The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

The Painter Heinrich Hoerle, Painting the Boxing Champion Hein Domgörgen

1929, printed 1974

August Sander

(German, 1876–1964)
gelatin silver print
Image: 28.5 x 20.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 28.5 x 20.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.); Mounted: 54.7 x 44.7 cm (21 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Gift of Holly and James Bogin 2017.306
Location: Not on view

Description

Sander attempted to document the entire spectrum of German society between the two world wars through portraits. He was attempting to find characteristics that typified a profession or social class, yet also strove to maintain a sense of each sitter’s individuality. Sander photographed Heinrich Hoerle (German, 1895–1936) in his studio in the act of drawing Hein Domgörgen (1898–1972), the dominant German middleweight boxer in the 1920s.
  • Sander, August, Susanne Lange, Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, and Gerd Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts: ein Kulturwerk in Lichtbildern eingeteilt in sieben Gruppen = People of the 20th century : a cultural work of photographs divided into seven groups = Hommes du XXe siècle : une œuvre culturelle de photograhies divisée en sept groupes. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 2002.
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