Immendorf, Jorg | Söhne der Sonne II, 1997/2003 — available on Composition Gallery

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Linocut on wove paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered.

Söhne der Sonne II amplifies its companion piece with the addition of warm orange and salmon tones that illuminate the central gathering. Figures press around a table laden with flowers and objects, rendered in Jörg Immendorff's vigorous three-colour palette of orange, black, and blue. The linocut medium intensifies the rawness of the expressionist cutting, each gouge and mark carrying physical urgency. This vibrant variant from an edition of 33 transforms the political theatre of the first composition into a more luminous, almost celebratory spectacle of communal energy.

Jörg Immendorff (Germany, 1945–2007) was a German painter, sculptor, and stage designer associated with the Neue Wilde movement. His 'Café Deutschland' series critically examined German history and division. Immendorff's politically charged art often featured symbolic imagery, reflecting his engagement with social issues.

Jorg Immendorf

Söhne der Sonne II, 1997/2003

Name: Söhne der Sonne II, 1997/2003
SKU: 17159
Price: 2100.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Linocut

LinocutLinocut is a printmaking technique similar to woodcut, where a sheet of linoleum is used as the relief surface. The design is carved into the linoleum using a V-shaped gouge or chisel, creating raised areas that form a mirror image of the final print. Ink is applied to the raised areas with a roller, and the linoleum sheet is then pressed onto fabric or paper. The printing can be done by hand or with a press.

Edition

Edition of 33

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EUR 2,300

Jorg Immendorf

Ständchen für B und D, 1991/2003

Limited Edition Print

A member of the Neue Wilde movement, Jorg Immendorff received acclaim for his largely figurative work across the mediums of painting and sculpture – Jorg has explained the reason for his figurative style by simply stating: ‘something is beautiful if it is honest’. Among Immendorff’s earliest works was the LIDL group of performances, sculptures and paintings, all of which depicted iconographic motifs that one could expect to find among the make-believe world of a child - motifs included playhouses; goldfish, turtles and dogs, and the body of work was created as a derisive criticism of the present artistic pretensions. Immendorf was influenced by the works of Renato Guttuso, as evidenced in his Café Deutschland work - a series of sixteen large-scale, socio-political paintings that depicted disco-goers as a symbol of the division between East and West Germany. Immendorff was never afraid to challenge the social and political tensions of his time, and was on one occasion arrested for defaming the German flag after appearing outside West German Parliament with a wooden block tethered to his ankle – the block was labeled LIDL and painted in colours of the flag.

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Jorg Immendorf

Söhne der Sonne II, 1997/2003

72 x 90 cm

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