Andreas Patzelt, Daphne

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‘Daphne’, 1938
Biography: Andreas Patzelt

‘Daphne’, figure in Greek mythology, was a Nymph, daughter of a river god.
The god Apollo fell in love with Daphne, renowned for her beauty and vow of chastity. He pursued her against her wishes, but just before he caught her, Daphne prayed for escape and was transformed into a laurel tree.

‘Daphne by Patzelt, described in ‘Velhagen & Klasing Monatshefte‘, November 1941
‘…Ein Wiener Kind, antikisch ausstaffiert: ‘Daphne‘….halb nackt, wie es ein Gottin geziemt….Aber die Gottin ist ein Wienerin, der gleichen Stumpfnäschen haben wir so manches Mal durch die Wiener Strassen schnuppern sehen…’

Displayed at the Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung 1940 room 26. Sold for 2,500 Reichsmark.
Depicted in:
– ‘Die Weltkunst’, 4 August 1940;
– ‘Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte’, November 1941;
– ‘Kunst dem Volk’, May/ June 1942.

Andreas Patzelt, known as the master painter of Viennese women, had no fewer than 25 works exhibited at the Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellungen. Thirteen of them were bought by Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Von Ribbentrop and other Nazi leaders.

‘Daphne’ by Andreas Patzelt, displayed at the Great German Art Exhibition 1940 room 26.


‘Daphne’ by Patzelt, depicted in ‘Veldhagen & Klasings Monatshefte’, November 1941.   

‘Daphne’ by Patzelt, depicted in ‘Kunst dem Volk’, May/ June 1942.

‘Daphne’ by Patzelt, depicted in ‘Die Weltkunst’, 4 August 1940.

The myth of Daphne, the nymph who transforms into a laurel tree to escape Apollo, was a popular classical motif in Third Reich art, symbolizing ideals of beauty, pursuit, and metamorphosis. Andreas Patzelt’s 1938 painting finds a direct parallel in Arno Breker’s monumental 1940 bronze relief Apollo and Daphne [Below], one of the regime’s most prominent sculptural works. Both pieces exemplify the era’s preference for dynamic, idealized figurative art drawn from Greek mythology.

– condition : II
– size : unframed 91 x 77 cm
– signed : left, under (‘1938’)
– type : oil on canvas

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