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Morgner, Wilhelm
(1891-1917)Portrait of the artist Wilhelm Morgner

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer unknown. Portrait of the artist Wilhelm Morgner. Circa 1910. Vintage sepia-toned gelatin silver print. 22 x 16 cm.

In 1908, on the advice of Otto Modersohn, Wilhelm Morgner moved to Worpswede, where he studied with Georg Tappert, who introduced him to modern art and encouraged plein air painting; the two remained in close contact. After returning to Soest in 1909, Morgner established a studio and began exhibiting, and in 1910 he traveled to Berlin for further study with Tappert. His growing reputation led to publications in Der Sturm and Die Aktion, and participation in major exhibitions, including the Neue Secession in Berlin, the Blauer Reiter in Munich, and the Sonderbund in Cologne. Drafted in 1913, he was sent to the Western Front at the outbreak of the First World War and was killed near Langemark in Flanders in 1917 at the age of 26.