Churchgoers (Kirchgänger)
Adolf Ferdinand Schinnerer
German, 1876–1949
1910
A drypoint print that quietly records a procession of churchgoers crossing a town square, aiming to capture the simple dignity and steady rhythm of communal ritual.
You’d notice first the long line of dark, sketchy figures—almost silhouettes—set against a broad, pale building, where sparse hatching and the soft burr of the drypoint create a luminous play of sunlight, shadow and implied movement.
Dating from 1910, the print shows how artists turned to intimate intaglio techniques like drypoint to depict everyday modern life with economy and atmosphere, bridging traditional printmaking craft and early‑20th‑century social observation.
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 5 1/8 x 9 5/16" (13 x 23.7 cm); sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 13/16" (17.5 x 27.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Given anonymously
Accession
558.1942
Palette
Exhibitions
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