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Artists›Fritz Eichenberg

Fritz Eichenberg

1901

WA-00026964

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WikidataQ2605345

MoMA

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BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1695
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Fritz Eichenberg was an American printmaker and illustrator best known for his wood engravings and lithographs depicting social suffering and human vulnerability. Born in Germany and active from the 1920s onward, his work combined precise linear technique with unflinching subject matter: poverty, imprisonment, war, and moral conflict. His illustrated editions of classic literature, particularly Dostoyevsky and Melville, established him as a major figure in postwar American book arts. Eichenberg's formal restraint and psychological intensity made his prints vehicles for social conscience rather than decoration.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (16)

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Self-Portrait

1984 · wood engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Eleonora

1979 · wood engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

Night Watch from 11 Prints by 11 Printmakers

1961 · Wood engraving from a portfolio of four woodcuts (one with wood engraving), two etchings (one with aquatint), two engravings, one wood engraving, one screenprint, and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 13 × 13" (33 × 33 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 × 14" (51.8 × 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Wuthering Heights: Heathcliffe Under the Tree

1943 · wood engraving

Sheet: 32.8 x 26.3 cm (12 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Image: 26.2 x 17.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Fathers & Sons

1941 · wood engraving

Sheet: 26 x 17.5 cm (10 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Image: 18.3 x 11.6 cm (7 3/16 x 4 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A.D. 1904

1937 · Wood engraving on ivory paper

Plate: 25.4 × 20.4 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 22.5 cm (17 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Military Escort

1936 · Wood engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 19.6 × 25.1 cm (7 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28.5 × 41.8 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Central Park Idyll

1936 · Wood engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 22.3 cm (10 1/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Indian Girl

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm) sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 (33.7 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mexican Vendors

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.7 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 11 1/4x 13 1/4 in. (28.6 x 33.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Indian Pottery Vendor

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 10 x 7 3/4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm) sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.9 x 26 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

April

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 7 3/4 x 6 in. (19.7 x 15.2 cm) sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (28.6 x 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Preaching to the Birds

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 7 3/4 x 6 in. (19.7 x 15.2 cm) sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subway

1934 · Wood engraving in black on cream wove paper

Sheet: 30.5 × 23 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gutter

1921 · Wood engraving in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 18.6 × 12.7 cm (7 3/8 × 5 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 23.2 cm (12 1/4 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gutter

1921 · Wood engraving in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 18.6 × 12.7 cm (7 3/8 × 5 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 23.2 cm (12 1/4 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

16 published of 17 catalogued · 13 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
MoMA
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4 entries · 1 sources

Wuthering Heights: Heathcliffe Under the Tree
1943 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Self-Portrait
1984 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Fathers & Sons
1941 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Eleonora
1979 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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