Portrait of a German Officer.
Title
Portrait of a German Officer .
Creator
Hartley, Marsden (American painter, poet, 1877-1943)
Date
1914
Cultural Context
American North American German European Western European Bavarian
Style/Period
Cubist Synthetic Cubist
Subject
Memorial works Military officers Military personnel Symbols Militarism Friendship Standards (Identifying artifacts) Military standards Flags Crosses Military decorations Awards Emblems Insignia Badges Patterns (Design elements)
Description
"Although one could read this image in the general context of wartime militarism , elements in the painting did have personal significance for Hartley ; in particular , it includes references to his friend , Lieutenant Karl von Freyberg , with whom he had maintained an intimate relationship and who was killed in battle a few months before Hartley painted this work . Von Freyberg's initials appear in the lower left corner ; his age when he died , 24 , appears in the lower right corner ; and his regiment number , 4 , appears in the center of the painting . Also incorporated is the letter E for von Freyberg's regiment , the Bavarian Eisenbahn. " (Excerpt , Kleiner , p . 989)
Material
Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements
5' 8 1/4" x 3' 5 3/8"
Technique
Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique)
Inscription
"Von Freyberg's initials appear in the lower left corner; his age when he died, 24, appears in the lower right corner; and his regiment number, 4, appears in the center of the painting. Also incorporated is the letter E for von Freyberg's regiment, the Bavarian Eisenbahn." (Excerpt, Kleiner, p. 989)
Work Type
Paintings Oil paintings
Repository
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)
Source
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.33-33, p.989)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Alfred Stieglitz Collection).
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 442-17.jpg
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