Nude Figure of a Boy in a Landscape (Knabe zwischen Blattpflanzen) 1912

Otto Mueller's "Nude Figure of a Boy in a Landscape (Knabe zwischen Blattpflanzen)" (1912) is a woodcut depicting a simplified nude figure of a boy surrounded by stylized plants. The black and white composition uses bold lines and contrasting tones, characteristic of the artist's work within the German Expressionist movement. The subject matter, rendered with a sense of both innocence and primitivism, was a recurring motif in Mueller's art, reflecting a fascination with the beauty of the human form and nature.