Das Mädchen und der Tod by Jorge Humberto Tapia Perez

Paintings by Jorge Humberto Tapia Perez For Sale

  • Title: Das Mädchen und der Tod

  • Artist: Jorge Humberto Tapia Perez

  • Category: Paintings

  • Medium: oil on paper

  • Size (inches): 8.6x13.3

  • Year: 2024

  • Framed?: Framed

  • Shipping from: Germany

Price: $250

Artwork description

Binom is based on the poem by Matthias Claudius (1740–1815). The Grim Reaper is as a leitmotif for death in Europe. The sickle may represent the thread of life and was originally an attribute of the agrarian god Chronos-Saturnus. Another connection can be made from biblical texts.
The girl is introduced as an implied erotic motif. In her nudity she appears fragile. She resigns herself to her fate, death comes closer…

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