Lithography by Hermann Struck, Portrait of and 50 similar items

Hermann Struck. Portrait of August Bebel, 1909. Paper, lithograph. Size: 43.2x58.3 cm plus margins. Hermann Struck (1876 ? 1944) was a German Jewish artist known for his etchings. Hermann Struck (Chaim Aaron ben David) was born in Berlin. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. In 1904, he joined the modern art movement known as the Berlin Secession. In 1900, Struck met Jozef Israels, a Dutch artist, who became his mentor. Both were recognized as leading artists of their time. In 1908, Struck published Die Kunst des Radierens (The Art of Etching), which became a seminal work on the subject. It was a textbook that offered both theory and practical instruction. Struck's students included Marc Chagall, Lovis Corinth, Jacob Steinhardt, Lesser Ury and Max Liebermann. In 1899, upon completing his studies at the Berlin Academy, he was banned from teaching there because he was Jewish. He signed his work with his Hebrew name, Chaim Aaron ben David, and a Star of David. Struck did commission portraits of Ibsen, Nietzsche, Freud, Albert Einstein, Herzl, Oscar Wilde and other leading figures of the time. Struck's home in Haifa has been open as the Hermann Struck Museum since 2013. Struck's work is held in the collections of several other institutions worldwide. (Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum (Manhattan), Haifa Museum of Art, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, University of Michigan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco), SKUKAZ000002 kaz_gr