Artist · 21 prints
Heinrich Vogeler Prints
About Heinrich Vogeler
Heinrich Vogeler was a German painter, designer and illustrator, born on 12 December 1872 in Bremen. He studied at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1890 to 1895 and in 1894 joined the artists' colony at Worpswede, near Bremen. In 1895 he bought an old farmhouse there, the Barkenhoff, and rebuilt it in the Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau) style as his home and studio. After the First World War he turned it into a socialist commune and work school. He moved to the Soviet Union for good in 1931, was deported to Kazakhstan in 1941 and died there in 1942.
Heinrich Vogeler first became known for fairy-tale paintings, decorative book art and graphic work with flowing floral ornament. From 1899 he worked on the yearbook of Die Insel and made book illustrations and craft designs. In 1904 and 1905 he designed the Güldenkammer, an Art Nouveau room in Bremen Town Hall. His later work turned to political subjects, and from Moscow he produced anti-Nazi posters and leaflets.
Heinrich Vogeler prints: reproductions of the Art Nouveau etchings, paintings and bookplates of the German Worpswede artist Heinrich Vogeler. Works include Frühling, Erster Sommer, Die Schlangenbraut, König und Schäferin, Birken am Barkenhoff (1913) and The Invalid (1916).
This selection focuses on Vogeler's early Jugendstil work: fairy-tale scenes such as The Princess and the Frog and Froschkönig, spring and love themes with slender figures among birches and flowers, and a group of ex libris bookplates designed for named collectors. Most are fine-lined etchings in soft greens, browns and black.
The quiet, finely drawn scenes suit bedrooms, studies, libraries and children's rooms, and the small bookplates work well grouped near shelves. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
