Apocalyptic Scene

Schlichter, Rudolf
Apocalyptic Scene

c.1945
Oil on canvas
78.5 : 56.5 cm
Signed lower right

Literature:
Von der Bank/Heilmann/Lange (eds.): Rudolf Schlichter. Eros und Apokalypse. Exhibit. Cat. Mittelrhein Museum Koblenz, Petersberg 2015, cf. fig. page 214, cat. No. 123 and page 215, cat. No. 124.

 

Resumption of the theme of Zerstörung des Fleisches (1930) and Atlantis (1931) and comparable to other surreal end-time landscapes created after the Second World War, e.g. Gestade der Verlassenheit (1947) and Strandleben am Styx (1955).

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