SCHUBERT, Otto(1892 Dresden – 1970 ibid.)

The Weavers, Act 4 – The Tutor

Woodcut. Inscribed “The Weavers, Act 4” in the lower left corner and signed in pencil in the lower right corner.

Mat cutout 33 x 24 cm. Framed & under glass : 60.5 x 50.5 cm.

Depiction of the scene in which the tutor Weinhold poses the question of social justice to the evening gathering in the presence of the factory owner Dreißiger. Slightly tanned.

Painter and graphic artist from Dresden, student of Emanuel Hegenbarth, master student under Otto Gussmann, co-founder of the “Dresden Secession Group 1919,” his works were defamed as “degenerate” during the Nazi era; a large portion of his body of work was lost during that time; after 1945, he worked as an artist in Dresden, particularly known for his illustrations, such as those for Goethe’s “Faust” or Gerhard Hauptmann’s “Die Weber.”