Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
Louise Schmidt
Sun Worshipper
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  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt
  • Sun Worshipper, Louise Schmidt

Louise Schmidt

Sun Worshipper, ca. 1900 – 1913


Dimensions
65 x 46 x 54 cm
Physical Description
Marble
Inventory Number
SGP223
Acquisition
Acquired in 1942 as a bequest from the artist
Status
On display, Special Exhibitions

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The Sun Worshipper is one of the few surviving works by the Frankfurt sculptor Louise Schmidt. In 1913 she presented it along with other examples of her art at the International Exhibition in Ghent, where she was the only German woman to take part. She depicted the youthful figure in a complex pose. The tensed muscles and curvature of the spine are skilfully rendered and anatomically

precise. The iconography of the sun worshipper as a symbol of an existence close to nature bears a close connection to so-called Lebensreform (life-reform) ideas. Based on a vision of new unity between human beings and nature, this movement had emerged as an antithesis to society’s technologization and industrialization.

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06.11.2024