When reviewing my pictures, this shot fell into my hands and I would like to write a small article about it.
I took this picture in a hotel in Greece. The picture hung in the staircase to our room and fascinated me from the first moment. I then researched a little and found out the following about it. It is entitled "In Anticipation" and is by one of the greatest Greek painters and professors of painting Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904), the size of the painting is 68 x 50 cm.
Nikiforos Lytras is considered one of the most important representatives of the painting of the realism of the so-called Munich School, and one of the first creators of the doctrine of fine arts in Greece.
When I saw this picture for the first time, I wondered what this young woman was looking for. Is she waiting for her husband, friend, who pursues his dangerous job as a fisherman on a small nutshell at sea? Is she waiting in vain? Is she waiting for her husband, friend, who works as a farmer in the scanty field and has to come home soon?
If you look at the picture for a longer time you immediately notice the flower. This young woman has given a little splendor to the spartan furnished room with a beautiful flower.
What I know from many conversations with my Greek friends is that life in the 19th century was very harsh in Greece. This is partly still up to the present time. Many Greeks have left their homes and today live in Northern Europe, America, Africa and Australia.
I would be interested to know how you find this picture and what you feel about it. Anyway, I was trapped by this picture from the start. What do you mean what she is waiting for?
I would be glad, if you write your opinion in a small comment.
Bei der Durchsicht meiner Bilder fiel mir dieser Schnappschuss in die Hände und ich möchte einen kleinen Beitrag darüber schreiben.
Diese Aufnahme habe ich in einem Hotel in Griechenland gemacht. Das Bild hing im Treppenaufgang zu unserem Zimmer und hat mich vom ersten Augenblick an fasziniert. Ich habe daraufhin ein wenig recherchiert und folgendes darüber herausgefunden. Es trägt den Titel "In Erwartung" und ist von einem der größten griechischen Maler und Professoren der Malerei Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904), die Größe des Bildes ist 68 x 50 cm. Nikiforos Lytras gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Malerei des Realismus der sogenannten Münchner Schule, und als einer der ersten Gestalter der Lehre der Schönen Künste in Griechenland.
Als ich dieses Bild zum ersten Mal sah, fragte ich mich wonach diese junge Frau Ausschau hält. Wartet sie auf ihren Mann, Freund der auf einer kleinen Nussschale auf See seinem gefährlichen Beruf als Fischer nachgeht? Wartet sie vergebens? Wartet sie auf ihren Mann, Freund, der als Bauer auf dem kärglichen Feld arbeitet und bald nach Hause kommen muss?
Wenn man das Bild länger betrachtet fällt einem sofort die Blume auf. Diese junge Frau hat dem spartanisch eingerichtet Zimmer mit einer wunderschönen Blume ein wenig Pracht verliehen.
Was ich aus vielen Geprächen mit meinen griechischen Freunden weiß, ist dass das Leben im 19. Jahrhundert in Griechenland sehr hart war. Dies geht zum Teil noch bis in die heutige Zeit. Viele Griechen habe ihre Heimat verlassen und leben heute in Nordeuropa, Amerika, Afrika und Australien.
Mich würde interessieren, wie ihr dieses Bild findet und was ihr dabei fühlt. Ich war jedenfalls von Anfang an von diesem Bild gefangen. Was meint ihr worauf sie wartet?
Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ihr eure Meinung dazu in einem kleinen Kommentar schreibt.
Lovely painting that says a lot with a little of the outdoors nestled neatly in a corner making it home.
Thanks for sharing a little about the artist and picture quietly hanging on a wall waiting to be seen.
Thank you for passing by @joanstewart. I loved this picture from the first time I saw it.
She is anxious and nervous. Waiting for her lover. Very expressive painting, I love it 🥰
Thank you for your thoughts about it.
She longs to go outside and experience her freedom. She's been in this room for too long. The lily, placed there to remind her of her maidenhood purity has already bloomed in perfection, and soon the petals will fall.
She's already taken her shoes off in anticipation of walking on the pure white sand along the shore of the ocean. She knows the narrow pathway to the left will be strewn with rocks and pebbles and so she's wondering if she needs to take her shoes.
But more: She's wondering if she's brave enough to go the other way today ~ The way of the tempest. So she's looking to see if there are any signs in the 'heavens.' ♥︎♥︎⚖️♥︎♥︎
Very nice, I love the way you think.
A scene of waiting in anxiousness and hope. Or maybe just innocently smelling the oceans breeze, as I believe that a white flower signifies purity.
Blessings!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, my friend.
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Could it be a depiction of the virgin Mary waiting for the Angel Gabriel. I noticed the flower and in some painting that I saw in museums here, the angel Gabriel holds a flower similar to that one planted in the pot.
That's another aspect I never thought about.
It is a warm felt painting. It would be interesting to see what is on the other side of that wall. Waiting for her lover to arrive from the sea? It is what I am thinking as well.
Thank you so much. Yes, that was my first thought.
I like the picture, it's nice
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