Exhibition of contemporary German art
An exhibition catalogue of contemporary German painting, compiled by art historian Paul Clemen and issued in 1909 by the Art Institute of Chicago with Berlin publisher G. Stilke for American and German art audiences. The reproductions are tonal halftone plates of paintings, and they show a range of moods: a seated woman playing a lyre in a grotto, dark silhouetted trees against a dusk sky, a crowded market scene of hats and women with baskets, and a dim country lane with a woman carrying a child. A designer could draw on their strong chiaroscuro and low-key atmosphere for moody compositions.
