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Aone T. Postma - Death and the Girl
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The painting "Death and the Maiden" was inspired by the a German-language song written by Franz Schubert in February 1817 to lyrics by Matthias Claudius from 1774.
Der Tod und das Mädchen (in d minor, D 810 ) is very sad in tone. Franz Schubert was in the grip of venereal disease and wrote his fourteenth string quartet (for two violins, viola and cello) with his early death in mind.
https://klassiekemuziek.tv/schubert-strijkkwartet-tod-und-das-madchen/
In this painting, the girl's hushed look in particular, as she has her encounter with death, translates the poignant austerity of this song.
Der tod und das mädchen
(Das Mädchen)
Vorüber! Ach, vorüber!
Geh wilder Knochenmann!
Ich bin noch jung, geh, Lieber!
Und rühre mich nicht an.
(Der Tod)
Gib deine Hand, du schön und zart Gebild!
Bin Freund, und komme nicht zu strafen.
Sei gutes Muts! ich bin nicht wild,
Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wNNkTy_Kg
Aone T. POSTMA (born 1963) is a visual artist living in The Hague, originally from Friesland. Postma studied Graphic Design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in the late 1980s. After a one-and-a-half-year stay in India for various fine art internships, he settled back in The Hague and opened his studio in Boekhorststraat. During the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, Postma had regular successful exhibitions of paintings in various Dutch galleries. In recent years he has not exhibited. Postma also teaches Visual Arts and Art History in secondary schools. His work is difficult to qualify; it is mostly magical realistic in atmosphere with many allegorical references. His work expresses melancholy and poetry. Postma paints in a figurative style, yet his work, particularly through his use of color, is also highly expressive (Pyke Koch, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, El Greco).
The frame is vintage and shows restoration marks in corners. See photos.
The frame is vintage and shows restoration marks in corners. See photos.
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ConditionVery goodColorsWhiteMaterialSustainable materialsNumber of items1Height50 cmWidth39 cmSigns of usageCrack