Portrait of Composer Josef Matthias Hauer
1927 · Oil on wood
61 × 50.2 cm (24 × 19 3/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Christian Schad
German, 1894–1982
WA-00023471
Miesbach, Germany
PhotographyDadaismSurrealism
Representation
None documented
10
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
13
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Collage and the Photo-Image
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973
No image
Photo Eye of the 20s
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
No image
Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
No image
Photography as Printmaking
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
No image
Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
No image
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
No image
Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
No image
Abstraction in Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
Photography 1839�1937
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937
No image
Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–1937
Field Verification (3 fields)
3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
- Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Christian Schad was a German painter and printmaker central to the development of New Objectivity in the 1920s. Working primarily in oils and adopting a sharp-focus realism, he depicted Berlin's nightlife, urban landscapes, and psychological portraits with unflinching precision. His technical mastery of glazing and his cool, detached treatment of subject matter, particularly in depicting cabaret scenes and social subjects, established him as one of the movement's defining voices. Schad's work combines formal control with an acerbic social gaze that resists sentimentality.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Dadaism
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Artworks (5)
Artwork sources (2)
5 published of 10 catalogued · 9 with image
- MoMA3 publishedof 8 catalogued7 img
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
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5Movements2
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Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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