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Artists›Franz Roh

Franz Roh

1890–1965

WA-00016193

Apolda, Germany

PhotographyExpressionismRealism

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ66832

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/13706
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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No biography available for Franz Roh yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (22)

Masks Survive

1938 · Lineblock prints and halftone prints on paper mounted onto paper

image: 315 x 231 mm support: 491 x 323 mm plate: 332 mm

Tate

Total Panic II

1937 · Lineblock prints and engravings on paper mounted onto paper

image: 304 x 253 mm support: 438 x 269 mm plate: 372 x 320 mm frame: 522 x 453 x 25 mm

Tate

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 2.3 × 3.5 cm (15/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Paper: 2.9 × 4.1 cm (1 3/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

4 × 9 3/16" (10.1 × 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

8 1/16 × 5 9/16" (20.5 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Under Water

1928 · Nine gelatin silver prints, paper, and pencil

8 1/16 × 5 15/16" (20.4 × 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Architecture

1928 · Gelatin silver print

5 7/8 × 8 3/4" (14.9 × 22.3 cm) (irreg.)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

8 15/16 × 5 15/16" (22.7 × 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mysterious Apparition

1928 · Gelatin silver print

8 13/16 × 6" (22.4 × 15.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

7 3/16 × 9 7/16" (18.2 × 23.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

8 15/16 × 6 1/4" (22.7 × 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1928 · Gelatin silver print

5 3/4 × 8 3/4" (14.6 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Actress

1928 · Gelatin silver print

6 1/8 × 8 3/8" (15.6 × 21.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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[Negative Print of Crew at Rest in Hold of Ship]

1928 · Gelatin silver print; Negative print

14.3 x 22.4 cm (5 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daphne

1924 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.1 × 15.5 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.); Paper: 22.3 × 15.8 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vergittert

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 19.3 × 15.6 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16 x 22.4 cm (6 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.) Sheet: 16.4 x 22.4 cm (6 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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[Nude in Tub]

1922 · Gelatin silver print

14.7 x 20.2 cm (5 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1920 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.4 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Negative "P"

1920 · Gelatin silver print

14.5 x 19.3 cm (5 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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[Photogram; Knife, Fork, Spoon, Keys]

1920 · Gelatin silver print

17.8 x 23.9 cm (7 x 9 7/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1915 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 2.3 × 3.5 cm (15/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Paper: 2.9 × 4.1 cm (1 3/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

22 published of 32 catalogued · 27 with image

MoMA
10 publishedof 20 catalogued20 img
The Met
5 published
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
Tate
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Masks Survive
1938 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Total Panic II
1937 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements2

Expressionism Realism

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

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