Additional information
| Artist | Behrens |
|---|---|
| Country | German |
| Region | European |
ArtistBehrens, Peter
Artist Years1868-1940
Artist NationalityGerman
TitleDer Kuss
Year1898
MediumPrint > Woodcut
DimensionsComposition: 10.7 X 8.5 inches
Sheet: 14.5 X 11.1 inches
Catalog ReferenceSöhn 52902-6; Rifkind 221
Description
Original color woodcut on smooth, cream laid paper. One of 1100 impressions published in the art magazine Pan, Volume IV, No. 2, 1898, printed by Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn, Munich, published by Genossenschaft Pan GmbH, Berlin, 1898. With letterpress line of text in the lower margin, left reading: “PETER BEHEREN, SECHSFARBIGER ORINIGINALHOLZSCHNITTE. PAN IV 2”
Accession NumberRC1407
NotesBehrens attended the Christianeum Hamburg from September 1877 until Easter 1882. He studied painting in his native Hamburg, as well as in Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe, from 1886 to 1889. In 1890, he married Lilly Kramer and moved to Munich. At first, he worked as a painter, illustrator and bookbinder in an artisanal fashion. He frequented the bohemian circles and was interested in subjects related to the reform of lifestyles. In 1899 Behrens accepted the invitation of the Grand Duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse to be the second member of his recently inaugurated Darmstadt Artists' Colony, where Behrens built his own Jugendstil style house in 1901, and fully conceived everything, from furniture to towels, paintings, pottery, etc. The building of this house is considered to be the turning point in his life, when he left the artistic circles of Munich and showed himself to be a talented architect in his very first project.
(source: wikipedia.org)