Nie Wieder! (Never Again!)

Paul Rosié

1947

  • Titles Nie Wieder! (Never Again!) (Proper)
  • Artist Paul Rosié, German, 1910 - 1984
  • Medium ink on paper
  • Dimensions sheet: 25 3/8 × 17 1/2 in. (64.5 × 44.5 cm) image: 25 × 16 5/8 in. (63.5 × 42.2 cm) mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howard, 1978.194
  • Work Type drawing
  • Classification Drawings

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In a landscape setting, in the center of the composition a dead hare and partridge lay on the ground, suspended by their feet from the low limbs of a tree. A second dead partridge lies beneath the first. Five ripe peaches rest on the ground in the lower left corner.
Large painting featuring the apostle Paul grasping a snake in his hand with a group of men around him and on a beach in the distance, survivors of the shipwreck, in front of a small camp fire, one draped figure is seated in the foreground to the left of the fire.
Saint Peter stands in the center of the panel, holding a large key and book. He is framed on the right and left by saints depicted in miniature.
The young girl and boy stand in the center looking at the man who sits on a bench. He shivers and looks forward with a frightened expression.