Pegasus
Print
1911 (made)
1911 (made)
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Place of origin |
Although he spent most of his adult life living in Paris, the painter and graphic artist Konstanty Brandel often visited his native Poland and continued to consider himself a Polish artist. His work may be described as Symbolist and has much in common with that of figures such as Odilon Redon and Gustave Doré, although Hieronymus Bosch, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Francisco de Goya have also been cited as possible influences.
Brandel’s imagery often includes architecture fantastically interpreted or disturbing landscapes. Both are frequently inhabited by men, women and animals engaged in strange or ritualistic behaviour and sometimes endowed with supernatural powers such as the ability to float or fly. Elsewhere he depicts scenes from Greek mythology. Here, hovering over an expanse of water a naked female is shown with Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, son of the sea god Poseidon, and the Gorgon Medusa. The sun and moon shining simultaneously suggest that the female might be Eos, the goddess of dawn.
Brandel’s imagery often includes architecture fantastically interpreted or disturbing landscapes. Both are frequently inhabited by men, women and animals engaged in strange or ritualistic behaviour and sometimes endowed with supernatural powers such as the ability to float or fly. Elsewhere he depicts scenes from Greek mythology. Here, hovering over an expanse of water a naked female is shown with Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, son of the sea god Poseidon, and the Gorgon Medusa. The sun and moon shining simultaneously suggest that the female might be Eos, the goddess of dawn.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Pegasus (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Drypoint and etching |
Brief description | Konstanty Brandel: 'Pegaz' [Pegasus], etching/drypoint. 1911. |
Physical description | To the left of image a leaping/flying horse with wing-like upswept cloth and to right (and curving behind an upstretching nude female figure who appears to be floating in a void or on water) another wing or chariot; to upper right a sun; to upper left a crescent moon. On back of sheet traces of a torn layer of paper on the 'plate' area, as if something had been stuck down at one time. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Marks and inscriptions | K.Brandel (Signature in pencil just below margin of plate on lower right.) |
Credit line | Given by the artist’s uncle, Witold Leitgeber |
Subject depicted | |
Summary | Although he spent most of his adult life living in Paris, the painter and graphic artist Konstanty Brandel often visited his native Poland and continued to consider himself a Polish artist. His work may be described as Symbolist and has much in common with that of figures such as Odilon Redon and Gustave Doré, although Hieronymus Bosch, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Francisco de Goya have also been cited as possible influences. Brandel’s imagery often includes architecture fantastically interpreted or disturbing landscapes. Both are frequently inhabited by men, women and animals engaged in strange or ritualistic behaviour and sometimes endowed with supernatural powers such as the ability to float or fly. Elsewhere he depicts scenes from Greek mythology. Here, hovering over an expanse of water a naked female is shown with Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, son of the sea god Poseidon, and the Gorgon Medusa. The sun and moon shining simultaneously suggest that the female might be Eos, the goddess of dawn. |
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Bibliographic reference | Konstanty Brandel Muzeum Narodow w Warszawie, Galeria Szfuki Wspolczesnej. Warsaw Listopad- grudzien 1977. Prints cat no. 36 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.1437-1993 |
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Record created | August 24, 2006 |
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