Spring Kisses the Earth, 1894
Oil on canvas
Dimensions without frame160 × 100,3 × 2,3 cm
About the workAlexander Frenz, who studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, often took up fantastical and mythological themes. Here he depicts the beginning of springtime. A female figure, symbolising the earth, is kissed awake by spring, the young man above her. The bodies, turned fondly towards each other, and the tender touch of their hands, reveal an intimate bond between man and woman as well as, metaphorically, the interplay of seasons. The motif is associated with an increasing affinity for nature around 1900 as the negative consequences of industrialisation were becoming more apparent.
AccessionBequest Dr. Franz Schoenfeld 1911
Provenance[...]; 1911 erworben durch Schenkung von Dr. Franz Schoenfeld, Düsseldorf
Inventory numberM 4015
