A woodblock print by Heckel called Sailor is one of Sabrina Rahman's favorite Expressionist pictures. "He gets so much emotion out of black and white," she says. The woodcut above is another of Heckel's woodcuts in the show, Gerader Kanal. The drypoint etching at the left is his Three Maidens at the Beach.
			Why Expressionists Liked Woodcuts and Bold, Rapid Brush Strokes
	Art Museum Programs Nourish Academic and Artistic Interests in German Culture   How Some Faculty Will Use Utopia and Alienation: German Art and Expressionism, 1900-1933		SEPTEMBER 16, 1999--Woodblock printmaking, an inexpensive process of stamping inked and carved woodblocks onto paper, was one of the most popular mediums of the German Expressionists. "Expressionists liked woodcuts because they are so imprecise, and because they have to be bold, since you can only show black or white," says Jost. Brush technique emphasized raw emotion over refinement, and included bold, rapid strokes such as those found in an exhibited Schmidt-Rottluff landscape (Footpath) that reveals bits of bare canvas, says Wieseman. --Adam Kowit
	Oberlin's New German Cinema Series   German Culture Series, Schedule of Events		Karl Schmidt-Rotluff's Footpath (Parkweg)
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