Christian Schad

1894–1982

Christian Schad, ‘Self-Portrait’ 1927
Self-Portrait 1927
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In Tate Modern

In the Studio: Studio Practice

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In Tate Modern

Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33

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Biography

Christian Schad (August 21, 1894 – February 25, 1982) was a German painter associated with Dada and the New Objectivity movement. Considered as a group, Schad's portraits form an extraordinary record of life in Vienna and Berlin in the years following World War I.

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Neue Sachlichkeit

Artworks

Christian Schad, ‘Self-Portrait’ 1927

Christian Schad Self-Portrait

1927
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio L01710
Christian Schad, ‘Agosta, the Pigeon-Chested Man, and Rasha, the Black Dove’ 1929

Christian Schad Agosta, the Pigeon-Chested Man, and Rasha, the Black Dove

1929
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio L02264

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Christian Schad Prof. Holzmeister

1926
On display at Tate Modern part of Magic Realism: X68295

Artist as subject

Christian Schad, ‘Self-Portrait’ 1927

Christian Schad Self-Portrait

1927
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio L01710

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Neue Sachlichkeit

Usually translated as ‘New Objectivity’, Neue Sachlichkeit was a German modern realist movement of the 1920s

Christian Schad, ‘Agosta, the Pigeon-Chested Man, and Rasha, the Black Dove’ 1929
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