books0977:Die Lesende (1911). Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976). Oil on canvas. An asymmet
books0977: Die Lesende (1911). Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976). Oil on canvas. An asymmetrical portrait of the writer Else Lasker-Schüler, a Jewish German poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem. -- source link