.6 × 50 cm (25 7/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Although created several years after the end of World War I, this drawing shows that workers engaged in war production were as vulnerable to serious hazards and death as the soldiers at the front. The mine workers, with their bandaged arms, are set against the soot-lined streets of a town in the industrial Ruhr Valley. The work effectively demonstrates the cruelty and senselessness of the war as a society-wide phenomenon.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Portrait of Christian Rohlfs
Conrad Felixmüller German, 1897-1977
Portrait of the Gynecologist Emil Hees
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ABC: A Nonsense Alphabet in Pictures with Verses by Londa and Conrad Felixmüller (ABC: Ein Geschütteltes, Geknütteltes Alphabet in Bildern mit Versen von Londa und Conrad Felixmüller)
Conrad Felixmüller (German, 1897-1977) written by Londa Felixmüller (German, 20th century)
