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Flight - Collage, Paper, Surrealism, 21st Century, Contemporary Art
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
Flight, 2022
collage on paper
35 H x 50 W cm
Signed on reverse
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Draft Horse with Cart / - The Burden of Life -
Located in Berlin, DE
Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 Vienna - 1958 Düsseldorf), Draft Horse with Cart. Charcoal drawing on paper, 23 x 23 cm (inside measurement), 49 x 50 cm (fram...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Vigilant Fox - The psyche of the fox -
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Friedrich Deiker (1838 Wetzlar - 1892 Düsseldorf). Vigilant fox. Pencil drawing on brown paper, 18 × 29.5 cm (inside measurement), 31.5 x 43.5 cm (mount), signed and dated "Deiker [18]54" at lower right.
- a little bit stained, with a light water stain at lower right
About the artwork
Carl Friedrich Deiker's consummate ability to depict animals is already evident in this early work. He brought a whole new psychological dimension to animal painting, so that one could literally speak of animal portraits.
The naturalistic appearance of the fox alone makes it seem alive. Every strand of muscle, even every hair, is captured, which requires an intensive artistic study of animal anatomy and physiology. But the fox's real liveliness comes not from its natural appearance, but from its internal movement: Stretched out, it has been brought out of rest. It turns around and, with its ears pricked up, looks intently in the direction from which it has seen something. His mouth is slightly open and his pointed teeth are bared, as if he were growling. Tension gradually takes hold of his whole body. While the hind legs were still in a relaxed position, closely observed by Deiker, one front leg was already raised, ready to begin a rising movement. The fox seems so alarmed with all its senses that one gets the impression that, at any moment, its tail will move jerkily and the animal will jump up.
While wild animals have traditionally been portrayed as beasts or anthropomorphised, often for caricatural purposes, Deiker explores their inherent nature by attempting to capture their psychic impulses. The wild animal is neither bestial nor human, but a creature in its own right, valued by Deiker for its own sake. In this way, he brought the dignity of the animal into representation and raised animal painting to a whole new artistic level.
About the artist
Carl Friedrich Deiker was the son of the drawing teacher Christian Friedrich Deiker and the younger brother of the animal painter Johannes Deiker. In addition to the family art lessons, Christian Friedrich shared a studio with his brother Johannes at Braunfels Castle, Deiker attended the drawing academy in Hanau, and from 1858 he was a student at the Karlsruhe Art Academy, where he studied under the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Carl Friedrich Deiker was already in demand as an artist during his first year: Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden, Margrave Max of Baden and Grand Duke Michael of Russia bought hunting scenes by him.
In 1859 he went on a study trip to the Reinhardswald. Just as the Barbizon School had rediscovered the landscape, Deiker opened up the forest for animal painting.
From 1861-64 Deiker had his own studio in Karlsruhe, then moved to Düsseldorf, where his brother Johannes followed four years later. Deiker married a daughter of the landscape painter Karl Hilger and remained in Düsseldorf until his death.
In 1868 he finally achieved international fame with his painting 'Pursued Noble Deer' and was regarded as a virtuoso new founder of animal painting.
"Deiker brought for the first time a truly great artistic quality to animal painting [...]".
- Hans Vollmer
From 1870 he participated in the academic art exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden, Munich and Hanover. He was also very busy as an illustrator. He drew for the Gartenlaube, the Salon, the Universum, and produced many of the finely illustrated hunting and animal books of the period. He also worked as a printmaker, while his oil paintings circulated as reprints by Franz Dinger.
From 1865 to 1892 Deiker was a member of the artists' association Malkasten.
Carl Friedrich Deiker's life's work was honoured with a large posthumous memorial exhibition at the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle in 1892.
His son Carl Deiker, born in 1879, also became a painter.
Selection of art museums that own works by Carl Friedrich Deiker:
Hamburger Kunsthalle / Kunsthalle Karlsruhe / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf / Wallraff Richartz Cologne.
Selected Bibliography
H. Schmidt: Johannes and...
Category
1850s Naturalistic Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Feeding the Kittens - Little cat mother -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893".
- Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed.
- Little cat mother -
About the artwork
Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat.
It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...
Category
1890s Academic Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
Horse - 21st Century, Figurative Drawing, Animal, Expressionist, Brown, Black
By Dinu Rădulescu
Located in Berlin, DE
Horse, 1982
Colored pencil on paper (Signed, front lower left)
27.55 H x 39.37 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
Dinu Rădulescu's drawings illustrate, in their maj...
Category
2010s Expressionist Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Predatory Animals - Drawing, Pink, Animals, Orange, Surrealist
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
Predatory Animals, 2014
acryl, pencil and black fineliner on paper
13.89 H x 19.68 W in
35.3 H x 50 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, whe...
Category
2010s Surrealist Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Hercules after Carracci IV - 21st Century, Yellow, Grey, Male, Lion
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Berlin, DE
Hercules after Carracci IV, 2014
Tempera on paper (Signed)
27 3/5 H × 39 2/5 W in.
70 H × 100 W cm
On the subject of his new works the artist stated:
“There is not enough orange, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Egg Tempera, Paper
Siren - Contemporary Art, Nude, Female, Nature, White, Blue, Gray, Flowers
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Berlin, DE
Siren, 2015
Collage on cardboard
27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
The artist's reference on fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis from the perspective of contempo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard
Hercules after Carracci III - Contemporary, Figurative Art, Dog, Lion, Male, Red
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Berlin, DE
Hercules after Carracci III , 2014
Tempera on paper (Signed)
27 3/5 H × 39 2/5 W in.
70 H × 100 W cm
On the subject of his new works the artist stated:
“There is not enough orange, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Paper
Horse II - 21st Century, Figurative Drawing, Animal, Colored Pencil, Brown
By Dinu Rădulescu
Located in Berlin, DE
Horse II, 2014
Colored Pencil on Paper
28.74 H x 40.15 W in.
73 H x 102 W cm
Dinu Rădulescu's drawings illustrate, in their majority, the Horse, like a...
Category
2010s Expressionist Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Red Sea - Contemporary, Drawing on Paper, Pink, Dreamlike, Figurative
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
Red Sea, 2014
Collage, acrylic and colored fineliner on paper (Signed)
11.69 H x 16.53 W in
29.7 H x 42 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
The Music Box - 21st Century, Singing Fish, Funny, Contemporary Art
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
The Music Box, 2019
collage on paper
11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in.
30 H x 40 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of characters composed of different materials – cardboards, tex...
Category
2010s Abstract Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
The Crippled Dog - 21st Century, Funny, Green, Dog, Flower
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
The Crippled Dog, 2019
collage on paper
11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in
30 H x 40 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of different materials – cardboards, textil...
Category
2010s Abstract Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Animal - 21st Century, Collage, Contemporary Art, Funny, Elephant
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
Animal, 2019
collage on paper
11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in.
30 H x 40 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of characters composed of different materials – cardboards, textiles, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Soap clouds - Drawing, Contemporary, Fantasy, Animals, Children's Room
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
Soap clouds, 2014
Acryl, fineliner and colored pencil on paper
13.97 H x 19.68 W in
35.5 H x 50 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Berlin - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper, Acrylic
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