Carving entitled 'Family I'
Ernst Blensdorf carved Family I in the studio of his family home Gladenê (Norwegian for joyê) in Bruton. Positive images of families recurred in his work at this time. The wood is an offcut of Somerset elm from a local sawmill. Originally from Schleswig in north Germany, he had been forced to flee the Nazi regime in 1933 after becoming one of the first German artists to be branded degenerateê.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 180/2009/1
- Collection Class
- Fine Art
- Material
- wood, elm
- Common Name
- carving entitled 'Family I'
- Simple Name
- carving
- Period Classification
- Modern (AD 1800-Present)
- Production Town
- Bruton
- Production County
- Somerset
- Production Country
- England
- Production Date
- 1959
- Production Person Initials
- Ernst
- Production Person Surname
- Blensdorf (1896-1976)
