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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Protected: La Seine et Oise L - René Letourneur
Wednesday 28 February, 2007
Bereaved women (Arthur Bock)
Saturday, 3 February, 2007
T his tomb in 1912 by Arthur Bock one created from limestone. It is located in the cemetery at the grave of Hamburg Ohlsdorf Claussen. The sculpture has the dimensions of 2 x 2.2 meters. The entire tomb measures 1.9 x 4.4 meters. The grave is flanked by two granite wall. The center of the display is a seated female figure with head bowed and arms outstretched. The upturned palms give the mourners a God-devoted, or fatalistic expression. You in the mourning its intended destiny.
Literature:
- Leisner, Barb ara, Heiko Schulze KL and Ellen Thormann. Hamburg's main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and monuments. Volumes 1 and 2 Hamburg, 1990.
- Leipzig * 1875 - † 1957 Hamburg [ ← ]
That ... they may rest from their work (Ludolf Albrecht)
Saturday, 3 February, 2007
T his sculpture was created by Albrecht Ludolf one created in the years 1912 and 1913 of granite and is located on the hamburgers on the Ohlsdorf cemetery burial Zenning / Deussen. The grave inscription reads: "Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors." This is a quote from the Book of Revelation where it says in chapter 14, verse 13: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me Write this: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them ". 2
The center of the sculpture is made of an oversized woman, who probably intended to represent "mother earth". Left and right of her leans an exhausted-sounding people each pair consisting of a wife and a husband to them.
Literature:
- Leisner, Barbara; Heiko Schulze KL and Ellen Thormann. Hamburg's main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and monuments. Volumes 1 and 2 Hamburg, 1990.
- Ludolf Albrecht played in no other notable role during the Nazi dictatorship. See the article on Friedrich Wield and the Hamburg Secession . [ ← ]
- Bible text in the revised version of 1984. [ ← ]
