Erinnerung an… (1940)

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"Erinnerung an…" (1940) by Karl Wiener presents an evocative and solemn glimpse into a moment frozen in time, expressed through hauntingly subdued hues and stark contrasts. In this painting, we peer into an intimate scene that is dominated by a dark room illuminated faintly by the gentle light of the moon peeking through a window. The scarce light throws shadows and shapes across what appears to be two unoccupied beds, lending a feeling of poignant absence and solitude.The muted, almost monochromatic palette of blues and blacks envelops the viewer in a somber atmosphere, while the glimpse of the outside night sky introduces a thematic juxtaposition of the inner versus the outer world. This contrast amplifies the sense of isolation and perhaps contemplation or longing implied by the painting's title, which translates to "Remembrance of...".Karl Wiener's artwork invites the observer to reflect on the layers of memory and emotion linked to personal spaces. The unmade beds suggest a human presence that is now missing, a hint of life that once filled the now quiet room.

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Karl Wiener was an Austrian draftsman , graphic artist and photo montage artist. Because of his political and time-critical montages of the 1930s and 1940s, he was posthumously referred to as the Austrian John Heartfield on the occasion of the major retrospective on his estate in the Wien Museum.