Stehender Knabe und zwei Mädchen I c. 1914

"Stehender Knabe und zwei Mädchen I" (Standing Boy and Two Girls I) is a woodcut by German Expressionist artist Otto Mueller, created around 1914. The work depicts three nude figures, a boy and two girls, standing in a stylized landscape. Mueller's use of bold lines and simplified forms, characteristic of the Expressionist style, creates a sense of emotional intensity and raw emotionality. The figures are rendered with a starkness that emphasizes their vulnerability and the psychological weight of the scene. This woodcut, housed at the Städel Museum, exemplifies Mueller's exploration of the human form and its relationship to nature, a common theme in his work.