Kreuzigung, 1964

Title

Kreuzigung (Original Title)

Title Translation

Crucifixion

Painter

• Eugen Schönebeck

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Acquisition

Acquired in 2020 as a gift from Hanspeter Rabe

Genre

• abstraction
• personal depiction

Main Motif

• head
• body part (human)
• cross
• crucifixion
• figure

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jesus Christ
• Vincent van Gogh

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 31A221 head (human)
• 31A22 parts of the human body (skeleton excepted)
• 22C4(BLUE) colours, pigments, and paints: blue
• 31E2356 violent death by crucifixion

Secondary

• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry

Associative

• 11Q14 martyr(s) (often with palm-branches)