Art is for me a means of discovery. After the readings and drawings that I did for this week, I now know much more about the facts and perspectives of the events depicted here than I did a week ago. I hope that today's images make a small contribution to the culture of remembrance. Next week - the last of this phase of the project - is the theme of renewal of the neighborhood.
I always but especially this week worry about my final drawings -- about what I don't yet know or could never know, that is, what I should have depicted, or what I painted wrong. So much is missing. One can never be comprehensive in 1-2 paintings per subject, of course. And you can't figure out every detail in a week. Okay.
Still, I worry about it. If you notice something wrong - or if actually you appreciate something – do please make me a comment.
And now, congratulations...
A thousand thanks to Stephan Andreas and Erhard Zimmermann, who made suggestions for this week's, and won each an original picture of the series for it.
A big thanks to Paul Enck, historian of the neighborhood, who helped me with the text this week!
Source materials: This week I relied a lot on photos, especially from the Berlin State Archive. Many images are intentionally more or less faithful copies, to which I added figures or colors from my imagination or internet research. So there are a lot of sources, info and acknowledgements to make this week. I write here the most necessary, but on my website you can find even more links and information and even follow my journey of discovery for knowledge.
Bild 1 Wartime rubble: Landesarchiv Berlin and Siegfried Blohn 1049. I found the image here: Nägele, Sybille und Joy Markert (2006) Die Potsdamer Straße: Geschichten, Mythen und Metamorphosen, Metropol, Berlin.
Bild 2 Children dancing in front of the Fremdenverkehrsmuseum. Landesarchiv Berlin and Wilhelm Rißleben. I found the image here: Die Potsdamer Straße, Sehe Bild 1.
Bild 3 Synagogue in Lützowstraße: Centrum Judaicum. I found the image here: Gedenktag 9. November: Eine Geschichte über die Synagogen Berlins - Bildergalerien - Mediacenter – Tagesspiegel Seite 15.
Although the synagogue pictured here is based on the photo mentioned above, there are no Stolpersteine at that location. Instead, the scene of the woman is based on photographs from the following article: Stolpersteine geputzt (mittendran.de)
Bild 4 Inspiration for the Huguenot child: Flüchtlinge: Hugenotten waren oft nicht willkommen - Lehren der Geschichte (Webansicht); Huguenot Museum in Germany - Reception of the Huguenots by the Great Elector (huguenot-museum-germany.com)
Lucian Freud: Lucian Freud as a Child | Freud Museum London One of Lucian Freud's 14 children reveals how the artist painted him out of his life | Daily Mail Online
Links:
#berlin #tiergartensuedcomics #berlincomics #webcomic #webcomics #illustration #comics #comic #artistoninstagram #kunst #künstlerin #bd #Truemmer #WorldWarTwo #WWII #wwdeutschland #ZweiterWeltkrieg #WarZone #War #postwar #children #Kinder #Huguenot #LucianFreud #Synagogue #Jewishhistory #Stolperstein #BerlinWall #BerlinMauer #PotsdamerPlatz
I always but especially this week worry about my final drawings -- about what I don't yet know or could never know, that is, what I should have depicted, or what I painted wrong. So much is missing. One can never be comprehensive in 1-2 paintings per subject, of course. And you can't figure out every detail in a week. Okay.
Still, I worry about it. If you notice something wrong - or if actually you appreciate something – do please make me a comment.
And now, congratulations...
A thousand thanks to Stephan Andreas and Erhard Zimmermann, who made suggestions for this week's, and won each an original picture of the series for it.
A big thanks to Paul Enck, historian of the neighborhood, who helped me with the text this week!
Source materials: This week I relied a lot on photos, especially from the Berlin State Archive. Many images are intentionally more or less faithful copies, to which I added figures or colors from my imagination or internet research. So there are a lot of sources, info and acknowledgements to make this week. I write here the most necessary, but on my website you can find even more links and information and even follow my journey of discovery for knowledge.
Bild 1 Wartime rubble: Landesarchiv Berlin and Siegfried Blohn 1049. I found the image here: Nägele, Sybille und Joy Markert (2006) Die Potsdamer Straße: Geschichten, Mythen und Metamorphosen, Metropol, Berlin.
Bild 2 Children dancing in front of the Fremdenverkehrsmuseum. Landesarchiv Berlin and Wilhelm Rißleben. I found the image here: Die Potsdamer Straße, Sehe Bild 1.
Bild 3 Synagogue in Lützowstraße: Centrum Judaicum. I found the image here: Gedenktag 9. November: Eine Geschichte über die Synagogen Berlins - Bildergalerien - Mediacenter – Tagesspiegel Seite 15.
Although the synagogue pictured here is based on the photo mentioned above, there are no Stolpersteine at that location. Instead, the scene of the woman is based on photographs from the following article: Stolpersteine geputzt (mittendran.de)
Bild 4 Inspiration for the Huguenot child: Flüchtlinge: Hugenotten waren oft nicht willkommen - Lehren der Geschichte (Webansicht); Huguenot Museum in Germany - Reception of the Huguenots by the Great Elector (huguenot-museum-germany.com)
Lucian Freud: Lucian Freud as a Child | Freud Museum London One of Lucian Freud's 14 children reveals how the artist painted him out of his life | Daily Mail Online
Links:
- The former Lützowstraße synagogue: Einst blühte an der Lützowstraße jüdisches Leben - Tiergarten (berliner-woche.de)
- A terrific online exhibition, in which the artist combines historical and current-day images of WWII destruction in Berlin: Ausgebombt - eine Zeitreise ins zerstörte Berlin | bpb
- One can always find photos of Berlin here: HIDAweb Landesarchiv Berlin: Suche (landesarchiv-berlin-bilddatenbank.de)
- History of the French Lycée: Geschichte des Französischen Gymnasiums - Französisches Gymnasium - Lycée Français de Berlin (fg-berlin.eu)
- Huguenots - Definition & French Huguenots - HISTORY
- Migration in the 17th Century: Réfugiés welcome: Was die Hugenotten nach Berlin brachte - Gesellschaft – Tagesspiegel
#berlin #tiergartensuedcomics #berlincomics #webcomic #webcomics #illustration #comics #comic #artistoninstagram #kunst #künstlerin #bd #Truemmer #WorldWarTwo #WWII #wwdeutschland #ZweiterWeltkrieg #WarZone #War #postwar #children #Kinder #Huguenot #LucianFreud #Synagogue #Jewishhistory #Stolperstein #BerlinWall #BerlinMauer #PotsdamerPlatz
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