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Aone T. Postma - Death and the Girl
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Private sellerDen Haag, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since March 2020 • 13 sales
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The painting 'Death and the Maiden' is inspired by a German-language song written by Franz Schubert in February 1817 to a text by Matthias Claudius from 1774.
Der Tod und das Mädchen (in D minor, D 810) is very mournful in tone. Franz Schubert was in the grip of a venereal disease and wrote his fourteenth string quartet (for two violins, viola, and cello) with his early death in mind.
In this painting, the girl's stunned gaze, in particular, when she meets death, conveys the poignant austerity of this song.
Der tod und das mädchen
(Das Mädchen)
Vorüber! Ach, vorüber!
Geh wilder Knochenmann!
Ich bin noch jung, geh, Lieber!
And do not touch me.
(Death)
Give your hand, you beautiful and delicate figure!
Be a friend, and do not come to punish.
Have good courage! I am not wild,
Should sleep gently in my arms!
Aone T. POSTMA (1963) is a visual artist living in The Hague, originally from Friesland. In the late 1980s, Postma studied Graphic Design at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague. After a stay of a year and a half in India for various visual arts internships, he settled back in The Hague and opened his studio on Boekhorststraat. In the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, Postma regularly held successful exhibitions of paintings in various Dutch galleries. In recent years, he has not exhibited. Postma is also a teacher of Visual Arts and Art History in secondary education. His work is difficult to categorize; it is often magical realist in atmosphere with many allegorical references. Melancholy and poetry emanate from his work. Postma paints in a figurative style, yet his work is also highly expressive, particularly due to his use of color. (Pyke Koch, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, El Greco)
The frame is vintage and shows restoration marks in corners. See photos.
The frame is vintage and shows restoration marks in corners. See photos.
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ConditionVery goodColorsWhiteMaterialSustainable materialsNumber of items1Height50 cmWidth39 cmSigns of usageCrack
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Private sellerDen Haag, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since March 2020 • 13 sales