Christian Schad

1894–1982

Christian Schad, ‘Self-Portrait’ 1927 — Self-Portrait 1927
© Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2018
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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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Artworks

Christian Schad, ‘Self-Portrait’ 1927

Christian Schad Self-Portrait

1927

On display at Tate Britain part of Aftermath 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 Untitled Schadograph No.16

1919

On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X57894

Artist as subject

Christian Schad, ‘Self-Portrait’ 1927

Christian Schad Self-Portrait

1927

On display at Tate Britain part of Aftermath L01710

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Neue Sachlichkeit

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

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