| The Zeppelin | |
|---|---|
| Dutch: De zeppelin | |
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| Artist | Carel Willink |
| Year | 1933 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 75 cm× 100 cm(30 in× 39 in) |
| Location | Museum MORE, Gorssel, the Netherlands |
The Zeppelin (Dutch : De zeppelin) is a 1933 painting by the Dutch painter Carel Willink. It shows a street corner where four men look up to the sky and wave to a zeppelin.
The Zeppelin shows a zeppelin in the air, seen from a street corner where four men look to the sky and wave. The airship is the Graf Zeppelin, [1] a German zeppelin that flew over Amsterdam on 14 October 1929. Willink created his painting The Zeppelin four years later. [2] The location is the corner of the streets Stadhouderskade and P.C. Hooftstraat in Amsterdam. [3]
After the outbreak of World War II, The Zeppelin was sometimes interpreted as prophetic, as it had been made the same year Adolf Hitler came to power and the zeppelin could be seen as a symbol for Germany. Willink was however unwilling to comment on any such interpretation, instead explaining: "The heart of my work is a deadly love for reality". [4]
The Zeppelin is owned by the businessman Hans Melchers. [5] It is on public display at the Museum MORE in Gorssel. [4]
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De kern van mijn werk is een dodelijke verliefdheid op de realiteit.
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