THE GRIEVING PARENTS...
"The real losers of the war are always the parents, wives, mothers"
quote by Käthe Kollwitz
The most important German cemetery from the First World War lies in the village of Vladslo, north of Ypres and close to the city of Diksmuide. In one of the few oak-tree woods in the area lie hundreds of square black stones with the names of the buried soldiers. The peace treaty of Versailles denied them the use of white stone.
The stones lie in rigid lines in the grass under the trees. No flowers decorate the burial grounds.
Each stone carries twenty names , twenty rank specifications, twenty death dates.
A young war volunteer Peter Kollwitz is buried there. When he was killed in October 1914, he is just eighteen. Deeply affected by the death of her son makes Käthe Kollwitz the world famous expressionist sculpture The Grieving Parents.
At the back of the cemetery stands the Käthe Kollwitz sculpture ' The Mourning Parents'.
This German sculptress made the work of art as a remembrance monument for her son Peter who lies buried on this cemetery.
The faces of both the man and the woman resemble the face of Käthe and her husband. The eyes of the father-figure look towards the ninth stone in front of him on which the name of their son Peter is written.
A hundred years ago... time for reconciliation, I feel.
Lest we forgive we will never move on...
Thank you for your visit, M, (*_*)
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THE GRIEVING PARENTS...
"The real losers of the war are always the parents, wives, mothers"
quote by Käthe Kollwitz
The most important German cemetery from the First World War lies in the village of Vladslo, north of Ypres and close to the city of Diksmuide. In one of the few oak-tree woods in the area lie hundreds of square black stones with the names of the buried soldiers. The peace treaty of Versailles denied them the use of white stone.
The stones lie in rigid lines in the grass under the trees. No flowers decorate the burial grounds.
Each stone carries twenty names , twenty rank specifications, twenty death dates.
A young war volunteer Peter Kollwitz is buried there. When he was killed in October 1914, he is just eighteen. Deeply affected by the death of her son makes Käthe Kollwitz the world famous expressionist sculpture The Grieving Parents.
At the back of the cemetery stands the Käthe Kollwitz sculpture ' The Mourning Parents'.
This German sculptress made the work of art as a remembrance monument for her son Peter who lies buried on this cemetery.
The faces of both the man and the woman resemble the face of Käthe and her husband. The eyes of the father-figure look towards the ninth stone in front of him on which the name of their son Peter is written.
A hundred years ago... time for reconciliation, I feel.
Lest we forgive we will never move on...
Thank you for your visit, M, (*_*)
If you want to PURCHASE (ONLY PLACE TO BUY MY IMAGES!), VIEW THE NEW PORTFOLIOS AND LATEST NEWS HERE on our website: www.indigo2photography.co.uk
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved