#adolf hiremy hirschl

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Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (Hungarian, 1860-1933) Souls on the Banks of the Acheron, 1898 Belvedere Palace and Museum, Vienna

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The Tomb of Achilles by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1910)

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"Der einzige Zeuge (The only Witness)" by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1898)

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Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl- detail from The Souls of Acheron (1898).

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"Souls on the bank of the Acheron" by Adolf Hiramy Hirschl, 1898

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Adolf Hiremy Hirschl - The Vandals Entering Rome, 1882.

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Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl - Souls on the Banks of the Acheron 1898

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The Birth of Venus’ by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, c. 1888

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«Venus Reclining in the Waves»

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl {1860-1933}

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Adolf Hirémy Hirschl - Mythological scene with tritons and mermaids (1860–1933), Hungarian, Jewish.

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The Souls of Acheron, 1898 by Adolf Hiremy Hirschl

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AHASUERUS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (1888) by ADOLF HIRÉMY-HIRSCHL

HIRÉMY-HIRSCHL, a HUNGARIAN painter who converted to CHRISTIANITY from JUDAISM, chose an interesting subject for his work.

This painting is really powerful because it's about the last steps of a mythical character called the Wandering JEW. He was cursed to wander the earth until the Second Coming because he sneered at JESUS on the way to the crucifixion.

AHASUERUS, exhausted and lost, limps through a cold and desolate polar landscape that ends his endless wandering. He's accompanied by an angel of hope on his left and a grim reaper of death on his right.

The naked woman symbolizes the end of the human race - the sense of tragedy is further heightened by the crows flying over the dead woman.

However, crows are more than merely a symbol of death; they also illustrate a point of transformation from the physical world to the spiritual world. AHASUERUS has a choice to make. What will he ultimately choose?

It's a shame that so few of HIRÉMY-HIRSCHL'S paintings have survived. The ones that have demonstrate exceptional visionary quality.

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"Ahasuerus at the End of the World" by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1888)

The painting depicts "the Wandering Jew" Ahasuerus, who was cursed with immortality to witness the end of the world according to the legend. The legend began to spread in the 13th century, Europe.

The legend has various versions and in the original, Ahasuerus mocks Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion, thus cursed to wander endlessly until the Second Coming.

The origins of the legend are uncertain, yet widely spread in various languages.

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl was a well-known Hungarian, Jewish artist, who was especially famous for his historical and mythical paintings. He covered subjects of ancient Rome in many of his works.

He was born 31 January 1860 in Temesvár, at the time a part of Hungary. Later at an early age he went to Vienna to study. He received a scholarship to attend the Akademie der bildenden Künste in 1878. Two years later, he won his first prize with "Farewell: Scene from Hannibal Crossing the Alps", followed in 1882 by a prize that allowed him to travel to Rome. His time there was a major influence on his choice of subject matter.

His heirs kept several of his smaller pieces until the early 1980s, while some of his larger historical paintings sadly have been lost.

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Adolf Hiremy Hirschl- Ancient Cemetery Scene (Woman with Children Decorating a Grave)

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Sic Transit (Left Panel) by Adolf Hiremy Hirschl