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The Fugitives by Karl Schrag
The Fugitives
Karl Schrag
Title
The Fugitives
Artist
Karl Schrag
1912 - 1995 (biography)Year
1941
Technique
etching and aquatint on copper
Image Size
7 3/8 x 14 15/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
50
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left; dated 1941 after the signature
Reference
Syracuse University no.9; illustrated on page 25
Paper
wove
State
published
Publisher
Inventory ID
PAMI113
Price
SOLD
Description
This early, powerful etching and aquatint by Karl Schrag was done at the Art Students League in New York, two years after he moved to the US from Paris to escape the chaos of his native Germany and the inpending war in Europe.
Schrag studied with social commentator Harry Sternberg at the ASL before studying with S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17 in New York in 1945.
Schrag draws on his memories and depicts refugees, packed on the back of a truck, escaping a destroyed city in a raging storm. A man in the cab guards the group with a rifle while the passengers, representing a cross section of ordinary people, try to sleep, pray and stay alive. A madonna-like mother and baby seem to represent a ray of hope.