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Emil Orlik

Emil Orlik

1870

WA-00028783

PrintmakingExpressionismSymbolism

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

30

Works in Collection

36

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ379150

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4427
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Emil Orlik was a German printmaker and painter who worked primarily in lithography and woodcut, techniques he mastered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His prints often depicted theatrical subjects, portraits, and scenes of urban life with a distinctive linear clarity and psychological acuity. Based in Berlin, Orlik became a significant figure in German Modernism, bridging Symbolism and Expressionist approaches through his graphic work. He was also an influential teacher whose methods shaped the next generation of German printmakers.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery

Canonical record

Artworks (30)

1924 · brush and black wash (scratched away in eye)

Sheet: 34.8 x 27.7 cm (13 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1924 · black chalk or crayon(?) (stumped in places)

Sheet: 34.3 x 25.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Emigrants

1922 · etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

plate: 14.2 x 17.4 cm (5 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 37.9 x 30 cm (14 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Max Slevogt

1917 · drypoint and rocker with graphite and white heightening on laid paper [working proof]

plate: 26.7 x 18.6 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 34.1 x 25.7 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portret van Richard Strauss

Portret van Richard Strauss

1917 · drypoint on paper

width: 190 cm, height: 266 cm

Richard Strauss

1917 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Wanda Louise Landowska

Wanda Louise Landowska

1917 · Etching

Image: 24cm x 18cm (9 7/16" x 7 1/16")

National Portrait Gallery

Soldaten in sneeuwgebergte

Soldaten in sneeuwgebergte

1915 · etching on Japanese paper (handmade paper)

width: 198 cm, height: 250 cm

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1913 · etching, drypoint, roulette, stipple and mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chinese Actor and Two Sketches of a Woman's Head

Chinese Actor and Two Sketches of a Woman's Head

1912 · black crayon and watercolor, with gouache (main figure); black crayon (partially erased, left head); black crayon (right head)

Sheet: 26.7 x 18.7 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1911 · etching and aquatint on buff Japanese paper

image: 57.79 × 39.37 cm (22 3/4 × 15 1/2 in.) sheet: 79.69 × 57.15 cm (31 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Pascin, Drawing (Pascin, zeichnend)

Pascin, Drawing (Pascin, zeichnend)

1911 · Etching, drypoint, and roulette

Plate 3 7/8 x 4 13/16" (9.8 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oasis in the Desert

Oasis in the Desert

1908 · drypoint and roulette printed in light brown on laid cream paper

plate: 11.7 × 19.8 cm (4 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 19.9 × 28 cm (7 13/16 × 11 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Three Women

1905 · Etching in black on paper

Image: 21.6 × 21.1 cm (8 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 22.5 × 21.9 cm (8 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 28 cm (12 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ferdinand Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler

1904 · woodcut [artist's proof before removal of outer border, printed on blue japan paper]

sheet: 40.2 x 27.1 cm (15 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

F. Hodler

1904 · Woodcut in black on blue-gray wove paper

Image: 35 × 22.5 cm (13 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 41 × 28 cm (16 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene from Michael Kramer (Szenenbild zu Michael Kramer)

Scene from Michael Kramer (Szenenbild zu Michael Kramer)

1904 · Etching

Plate 7 15/16 x 11 9/16" (20.1 x 29.3 cm) Sheet 12 3/8 x 17 7/8" (31.4 x 45.5 cm) Comp. 5 13/16 x 8 3/8" (14 .7 x 23.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portret van Leopold von Kalckreuth

Portret van Leopold von Kalckreuth

height: 295 cm, width: 197 cm

Portret van Max Klinger

Portret van Max Klinger

1903 · etching on paper

width: 202 cm, height: 290 cm

Max Klinger

1902 · etching and roulette printed in orange on buff laid paper [proof]

plate: 29 x 21 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 41.5 x 26.5 cm (16 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portret van Gustav Mahler

Portret van Gustav Mahler

1902 · etching on paper

width: 199 cm, height: 293 cm

1902 · etching, drypoint, roulette, stipple and mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Japanerin im Winterkleid (Japanese Woman in Winter Dress)

Japanerin im Winterkleid (Japanese Woman in Winter Dress)

1901 · drypoint with roulette in black on laid paper

plate: 9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in. (23.9 x 15.9 cm) sheet: 33.2 x 28.9 cm (13 1/16 x 11 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Evening in Fukagawa

Evening in Fukagawa

1900 · color lithograph in blue, black, brown and yellow on wove paper

plate: 23.5 × 36.7 cm (9 1/4 × 14 7/16 in.) sheet: 30.1 × 41.7 cm (11 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

30 published of 33 catalogued · 27 with image

Nga
10 published10 img
Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published1 img
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued6 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Smithsonian
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Japanse houtsnijder
1900 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Leopold von Kalckreuth
1903 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Soldaten in sneeuwgebergte
1915 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Richard Strauss
1917 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Max Klinger
1903 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Gustav Mahler
1902 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Jules Pascin
1900 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Chinese Actor and Two Sketches of a Woman's Head
1912 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Richard Strauss
1917 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Gustave Mahler
1902 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Three Women (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Women (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

9

Movements2

Expressionism Symbolism

Collections7

Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

National Portrait Gallery

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