Heizers Geburtstagsständchen, 1955

Title

Heizers Geburtstagsständchen (Original Title)

Title Translation

Heizer’s Birthday Serenade

Painter

• Albert Ebert

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on plywood

Material

• plywood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links: A. Ebert 1955

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 1956

Genre

• portrait
• self-portrait

Main Motif

• artist portrait
• family portrait
• Albert Ebert
• Else Ebert
• Rainer Tobias Ebert
• angel
• devil
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• musical instrument
• cellar
• interior space

Persons Shown

• Albert Ebert
• Else Ebert
• Rainer Tobias Ebert
• Devil

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Castle Giebichenstein Art College Halle

Primary

• 31D4 birthday
• 48C7532 small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band
• 48B22 the artist and his family, relatives, etc.
• 61B2(EBERT, Albert)13(+55) historical person (EBERT, Albert) - historical person (EBERT, Albert) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait (+ full length portrait)
• 61BB2(EBERT, Else)13(+55) historical person (EBERT, Else) - BB - woman - historical person (EBERT, Else) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait (+ full length portrait)
• 31D14 adult man
• 61B2(EBERT, Rainer Tobias)13(+55) historical person (EBERT, Rainer Tobias) - historical person (EBERT, Rainer Tobias) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait (+ full length portrait)
• 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth)
• 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth)
• 11G21 angels singing, making music
• 48C75 making music; musician with instrument
• 48C72 musician

Secondary

• 48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba
• 48C7341 drum (musical instrument)
• 48C7343 carillon, chimes
• 11K devil(s) and demons
• 41A37 basement, cellar
• 48C1622 vault ~ architecture
• 41B22 heating stove
• 41B1 open fire (in general)
• 41B1331 poker (~ open fire)