(Wedel 1870–1938 Rostock)
Barlach received his artistic training in Hamburg and Dresden. From around 1900 to 1910, he lived in Berlin with interruptions and was represented there by gallery owner Paul Cassirer. A trip to Russia in 1906 was decisive for his artistic development. Coming from Art Nouveau, Barlach developed his own expressive style with concise, block-like figures. Barlach was a member of the Berlin Secession and, from 1919, the Prussian Academy of Arts. Under the Nazis, his works were considered “degenerate.”