Type: Limited edition prints
Size: 48cm x 33cm
Tirage: 100 copies
A pencil drawing of “Feinde ringsum” (Enemies All Around) also known as Siegfried, created by German artist Franz von Stuck.
The figure was created around 1913-1914, representing the mythological hero Siegfried as a symbol of Germany surrounded by enemies during the outbreak of World War I.
It reflects the German national anxieties of the early 20th century, visualizing a phrase coined by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1914.
The statue depicts a dynamic muscular, nude male figure holding an archaic sword high behind his head, standing on a circular base inscribed with the title.
The Austri@n P@inter admired its raw, aggressive symbolism of a warrior fighting off surrounding threats, an echo of the German national sentiment from WWI.
