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| Keywords: Wailing Wall by Gustav Bauernfeind.png From Sotheby's <br> An awe-inspiring rendering of one of the most iconic architectural sites of the Holy Land Bauernfeind's painting of the Wailing Wall belongs to a series of large-scale oils of the same subject that form the artistic centrepiece of his oeuvre The artist has drawn upon his fastidious talent as a realist painter and his first hand observations of Middle Eastern culture in order to present an image that is historically and archaeologically accurate in execution and appropriately reverential in tone It represents the apogee of his understanding of eastern culture The present work addresses the solemnity of prayer as well as the timelessness of the Wailing Wall and its continuity with the past Indeed the 2000 year old wall which takes up the majority of the canvas is itself a testament to the endurance of religion Bauernfeind gives the Wall rather than the worshippers prominence in his composition The Wall is bathed in a luminescent almost supernatural light adding to the feeling of holiness of the site and also allowing Bauernfeind to demonstrate his virtuoso ability to paint the changes in texture and subtleties of light across its surface not dated oil canvas cm 129 5 100 5 private collection object history Provenance The Warner Resort Company San Francisco; Sale Christie's London 20 March 1992 lot 22; Purchased at the above sale by the present owner signed G Bauernfeind l l ; inscribed Jerusalem l r credit line http //www sothebys com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2007/19th-century-european-paintings-including-german-austrian-central-european-paintings-and-the-orientalist-sale-l07101/lot 168 html Sotheby's PD-Art-100 Gustav Bauernfeind Historical images of the Western Wall Images from Sotheby's | ||||
