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Artists›Ludwig Meidner

Ludwig Meidner

Ludwig Meidner

German, 1884–1966

WA-00018475

Frankfurt

PaintingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

25

Works in Collection

59

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ213727

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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German Drawing: The Expressionists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973–1974

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 92%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/ludwig-meidner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3909
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (25)

Curt Valentin

1923 · Crayon on paper

25 1/8 x 19 5/8" (63.7 x 49.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait

1922 · Black lithographic crayon on brown wove paper

75.5 × 55.5 cm (29 3/4 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Szlezak, the Actor

Portrait of Szlezak, the Actor

1922 · Etching in black on tan wove paper

Plate: 17.7 × 13.8 cm (7 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 26.5 cm (13 7/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Pianist Walter Kaempfer (I) (Bildnis Pianist Walter Kloepfer [I])

Portrait of Pianist Walter Kaempfer (I) (Bildnis Pianist Walter Kloepfer [I])

1921 · Etching

plate: 9 5/16 x 7 1/16" (23.7 x 17.9 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 9/16" (38 x 26.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man and Girl: Dr. Hans Huth and Tanja (Herr und Mädchen: Dr. Hans Huth und Tanja) from the series "Heads." 17 Etchings ("Köpfe." 17 Radierungen)

Man and Girl: Dr. Hans Huth and Tanja (Herr und Mädchen: Dr. Hans Huth und Tanja) from the series "Heads." 17 Etchings ("Köpfe." 17 Radierungen)

1921 · Etching

plate: 9 5/16 x 7 1/16" (23.7 x 17.9 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 11 13/16" (41 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Elise (Porträt Elise) from the series "Heads." 17 Etchings ("Köpfe." 17 Radierungen)

Portrait of Elise (Porträt Elise) from the series "Heads." 17 Etchings ("Köpfe." 17 Radierungen)

1921 · Etching

plate: 8 15/16 x 8 1/16" (22.7 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 16 x 11 13/16" (40.6 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait with Burin (Selbstporträt mit Radiernadel)

Self-Portrait with Burin (Selbstporträt mit Radiernadel)

1920 · Drypoint

plate: 7 13/16 x 6 1/4" (19.9 x 15.9 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 5/8" (39.5 x 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Dr. Victor Heinrich Klinkhardt (III) (Bildnis Dr. Victor Heinrich Klinkhardt [III]) (plate 29) from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)

Portrait of Dr. Victor Heinrich Klinkhardt (III) (Bildnis Dr. Victor Heinrich Klinkhardt [III]) (plate 29) from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)

1920 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions and one lithographed cover

composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 x 7 9/16" (24.8 x 19.2 cm); page: 12 11/16 x 9 9/16" (32.3 x 24.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of a Shoemaker (Spartacid)

Portrait of a Shoemaker (Spartacid)

1919 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 20 × 17.7 cm (7 7/8 × 7 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 23 cm (13 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dr. Wilhelm Valentiner

Dr. Wilhelm Valentiner

1919 · Ink on paper

25 1/2 x 19 7/8" (64.8 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Prayer (Gebet) (plate, preceding p. 361) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 12 (Dec 1918)

Prayer (Gebet) (plate, preceding p. 361) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 12 (Dec 1918)

1918 · Lithograph

composition: 9 1/4 x 7 3/8" (23.5 x 18.8 cm); page: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2" (28.5 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait-Sketch: Portrait of Franz Pfemfert (Porträt-Skizze: Bildnis Franz Pfemfert) (plate, loose leaf) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 3 (Mar 1918)

Portrait-Sketch: Portrait of Franz Pfemfert (Porträt-Skizze: Bildnis Franz Pfemfert) (plate, loose leaf) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 3 (Mar 1918)

1918 · Drypoint

plate: 5 7/8 x 4 13/16" (14.9 x 12.2 cm); page: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.6 x 21.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Paul Westheim (I) (Bildnis Paul Westheim [I]) (plate, preceding p. 161) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 1, no. 6 (Jun 1917)

Portrait of Paul Westheim (I) (Bildnis Paul Westheim [I]) (plate, preceding p. 161) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 1, no. 6 (Jun 1917)

1917 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 7 3/8 x 6 11/16" (18.8 x 17 cm); page: 11 1/4 x 8 9/16" (28.5 x 21.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Soldier Karl Stein

Soldier Karl Stein

1917 · Ink on paper

11 x 7 3/8" (27.9 x 18.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Apocalyptic Landscape

Apocalyptic Landscape

1914 · Pen and black ink, over graphite, on cream tracing paper, laid down on off-white wove paper

52 × 37.2 cm (20 1/2 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1914 · Drypoint on cream wove paper

Plate: 14.7 × 12.2 cm (5 13/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 22.5 cm (12 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Raoul Hausmann (Bildnis Raoul Hausmann)

Portrait of Raoul Hausmann (Bildnis Raoul Hausmann)

1914 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 16 1/2 x 10 11/16" (41.9 x 27.2 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 7/16" (50.5 x 34.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of a Woman (verso)

1914 · pen and black ink over black chalk

Sheet: 80.6 x 50.8 cm (31 3/4 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Max Herrmann-Neisse

Max Herrmann-Neisse

1913 · Oil on canvas

89.5 × 75.6 cm (35 1/4 × 29 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Street with Pedestrian

Street with Pedestrian

1913 · Pen and brush and India ink over graphite on cream wove paper

53.8 × 46 cm (21 3/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure in the Street at Night (recto)

1913 · pen and black ink and brush and black ink over black chalk

Sheet: 50.8 x 80.6 cm (20 x 31 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure in the Street at Night (recto); Portrait of a Woman (verso)

1913 · pen and black ink and brush and black ink over black chalk

Sheet: 50.8 x 80.6 cm (20 x 31 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

O Moon Above So Clear!

O Moon Above So Clear!

1912 · Ink, charcoal and opaque watercolor on paper

17 3/4 x 22 1/4" (45.1 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jakob van Hoddis (recto); Untitled (Sketch of Buildings (verso)

Jakob van Hoddis (recto); Untitled (Sketch of Buildings (verso)

1909 · Pen and brush and black ink, over graphite (recto), and graphite and charcoal (verso), on ivory wove paper

45.9 × 41.6 cm (18 1/8 × 16 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

25 published of 38 catalogued · 35 with image

MoMA
13 publishedof 26 catalogued26 img
Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Figure in the Street at Night (recto); Portrait of a Woman (verso)
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Figure in the Street at Night (recto)
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a Woman (verso)
1914 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Relationships

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Movements1

Collections3

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago