id: 300947
accession number: 2017.99
share license status: Other
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.99
updated: 2019-11-18 12:52:52.703000
Der Krieg, 1914. Heinrich Davringhausen (German, 1894-1970). Oil on canvas; overall: 82 x 69.5 cm (32 5/16 x 27 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Modern European Painting and Sculpture Sundry Purchase Fund 2017.99
title: Der Krieg
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creation date: 1914
creation date earliest: 1914
creation date latest: 1914
current location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
creditline: Modern European Painting and Sculpture Sundry Purchase Fund
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technique: Oil on canvas
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Heinrich Davringhausen (German, 1894-1970) - artist
German painter and printmaker, 1894-1970
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measurements: Overall: 82 x 69.5 cm (32 5/16 x 27 3/8 in.)
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fun fact:
The Nazis seized 200 of this artist's paintings because they were considered "degenerate art."
digital description:
A member of a circle of avant-garde artists active in Cologne, Davringhausen painted this apocalyptic vision of a burning village in 1914 as a premonition of the violence and destructiveness of the First World War. Tiny black figures, some apparently carrying and shooting guns, are engulfed in a vortex of burning, collapsing buildings, perhaps alluding to the potential obliteration of cities and countries, even the social structures of Western Civilization. Through a masterful merging of expressionist emotion with Cubist and Futurist formal devices, Der Krieg (War) made a significant contribution to the theme of apocalyptic war scenes painted by the German Expressionists.
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A member of a circle of avant-garde artists active in Cologne, Davringhausen painted this apocalyptic vision of a burning village in 1914 as a premonition of the violence and destructiveness of the First World War. Tiny black figures, some apparently carrying and shooting guns, are engulfed in a vortex of burning, collapsing buildings, perhaps alluding to the potential obliteration of cities and countries, even the social structures of Western Civilization. Through a masterful merging of expressionist emotion with Cubist and Futurist formal devices, Der Krieg (War) made a significant contribution to the theme of apocalyptic war scenes painted by the German Expressionists.
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