The Village Pond of Gelmeroda, Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger
The Village Pond of Gelmeroda
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Lyonel Feininger

The Village Pond of Gelmeroda, 1922


Dimensions
86 x 112 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
2109
Acquisition
Acquired in 1967 as a donation from the Farbwerke Hoechst AG, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.
Status
On display, 1st upper level, Modern Art, room 13

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About the Work

A question of distance: from far away we see a landscape with houses reflected in the water, while close up we see only geometric structures which overlap and penetrate each other. The dematerialisation of the objects is one of Feininger's central artistic interests: "What we have seen must be reshaped and crystallised internally," wrote the artist, who was appointed to the Bauhaus by Walter Gropius in 1919. Gelmeroda, which today forms part of Weimar, inspired Feininger to numerous works in which he mystically heightened village subjects with Expressionist and Cubist forms.

About the Acquisition

In 1863 the Teerfarbenfabrik Meister, Lucius & Co. was founded in Hoechst am Main. It was to become one of the leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies in Germany: Hoechst. It was a founding-member of the syndicate dye industry, from which I.G. Farben emerged in 1925. After the Second World War, I.G. Farben was split into its founder companies and Hoechst AG was re-established. In 2004 it merged with the French company Sanofi-Synthélabo. This painting was a gift of the company on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Städel Museum in 1966.

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ASK AN ARTWORK – Fragen an die Kunst, Antworten aus dem Home Office: Lyonel Feininger #StaydelAtHome
Eine einfache Szene: ein Haus am Wasser. Tatsächlich aber ist alles gebrochen - und alles gleichzeitig da: Vorder- und Rückseite, Innen und Außen, Tag und Nacht. So wie das Coronavirus die Welt in neuem Licht erscheinen lässt, müssen wir mit Lyonel Feininger das Sichtbare befragen: ASK AN ARTWORK! In der Serie ASK AN ARTWORK beantwortet die Kunsthistorikerin Anna Huber (Mitarbeiterin der Abteilung Bildung und Vermittlung) aus dem Home Office Fragen, die wir an die Kunst haben. Denn während der Coronakrise kommt das Städel zu Ihnen: #StaydelAtHome Findet Lyonel Feinigers Werk "Dorfteich von Gelmeroda" in der Digitalen Sammlung: https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/de/werk/dorfteich-von-gelmeroda It's simply a house by the water - yet it is all is broken up into facets and we see everything simultaneously: interior and exterior, front and back, daylight and nighttime. Just like the Coronavirus has shown us the world in a new light, this kaleidoscope-like painting by Lyonel Feininger makes us question the visible. So let's ASK AN ARTWORK! In the series ASK AN ARTWORK art historian Anna Huber (Educational Department of the Städel Museum) answers the questions that we have for art – from home office. Because during the Corona-Crisis, if you can’t come to the Städel Museum, then the Städel Museum will come to you: #StaydelAtHome Find Lyonel Feininger's "The Village Pond of Gelmeroda" in our Digital Collection: https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/the-village-pond-of-gelmeroda

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10.09.2024