christian schad

sonja

dr. haustein

maika

bettina

lotte

portrait of the count saint-genois d'anneaucourt

self-portrait

christian schad (1894 – 1982) was a german painter associated with dada and the new objectivity movement. listed works here are sharp-focused, erotic and mysteriously powerful.

upon returning to berlin in 1927 he painted some of the most significant works of the new objectivity. they are characterized by "an artistic perception so sharp that it seems to cut beneath the skin", according to wieland schmied, who calls schad the "prototypical possessor of the 'cool gaze' which distinguishes this movement from earlier forms of realism".

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