Paul Camenisch – Self Portrait

Paul Camenisch (Zürich 1893 – 1970 Basel)

Self Portrait
Woodcut 1926
Stamp lower right: Paul Camenisch Basel – Nachlass (estate)
Numbered lower left: 36/70
60 x 39 on 72.5 x 61 cm

Printed from the original wooden plate in an edition of 70 copies.

Paul Camenisch was an important exponent of Expressionism in Switzerland. On New Year’s Eve 1924/25 he founded the artist group “Red-Blue” together with Hermann Scherer undAlbert Müller. A short time later (1925) Werner Neuhaus and Otto Staiger joined. “Die Brücke” andErnst Ludwig Kirchner, with whom the painters were in personal contact, had a decisive influence on the group.