Felix_Vallotton_The_Rape_of_Europa.jpg
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Summary
Félix Vallotton : The Abduction of Europa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
The Abduction of Europa
label QS:Lit,"Il ratto di Europa"
label QS:Lfr,"L'Enlèvement d'Europe"
label QS:Lavk,"Kigdera va Europe (trutca ke Vallotton)"
label QS:Lcy,"L'Enlèvement d'Europe"
label QS:Les,"El rapto de Europa"
label QS:Len,"The Abduction of Europa"
label QS:Lhy,"Եվրոպայի առևանգումը (Վալոտոն)"
label QS:Lda,"Bortførelsen af Europa"
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Genre | mythological painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The painting
Die Entführung der Europa
(
The Abduction of Europa
, 1908) by
Félix Vallotton
(1865–1925) is one of the major works of this “great favourite” among the artists whose works were part of the former Hahnloser Collection. Hans R. Hahnloser, the son of the original collector couple, who since 1934 was professor in ordinary of art history at Bern University and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kunstmuseum Bern, gave it to the Kunstmuseum in 1946 as a gift. According to the ancient myth, Zeus, appearing in the shape of a bull, abducted Europa, a beautiful princess, from the shores of today’s southern Lebanon, and swam with her on his back to Crete. A divine prophecy foretold that this part of the earth would be named after her. Since the turn of the century, Vallotton was increasingly fascinated by mythological subjects. However, he was less concerned about the legends and history than in ironical distance to the motifs and of relating a more universal content. The artist has represented the female figure, the bull, and the violet-coloured ocean in a stylized way and evokes a palpable impression of a break with all earthly things.
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Depicted people | Europa , Zeus (as a bull) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1908
date QS:P571,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 162 cm (63.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,130U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,162U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q194622
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Exhibition history |
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Notes |
Deutsch:
Kunstmuseum Bern
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References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://www.allartpainting.com/the-rape-of-europa-p-16253.html [ dead link ] |
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- ↑ Van Gogh to Cézanne Bonnard to Matisse The Collection Hahnloser (PDF). Kunstmuseum Bern (2017). Retrieved on 23 May 2024 .