Christian Schad (1894?1982) is considered one of the most important representatives of Neue Sachlich?keit (New Objectivity). Sometimes realistic to the point of exaggeration, his famous portraits mirror Society in the ?Golden Twenties? on the edge of political upheaval and social injustice. The radical and unique character of his images of artists, leading citizens, aristocrats and other cultural figures have had an influence on a diverse range of realistic tendencies in art to this very day. Schad?s ?uvre is characterized by constant experimentation, an ongoing dialogue with artistic tradition, and innovation. In Switzerland, where he fled to avoid military service in 1915, he joined the Dada Movement. In this avant-garde context he began to create his Schadographs (photographs made without a camera or alens), which were already featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1937.

Christian Schad (1894?1982) is considered one of the most important representatives of Neue Sachlich?keit (New Objectivity). Sometimes realistic to the point of exaggeration, his famous portraits mirror Society in the ?Golden Twenties? on the edge of political upheaval and social injustice. The radical and unique character of his images of artists, leading citizens, aristocrats and other cultural figures have had an influence on a diverse range of realistic tendencies in art to this very day. Schad?s ?uvre is characterized by constant experimentation, an ongoing dialogue with artistic tradition, and innovation. In Switzerland, where he fled to avoid military service in 1915, he joined the Dada Movement. In this avant-garde context he began to create his Schadographs (photographs made without a camera or alens), which were already featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1937.