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Das Skagen des desolaten Gemütszustands | Von Morgenangst und Abendmut
Die Träume sind wild dieser Tage. Ich glaube, irgendwann trete ich die endgültige Flucht ins eigene Ich an und komme nie wieder raus. Ich bleibe im Traum. Das Leben im Traum ist jedoch selten leicht. Oft erwache ich mit einem unheimlichen Schwerlastdruck, einem Kratzen an kryptonisch harter unüberwindbarer Mauer mit einem Schuss Gewissheit, dass das große Ganze da draußen eine Allmachtsposition angenommen hat. Ich nenne es die Morgenangst. Im Traum selbst ist die Angst zwar auch real, […] -
"Interior, Strandgade 30," Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1901.
Hammershøi (1864-1916) was a Danish painter often associated with the Skagen school, although his work is far more subdued than the typical Skagen painting. He painted many interiors of his apartment in Copenhagen, usually with the figure of his wife seen from the rear. His depictions of his sparsely decorated rooms, muted colors, and stiff figures gives his paintings an air of tension and mystery.
When he did exteriors, like some paintings of grand buildings around the city, he did so without any human figures.
The Skagen school was a group of artists who gathered at the village of Skagen in Denmark; their style is a cross between Impressionism and Realism, and frequently colorful scenes of everyday life of the fishermen and farmers of Skagen, plus depictions of the artists leading a merry life. Hammershøi's work seems oddly somber compared to theirs, although he maintains that meeting between Impressionism and Realism.
From the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.