Irma Stern —
Look at me1894 — 1966

Died onAugust 23, 1966
Country of birthSouth Africa
movementsExpressionism
subjectsBadass Female Artists

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Malay Woman

Malay Woman

Portrait of Rebecca Hourwich Reyher

Portrait of Rebecca Hourwich Reyher

Sunflowers

Sunflowers

Young Arab

Young Arab

Portrait of Freda Feldman in Basuto Hat

Portrait of Freda Feldman in Basuto Hat

Stella, Lady Bailey

Stella, Lady Bailey

Dahlias

Dahlias

Art with a message

Aleksandr Rodchenko

Trauma and displacement birth surrealism

Max Ernst Irma Stern

"Under this mask, another mask; I will never finish removing all these faces"

Art for the people, people for the state

Varvara Stepanova 2000

The artists of Expressionism

Egon Schiele

Portrait of Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele — Genius dead at 28

Wenzel Hablik

Portrait of Wenzel Hablik

Wenzel Hablik — The architect of invisible cities

Edvard Munch

Portrait of Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch — Living in Berlin with the angels of fear and death

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Portrait of Paula Modersohn-Becker

Paula Modersohn-Becker — Why do Expressionists die young?

Käthe Kollwitz

Portrait of Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz — Printmaker & social activist

James Ensor

James Ensor — Grim fandango

Armand Henrion

Portrait of Armand Henrion

Armand Henrion — Yes, he only paints clowns

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso — The man who ate the world's art

Alice Neel

Portrait of Alice Neel

Alice Neel — The unblinking anxiety of modern life

Francis Bacon

Portrait of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon — The never-ending scream

Irma Stern

Portrait of Irma Stern

Irma Stern — Look at me

Marsden Hartley

Portrait of Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley — Spirituality comes first, cult status second

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Portrait of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz — affirming the metaphysical horror of existence