Antonius WILLEMS
WEBLEMII2020 Wie die Elbe Breit und Leer Einströmt in das Meer II 2020
I went to Hamburg to see the river.
The landscape far and wide under the white, bright light of the north.
There I saw the Elbe pass lazily through endless lowlands.
The lead gray sky low on the flat silver river.
Then I heard a voice in the middle of infinity.
It was a woman.
The ship she was sailing on came downstream.
She was alone on deck, she was at the helm.
And what she sang, I heard that it were Psalms.
Oh, I thought, is my mother there?
‘Praise God,’ she sang, ‘his hand will keep you’.*
*after Martinus Nijhoff (1884-1953)/Hendrik Marsman (1899-1940)
- Prix indicatif : 40000 euros
- Technique : Acrylic
- Sujet : The white and bright light of the north
- Discipline : Painting
- Support et matériaux : Canvas/birdnet
- Année de création : 2020
- Dimensions : 200 x 200 x 3 cm
