Extinguished candles and lion (Nobel) flanked by eagles (1910)
Bernard Willem Wierink1910 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1939)
Specifications
- Year
- 1910
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1856–1939
About the artwork
Dated 1910, "Extinguished candles and lion (Nobel) flanked by eagles" is an artwork by Bernard Willem Wierink. Context for 1910: The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. Illustration in brief: Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often described as a golden age of book and magazine illustration. The catalogue places it in Illustration. The format is portrait.
"Extinguished candles and lion (Nobel) flanked by eagles" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Dutch, 1856–1939
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