Messiah by Ernst Neuschul
Oil, 1919.
Art work details
- Original Title :
- Messias
- Year of production :
- 1919
- Artist:
- Ernst Neuschul
- Medium :
- Oil painting
- Materials:
- Oil paint, Card
- Dimensions :
- heigth: 94 cms; width: 53 cms
- Credit Line :
- Purchased from Christie's Amsterdam with assistance from the Art Fund, V&A Purchase Grant Fund and City of Leicester Museums Trust
- Copyright :
- © The Artist’s Estate
- Associated Groups :
- Novembergruppe
- Tags:
- Weimar Republic, Nudity, Self Portrait, Neuschul
Ernst Neuschul was a painter of the Neue Sachlichkeit, or ‘New Objectivity movement, which arose in post WW1 Germany. Prior to this between 1919-1926 his interests included Freudian psychoanalysis, sexual liberation, spiritualism and yoga. During this period his paintings featured nudes, dancers or self-absorbed figures either in dark interiors, or dreamlike landscapes.
This rare surviving early work shows Neuschul placing himself in the spotlight, in an unusual self-portrait titled Messiah. He highlights his own physicality in a strange sparse landscape, a pathway curving away to blue mountains. Staring directly at the viewer Neuschul stakes a powerful claim to life, pointing directly at his own chest in a dramatic gesture.
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