#ernst herter

[kineticfablecrest]

[sofysta]

Ernst Herter -La pesca rara

[kulturell]

Kunst und Gewalt – eine Kreuzberger Skulptur im Viktoriapark zeigt beides

Die Kreuzberger Grünen möchten ein Kunstwerk kontextualisieren. Wer der Künstler war und warum er es geschaffen hat, interessiert sie gerade

[kcnorthbear]

@kcnorthbear

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Loreley fountain by Ernst Herter, initially commissioned by Heine fan Empress Elisabeth of Austria, later rejected by Elisabeth and Düsseldorf, Germany, finally commissioned and paid by German-Americans in New York now (= around 1899) in the Bronx, New York City.

[route22ny]

The Lorelei Fountain, also known as the Heinrich Heine Memorial, is located on East 161st Street in the Concourse section of The Bronx, New York City, near the Bronx County Courthouse. It is a white marble fountain dedicated to the memory of the German poet and writer Heinrich Heine. Heine had once written a poem devoted to the Lorelei, a feminine water spirit much like a mermaid that is associated with the Lorelei rock in St. Goarshausen, Germany. The monument was originally to be placed in Heine's hometown of Düsseldorf, but antisemitism and nationalist propaganda in the German Empire precluded the completion of the monument on Heine's 100th birthday in 1897. Instead, it was unveiled on July 8, 1899 in the presence of the sculptor, Ernst Herter, in the Bronx.

Text above from Wikipedia; photo taken July 19, 2018.

[barkilphedros-hat]

As my family and friends know, I am INCREDIBLY fond of Ernst Herter's "Dying Achilles" statue since I was about 11 years old and visiting the (aptly named) Achilleion palace. I may be revisiting it again soon so please picture me storming into a beautiful 19th century palace yelling "WHERE'S MY BOYFRIEND???"

[imustbeamermaidrango]

Ernst Herter's bronze sculpture Der seltene Fang in Viktoriapark, Berlin.

Neptune wrestling a mermaid caught in his net.