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Emil SchumacherWW-1959-322469
1959·Oil on canvas·55 1/4 × 38 in. (140.3 × 96.5 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Goldberg, 1971

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Year
1959
Dimensions
55 1/4 × 38 in. (140.3 × 96.5 cm)

Artist

Emil Schumacher
Emil Schumacher

Printmaking

Emil Schumacher was a German abstract painter whose gestural, heavily textured works emerged from postwar expressionism. Working primarily in oil and mixed media, he built dense, layered surfaces that combined geometric and organic forms with an emphasis on material itself as subject. Active from the 1950s onward, Schumacher's approach bridged European abstraction and informal painting, placing him within the broader movement of Art Informel. His canvases prioritize the physicality of paint and substrate over representation or symbolic content.

Hagen, Germany

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Year
1959
Dimensions
55 1/4 × 38 in. (140.3 × 96.5 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1959-322469

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Artist

Emil Schumacher

Emil Schumacher

Printmaking

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