Oil Painting with burnt earth on canvas 1984
and with a antique shovel and framed photograph.
This is an Oil Painting painted with a mix of burnt earth to resemble the Scorched Earth tactics used in wartimes .
Its dedicated to the symphony Das lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler.
It also has an antique shovel and a hand carved wood frame with a photograph of Adolf Hitler with some half naked men shoveling earth.
In 1945, Adolf Hitler ordered his minister of armaments Albert Speer to carry out a nationwide "scorched-earth policy" , in what became known as the Nero Decree. Speer, who was looking to the future, actively resisted the order.
200 x 200 cm Price 4000 Euros