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Description
‘Kranzljungfer’ (‘Bride from East Tyrol’
Biography: Georg Ehmig
Displayed at the GDK 1942, room 37.
Depicted:
– on the cover of the weekly magazin ‘Koralle’, 19 July 1942;
– in the ‘Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland, 15 October 1942;
– in the Austrian magazin ‘Die Frau und Mutter‘, Heft 9, 1942;
– in ‘Westermanns Monatshefte’, September 1942;
– in ‘Ein Kalender auf das Jahr 1943’, das Terramare-Institure, Berlin;
– and printed on postcards.
The ‘Bride from East Tyrol’
Georg Ehmig said in an interview in the ‘Illustrierter beobachter’, 28 January 1943: ‘Die Bildnisse meiner Bauern und Bäuerinnen, der Jungen und Mädel, male ich nach Modellen in Tirol’ (‘The portraits of the peasants, the boys and girls, I depict them after models in Tyrol’).
‘Love for the Fatherland and purity of the heart is mirrored in the face of the young ‘Kranzljungfers’ by the painter Georg Ehmig, one of the works that is shown this year at the exhibition in the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich’ (cover of the ‘Koralle’, 19 July 1942).
With this painting Georg Ehmig might be inspired by the German opera ‘Der Freischütz’ (‘The Freeshooter’), created in 1821 by Carl Maria von Weber. This opera, based on the German folk legend of the Freischütz and inspired by German folk music, is considered the first important German Romantic opera, especially in terms of its national identity. In particular, the song of the bridesmaids in Act III became very famous: ‘Wir winden dir den Jungfern-Kranz’ (‘We wind the bridal wreath around you’).
‘Wir winden Dir den Jungfernkranz
Mit veilchenblauer Seide;
Wir führen dich zu Spiel und Tanz,
zu Lust und Hochzeitsfreude,
Schöner, schöner, schöner grüner Jungfernkranz,
mit veilchenblauer Seide, mit veilchenblauer Seide!’
Georg Ehmig, ‘Kranzljungfer’ in the GDK 1942 room 37.
Left: Georg Ehmig, ‘Kranzljungfer’ printed on a postcard.
Right: ‘Kranzljungfer’ on the cover of the weekly magazin ‘Koralle’, 19 July 1942.
Text at the bottom of the image on the right: ‘Liebe zur Heimat und Einfachheit des Herzens speigeln sich wider im Antlitz der Jungen ‘Kranzljungfer’ des Malers Georg Ehmig, einer der Werke, die man auf der diesjährigen Ausstellung im Haus der Deutschen Kunst in München sehen wird.’ (‘Love for the Fatherland and purity of the heart is mirrored in the face of the young ‘Kranzljungfers’ by the painter Georg Ehmig, one of the works shown this year at the exhibition in the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich.’)
‘Kranzljungfer’ by Ehmig, depicted in the Austrian magazin ‘Die Frau und Mutter‘ (‘The Woman and Mother‘), Heft 9, 1942.
‘Kranzljungfer’ by Ehmig, depicted in the ‘Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland, 15 October 1942. The text below the photo reads: ‘Gemälde von Georg Ehmig, im Haus der Deutschen KUnst, München’.
‘Kranzljungfer’ by Ehmig, depicted in ‘Westermanns Monatshefte’, September 1942.
The tekst below reads: “……the work depicts a girl from Kals (East Tyrol) in traditional festive clothing and with the wreath, which maidens wear at festive occasions.”
‘Gruss aus Deutschland’: ‘Kranzljungfer’ by Ehmig, depicted in ‘Ein Kalender auf das Jahr 1943‘, Das Terramare-Institut, Berlin.
| – condition | : II |
| – size | : 107 x 78 cm, unframed 94 x 25 cm |
| – signed | : right under: ‘G. Ehmig 41’ |
| – type | : oil on canvas |
| – misc. I | : gift of the artist in 1941 |
| – misc. II | : professional cleaned; framed restaurated |
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