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Portrait of Children: Erdmute and Hans-Herbert Esche

Edvard Munch1905

Kunsthaus Zürich

Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland

When the Esche couple saw the group portrait by Munch at Dr. Linde's in Lübeck of his four boys (today in the Lübeck Museum, see Edvard Munch and Lübeck (exh. cat. Lübeck 2003)) , the desire arose for a corresponding picture of their own children Hans-Herbert (1900-1976) and Erdmute (inv. 1997/12). It forms the center of the eight paintings that Munch created in Chemnitz in the fall of 1905, see inv. 1997/10. The frame was probably designed by Henry van de Velde.

Details

  • Title: Portrait of Children: Erdmute and Hans-Herbert Esche
  • Creator: Edvard Munch
  • Creator Lifespan: 1863 – 1944
  • Creator Death Place: Oslo, Norway
  • Creator Birth Place: Løten, Norway
  • Date Created: 1905
  • Physical Dimensions: 148 x 162,5 cm
  • Type: painting
  • External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Art Movement: Modern, Expressionism
  • Original title: Kinderbild. Erdmute und Hans-Herbert Esche
  • Inventory number: 1997/0013
  • Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, Deposited by the Herbert Eugen Esche Foundation, 1997

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