Sculpture
Singing Man
SculptureMetalwork
Details
- Author / creator
- Ernst Barlach (German, 1870–1938)
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- 1928
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 49.8 × 53.3 × 36.8 cm
- Primary material
- Bronze
- Place of origin
- Germany
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1937
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
One of the most celebrated sculptors of the Expressionist movement in Germany, Barlach first began exploring ways to convey inner feeling through depictions of the human body around 1906. As this singing man pulls his knee toward his body, his closed eyes and open mouth suggest deep concentration. A staunch opponent of the Nazis, Barlach was declared a “degenerate artist” and forbidden to teach or exhibit in Germany.
Materials and technique
Bronze
Signature and marks
Signed on support under right foot: "E. Barlach"
