Picture "Schiller Portrait" (1808-1809), framed
Picture "Schiller Portrait" (1808-1809), framed
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limited, 990 copies | numbered | reproduction, Dietz Giclée print on canvas | on stretcher frame | framed | size 55 x 49 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Schiller Portrait" (1808-1809), framed
This portrait is one of the most famous of Schiller's works and can be found in a famous spot in the Goethe Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, where it continues to shape our perception of the great poet of Wallenstein to this day. However, it was painted years after Schiller's death. Kügelgen (1772-1820), a friend of Caspar David Friedrich and one of the most important portrait painters of his time, paid his respects to the two great poets of the period in 1808-1809, portraying not only Goethe but also Schiller, who had already died in 1805.
Dietz Gicleé on high-quality artist's canvas, limited edition of 990 copies. Stretched on a wooden stretcher frame. Numbered on the back. In high-quality solid wood frame. Size 55 x 49 cm (h/w).
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Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, to spray".
The Giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format print produced with an inkjet printer using special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The inks are lightfast, meaning they are resistant to harmful UV light. They provide a high level of nuance, contrast, and saturation.
The Giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade paper and watercolour paper as well as silk.
An intellectual movement that spread from literature and philosophy into the visual arts, it was established around 1800 but failed to produce its own style in the visual arts.
The art of Romanticism was determined by the content of the awareness of life and the sensations triggered by it. Inner feelings and emotions, dreams and fantasy, world and nature, the power of myth, and the striving towards infinity became central themes. The actual realm of Romanticism lies in painting and drawing. Landscape, in particular, came to the fore as a recurring theme, depicting the relationship between humans and nature while reflecting emotional states. Alongside a newfound appreciation for nature, there was a renewal of religious attitudes and a return to the past, tradition, history, old legends, and fairy tales, as well as to the art of old masters and epochs. Especially in the case of Germany, this was strongly national-oriented art.
The main representatives in Germany include C.D. Friedrich, P.O. Runge, J.A. Koch, M. v. Schwind, and the Nazarene group of artists. The French branch of Romanticism, which followed different tendencies than its German counterpart, is best exemplified by the art of Delacroix.
Romanticism lasted until around 1830.