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1948
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About the Item
Rudolf Nehmer (1912 Bobersberg - 1983 Dresden), The birds under the sky, 1948. Woodcut on yellowish wove paper, 11 cm x 18 cm (depiction), 43 cm x 30 cm (sheet size), signed “Rud.[olf] Nehmer” in pencil lower right and inscribed “Matth. 6,26” lower left.
- The wide sheet margin slightly bumped in places, minimal traces of creasing, the image in excellent, colorful condition.
- The Sunbird -
This woodcut is part of Nehmer's most famous series, his pictorial interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount (Matth. 5,1-7,29), created shortly after the end of World War II. The print illustrates the verse: Look at the birds of the air: they do not sow, they do not reap, they do not gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more than they? (Matth. 6,26).
In a pensive posture, the man looks thoughtfully and fascinated at the bird in the sky, which appears there like the Holy Spirit. Rays seem to emanate from the bird, filling the fenced-in meadow, which looks like a new garden of paradise. Although the man, who represents man as such, is sitting on the other side of the fence, he is still filled with the Holy Spirit.
About the artist
Rudolf Nehmer studied from 1932 to 1934 in Dresden at the private art academy founded by Ernst Oskar Simonson-Castelli under Woldemar Winkler and, after a brief interlude at the art academy, was a student in Willy Kriegel's studio until 1936. After his first one-man show in 1935 at the Kühl Art Exhibition in Dresden, which was progressive until the Nazi era, Nehmer was represented at the major German art exhibitions in the following years. In 1938 he stayed in Worpswede. From 1941 he was a soldier on the Western Front and in Denmark, returning to Dresden from British captivity in 1945. After the war, he had his first solo exhibition in 1945. Nehmer was a co-founder of the artists' association 'Das Ufer - Gruppe 1947' and in 1951 a founding member of the artists' cooperative 'Kunst und Zeit'. He had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the GDR, culminating in a retrospective at the Galerie Neuer Meister on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
GERMAN VERSION
Rudolf Nehmer (1912 Bobersberg - 1983 Dresden), Die Vögel unter dem Himmel, 1948. Holzschnitt auf gelblichem Velin, 11 cm x 18 cm (Darstellung), 43 cm x 30 cm (Blattgröße), unten rechts in Blei mit „Rud.[olf] Nehmer“ signiert und unten links mit „Matth. 6,26“ bezeichnet.
- Der breite Blattrand teilweise leicht bestoßen. minimale Knickspuren, die Darstellung in ausgezeichnetem farbkräftigem Zustand.
- Der Sonnenvogel -
Der Holzschnitt gehört zu Nehmers bekanntester Graphikfolge, seiner kurz nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges geschaffenen bildlichen Auslegung der Bergpredigt (Matth. 5,1-7,29). Das Blatt veranschaulicht den Vers: Sehet die Vögel unter dem Himmel an: sie säen nicht, sie ernten nicht, sie sammeln nicht in die Scheunen; und euer himmlischer Vater nährt sie doch. Seid ihr denn nicht viel mehr denn sie? (Matth. 6,26).
In sinnierender Haltung blickt der Mann nachdenklich und fasziniert zugleich auf den Vogel im Himmel, der dort wie der Heilige Geist erscheint. Vom Vogel scheinen die Strahlen auszugehen, welche die wie ein neuer Paradiesgarten wirkende umzäunte Wiese erfüllen. Obwohl der für den Menschen als solchen einstehende Mann jenseits des Zaunes sitzt, ist er dennoch vom Heiligen Geist erfüllt.
zum Künstler
Rudolf Nehmer studierte von 1932 bis 1934 in Dresden an der von Ernst Oskar Simonson-Castelli gegründeten privaten Kunstakademie bei Woldemar Winkler und war – nach einem kurzen Intermezzo an der Kunstakademie – bis 1936 Schüler im Atelier von Willy Kriegel. Nach einer ersten Einzelausstellung im Jahre 1935 in der bis in die NS-Zeit hinein progressiven Dresdner Kunstausstellung Kühl, war Nehmer in den Folgejahren in den Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellungen vertreten. 1938 weilte er in Worpswede. Ab 1941 war er Soldat an der Westfront und in Dänemark und kehrte 1945 aus britischer Kriegsgefangenschaft nach Dresden zurück. Nach dem Kriegsende erfolgte bereits 1945 die erste Einzelausstellung. Nehmer war Mitbegründer der Künstlervereinigung ‚Das Ufer – Gruppe 1947‘ und war 1951 Gründungsmitglied der Künstlergenossenschaft ‚Kunst und Zeit‘. In der DDR erfolgten zahlreiche Einzelausstellungen und Ausstellungsbeteiligungen, die in einer Retrospektive anlässlich seines 60. Geburtstags in der Galerie Neuer Meister gipfelte.

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