Orpheus
Gerhard Marcks portrays the legendary singer and poet Orpheus from Greek mythology in a moment of contemplation. He is standing upright with his head slightly tilted and leaning against his violin bow – it’s as if he wants to actively focus before playing or is listening for the last fading notes of his song. The instrument is also elegantly raised.
He is clearly dressed like a figure from antiquity; however, instead of the mythological lyre, he is playing a violin, giving the mythological figure a timeless sensibility and making him into a possible role model for contemporary musicians.
Gerhard Marcks’s fascination with the subject of Orpheus – who could charm the gods and all living things with his art and attempted to liberate his beloved Eurydice from the underworld – is further evidenced by a series of woodcuts that were published in 1948.
Gerhard Marcks
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