Yesterday I visited an art gallery and it was really interesting to see how much I already learned during this short period of time. I mean I could identify some of the paintings and what century they might be from and what art style they were. I also saw another painting of a Saint painting Viring with child as in the image that I annotate from Jan van Eyck and I got really excited that I knew some things to say about to my father who accompanied me. I also saw this one really amazing painting and I stood in front of it for probably 20 minutes because I was so fascinated by what it meant in a deeper sense. It was a painting from Franz Radziwill (1895 – 1983) and it was called “The Strike” (1931)
and although the LWL – Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte is quite a small museum and gallery compared to for example the National Gallery in London or Galleries in Australia, they had many amazing paintings and I got a lot from visiting an art gallery and writing about how the building and everything fit together with the art that was shown. I researched something about this painting after I got back and it was very interesting to read about it what it meant and of course about the artist himself as this often gives some kind of hint about what the painting could mean. Franz Radziwill orientated himself at other expressionist paintings but within his career his style changed to a more subtle style and his paintings were the new version of German romanticism. This painting shows an empty city, it shows a coffin, empty railtrails, airplanes, empty streets, etc. Franz Radziwill wasn’t a big fan of realism he maybe wanted people to pay more attention to the things behind reality, to the things behind the business of the world and to get the viewer to increase his/her awareness of the things that aren’t obvious or that one doesn’t see in everyday life. What is also interesting is that some of the details that can be seen on this painting were added later after finishing the painting in 1931. I think that this painting is amazing as I could find a lot of different ways to interpret all the small details that are shown in this painting.
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I also got a few postcards of different works of art in the museum shop and I am very happy that I found a place where I can buy postcards that show paintings different art periods as I found it hard to find any shops that sell those close to where I live. I am still very excited that I was allowed to touch (!) a Henry Moore sculpture yesterday; it was really fantastic and it felt great touching the cold bronze surface and feel the shape of the sculpture flowing underneath my hands. I was also able to spin the sculpture as it was only a small one on a disc and it was great to see the sculpture from all different sides and angles. I am eager to write a report about my museum visit now and order all the information that I stored in my head and took notes about.
What I want to take a look at also today is Chapter Eleven about the 16th century in Europe. I have been looking forward to the second part of the course as I feel like my interest is more in the art from 14th century onward. I am also thinking about watching the episode about Northern Renaissance from the “Art of the Western World” series.
Watching the video made me remember all the details about what I learned during the last project of part 1 and I am eager to read about the 16th century now. I finished reading about the High Renaissance in Europe and I just find it very interesting and I can’t wait to research some things and learn more about the stories behind the painting as in the research point about researching the mythology behind three paintings – I am looking forward to that, that is going to be interesting!
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