Vogelnest, 1951

Title

Vogelnest (Original Title)

Title Translation

Bird’s Nest

Painter

• Georg Meistermann

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• abstract painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Georg-Meistermann-Nachlassverwaltung, Dr. Justus Maria Calleen / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 1960 with funds from the Pfungst-Stiftung

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• bird
• egg
• animal
• colour
• shape

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Willi Baumeister
• Zen 49

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 25F3 birds
• 25F3(+421) birds (+ nest, den, burrow)
• 25F3(+91) birds (+ egg)

Associative

• 51F5(+3) Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept)
• 54F131(+3) Renovation (+ symbolical representation of concept)