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The Rose, or the Artist's Journey
1846
Like many of Schwind’s other “picture novellas,” The Rose tells the story of a romanticized Middle Ages, of German woods and birdsong and of unfulfilled dreams of love. “The hero,” wrote the painter, “is the last musician, a man with lofty ideas” and yet “a ruined genius.” The viewer can guess what longing will be awakened by the dropped rose. Disillusion was a central theme in Schwind’s work. [source]
- Size:
- w134.0 x h216.0 cm
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18688217
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