01 Work, The Art of War, Fritz Burmann's Lamentation, with footnotes

Fritz Burmann

Lamentation, c. 1929

Oil on board

67 x 54 cm. Frame: 83 x 70,5 x 6,5 x 10 cm.

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Fritz Burmann was born in 1892 in Westphalian Wiedenbrück. From 1909-12 he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy under August Deusser, becoming his master student, and at the Academy in Munich under Heinrich Knirr. This was followed by study trips through Europe, before he received a teaching position at the academy in Königsberg in 1926.

In 1936 he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In addition, Burmann often stayed in the Nida Artists' Colony. His oeuvre includes landscapes, particularly from the Curonian Spit, as well as portraits and still lifes, which show tendencies of the New Objectivity. Burmann died in 1945. More on Fritz Burmann

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01 Work, The Art of War, Francisco Goya's Escena de guerra (War scene), with footnotes

Francisco Goya

Escena de guerra (War scene), c. 1808-1812

Oil on panel

72 x 99,5 cm. - frame: 99,5 x 128 cm.

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Scene from the Spanish war of independence (between 1808 and 1812)

Francisco Goya was a talented Spanish painter and printmaker, and is considered one of the last of the Old Masters of painting, as well as the first of the moderns. He began his apprenticeship in painting at the age of 14, and his talent was quickly recognized. He first submitted entries to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1763, and then later in 1766, both of which were denied. But, in 1771, he traveled to Rome and won second place in a painting competition and secured employment designing tapestries at the Royal Tapestry Factory. He completed over 42 patterns, which were used to cover the walls in the newly built palaces around Madrid, giving him an immediate royal audience.

In the 1780’2 he became friendly with the crown prince of Spain, spending two summers with him and his family, paintings portraits, and expanding his circle of royal patrons. He was given a salaried position as a court painter in 1786, and in 1799 was made the first court painter, painting for the king and his family, as well as the Spanish nobility.

Between the years of 1792 and 1793, Goya suffered from a mysterious illness, which made him deaf, and affected his mental behavior. Some current medical scientists believe that his deafness was a result of the lead in which he used in his paints, whereas others believe it may have been some sort of viral encephalitis. Either way, its effect on Goya cannot be understated. After his illness, he became withdrawn and introspective, and began painting a series of disturbing paintings on the walls of his house in Quinta del Sordo. His earlier themes of merry festivals and cartoons changed into depictions of war and corpses, representing a darkening of his mood. Whether this has more to do with the French declaration of war on Spain or some medical problem leading to mental disturbance is up to debate.

As such, his legacy ranges from simple portraits of the royal family to devilish portrayals of demons eating their young. His legacy also has inspired several operas, a piano suite, and a number of feature films. More on Francisco Goya

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01 Work, The Art of War, Anselm Feuerbach's The Battle of the Amazons, with footnotes

Anselm Feuerbach

Detail; The Battle of the Amazons, c. 1870/73

Oil on canvas

H 4,05 m x B 6,93 m

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Anselm Feuerbach

The Battle of the Amazons, c. 1870/73

Oil on canvas

H 4,05 m x B 6,93 m

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

This dramatic historical painting, teeming with figures, depicts the devastating battle for the city of Troy. According to Homer, the Amazons with their queen Penthesilea came to the aid of the Trojan king Priamos, who had to defend himself against the Greeks under the leadership of king Menelaus. In the battle, Penthesilea is killed by Achilles, who falls in love with her when removing the dying woman's helmet. The beautiful Amazon can be seen in Feuerbach's picture in the middle of the foreground, with bare chest and precious arm decoration and headdress. More on this painting

In addition to the "Battle of the Amazons", Feuerbach worked almost simultaneously on the almost equally large painting "Plato's Banquet" (Berlin, National Gallery). He counted both paintings among his most important works and referred to them as "twin paintings". While the "Battle" embodies mutual overpowering, barbarism and destruction, the "Banquet" represents the civilized community in which people respect and complement each other. More on this painting

Anselm Feuerbach, (born September 12, 1829 - died January 4, 1880, Venice, Italy), one of the leading German painters of the mid-19th century working in a Romantic style of Classicism.

Feuerbach was the son of a classical archaeologist and the nephew of the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. After studying art at the Düsseldorf Academy and in Munich, he went twice to Paris, where he worked in the studio of Thomas Couture and was influenced by Gustave Courbet and Eugène Delacroix.

Feuerbach lived in Italy from 1855 to 1873, and much of his best work was produced during this period. He was influenced by antique Greek and Roman art and Italian High Renaissance painting, and he developed an interest in idealized figure compositions of a lyrical, elegiac nature.

In 1873 Feuerbach became a professor at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and painted for the academy building Fall of the Titans, generally regarded as his weakest work. Ill and discouraged by the harsh criticism of this work, Feuerbach left Vienna in 1876 and returned to Italy, where he died. More on Anselm Feuerbach

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