‘Sterbender-Kentaur’ (The Dying Centaur) by Hans Anetsberger (1870-1942)
A single page original illustration published in Jugend (Youth) magazine in 1898.
Page Measures: 43 cms by 29 cms
The printed image, in good condition, is offered unmounted and unframed.
(there is a small tear and minor creasing to the centre and upper left margins respectively neither of which affect the image).
There are other images and text to verso as illustrated.
‘Jugend’ (Youth) was an influential German arts magazine founded in Munich in 1896 by George Hirth. Published weekly until it closed in 1940, ‘Jugend’ was originally intended to showcase the German Arts and Crafts movement, but instead became better known for promoting ‘Jugendstil’(Youthstyle’), the German version of Art Nouveau and, in turn, Jugendstil itself became linked to the Lebensreform ("life reform") movement, which encouraged a return to a 'natural' life-style. The magazine grew in popularity and, in addition to modern illustrations and the ornamentation of Art Nouveau, ‘Jugend’ also featured impressionist and expressionist art and encouraged and promoted work by previously unknown artists. The magazine's aesthetic led to the development of a distinctive and iconic imagery idealizing natural and mystical scenes along with other symbols of nature at its most magical e.g. nymphs, centaurs, and satyrs.