The Yawner
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 – 1783)
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783): En pioner inden for skulptur og kunstnerisk udtryk – kendt for sine chokerende karakterhoveder og hans udforskning af menneskelige følelser og psykologi. Et unikt perspektiv før Expressionismen.
Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, Tyskland)
Abraham van Beyeren - Udforsk kunsthistorien i Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. Se mesterværker af Rubens, Franz Marc og ZERO-kunsten.
Messerschmidt, a student of Johann Baptist Straub, was one of the pioneers of a new, early Classicist artistic style in Vienna around 1770. His best-known works are the 49 ‘character heads’, physiognomic studies with which the artist examined the expressive power of the human face in an excessively grotesque way. The focus on human emotions is probably also a result of the development of humanities at that time. The Yawner is one of the artist’s most striking works; the wide-open mouth might be a reference to well-known works such as Anima Dannata by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini. The original pieces were mostly made of lead or stone. Bronze casts such as this were produced in limited editions after the artist’s death. (Barbara Til)
Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: The Yawner
- Kunstner: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
- År: 1775
- Format: Portrait
- Ophavsretlig status: Public domain
- Udstillet hos: Kunstpalast
- Medietype: Sculpture
- Hovedfarve: Gray
- Anvendelse: Statement
- Nøgleord: marble bust artwork , grotesque portrait art , character head study
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- Dimensions: h350 cm ((without plinth))
- Year: 1775
- Artistic style: Realism with emotional emphasis
- Movement: Neoclassical
- Artist: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
- Title: The Yawner