He [ Otto Mueller ] himself omitted certain things in his pictures that his contemporaries deemed to be of importance, in order to capture the essence.... with the greatest possible simplicity. (Erich Heckel)

He [ Otto Mueller ] himself omitted certain things in his pictures that his contemporaries deemed to be of importance, in order to capture the essence.... with the greatest possible simplicity.

Erich Heckel

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