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Contemporary Art History Painting FIRE the sword of Siegfried by painter Thomas Dellert oil canvas
FIRE the sword of Siegfried Painting by Thomas Dellert
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FIRE the sword of Siegfried

Original artwork, 200×200 cm, 1984
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Characteristics of the Painting “FIRE the sword of Siegfried”

Year of creation1984
Dimensions200 W × 200 H × 10 D   cm
Type of artpainting
Stylecontemporary art
Genrehistory
Materialsoil, canvas
Type of packagingcardboard box

Description of the Artwork “FIRE the sword of Siegfried”

Oil painting on canvas 1984 made from oil paint burnt onto the canvas with small flame thrower and with an inter antique sword representing the sword of SIEGFRIED in the Wagner Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen In mythology, legend or fiction, a magic sword is a sword with magical powers or other supernatural qualities. Renowned swords appear in the folklore of every nation that used swords. In some traditions, the sword is ascribed no powers of its own. It is famous because it is the hero's sword, or because of its origin, as when a god gives it to the hero. Other swords keep their wielders safe or destroy their enemies. A more localized motif is the sword that has been broken and must be reforged, commonly found in Northern Europe. Such a sword symbolizes the initial defeat and loss of honor of its wielder. Subsequent victory and the restoration of honor is achieved by reforging it, either at the wielder's hand or that of his heir. In the Nibelungenlied, Sîfrit (the Middle High German version of "Siegfried," the equivalent to Norse Sigurd) discarded Gram in exchange for another magic sword, Balmung (= "destruction"). Wagner's version of the story calls the sword Nothung ("child of necessity/distress"), rather than Balmung.

About the artist

CV 2023 *Thomas Dellert-Bergh also known as Thomas Dellacroix and Tommy Dollar** a name given to him by American Pop artist Andy Warhol in New York 1980 when Thomas did some hand printed silkscreens for Warhol. (born 12 July 1963) is a Swedish multimedia artist, photographer, painter, actor, singer, songwriter, poet, film maker, director, fashion designer, and interior decorator. TD THE PHOTOGRAPHER As a contemporary art photographer, he has had as well over 100 international exhibits in museums and galleries, as many international art photography magazine covers, and extensive reportage. Thomas had the Cover of the International Art Magazine Art Market October 2023 and 8 spreads and 18 published artworks. He also been featured 3 times with 8 spreads and 20 photos each time in the well known and prestigious International Art Magazine LENS LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShgijEB8M0Y&t=5s Photo Scandinavia did the biggest single reportage in the history of the magazine since its start, when on 11 pages, they showed 48 pictures of Dellacroix & Dellfina. As a contemporary, provocative art photographer he has worked under the name of Dellacroix in symbiosis with former wife and partner Agnieszka Dellert-Dellfina between 2001 to 2012 when they divorced and went separate ways . He has also collaborated with photographer Ellen von Unwerth, photographer Bruno Ehrs photographer Raphael Yoshitomi photographer Philipp Mueller He now lives and work with his wife since 11 years Vava Venezia Dellert since , who is also an international visual artist on her own. They also collaborate on certain art projects seen in Lens Magazine 2023. TD THE CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTIST He has had over 100 International exhibitions during the last 30 years. He is represented in collections like The Absolut Vodka Collection, The Heinz collection the Swedish Royal family Collection, and in several museums, like the . He has ben the official artist for both Absolut Vodka and Mercedes Benz. Death and fame is a central theme in Dellert's works, and he uses irony and humor mixed with horror as one of his main tools. His work has a strong, humanistic approach, and he uses powerful images to show the horrors of war and genocide. He warns about all fanatical, racial and fundamentalistic thinking in his art. After meeting Andy Warhol in 1976 he made a series of hand printed silk screens in collaboration with his childhood friends Bruno Ehrs and Rainer Laakso. This art prints was presented to Warhol in his Factory in new York in 1980. A well documented event. He inspired Warhol with his camouflage prints that later became Warhols own art expression.The same happened with artist Jean Michel Basquiat who visited Dellert's exhibit in New York 1982. All paintings by Dellert was then framed with ropes in larger then canvas wood frames. After the exhibit Thomas left all frames on the street outside the art gallery on St Marks Place a few meters away from the home of Basquiat. He brought them home and this new framing technique became his trademark. Dellert works with painting, collage, photography, installation, video, hand printed silk screen, and junk sculpture.

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