The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts: I from 1852 to 1885 II from 1886 to 1910 III from 1911 to 2005 Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story' View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!' http://kbender.blogspot.be/2015/01/tannhauser-villain-he-has-been-in.html There the myHistro story is automatically shown with 1) text (read more) and references to the information source(s), 2) pictures, 3) videos and 4) geo-maps. You can also move the timeline with the cursor and click any name in the timeline graph; or you can click any icon on the geo-maps.

1. Venus and Tannhäuser, Part III: from 1911 to 2005
A selection of iconography about Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg
Story by: K. Bender

2. POGANY, Willy: Tannhäuser, a dramatic poem
1911
Freely translated in poetic narrative form by T.W. Rolleston and beautifully Illustrated by the Hungarian artist William
Andrew ("Willy") Pogany (born Vilmos Andreas Pogány) (1882 Szeged ? 1955 New York) and published in 1911 by by
G. G. Harrap & Co., London.
See YouTube with all illustrations and the Overture music of Wagner.

3. URBAN, Eugen: Die Sage vom Tannhäuser
1912 - 1915
Two paintings by Eugen Urban (1868?1929) for the 'Thüringer Sagenhalle' in Friedrichroda.
Ref.Schulze, I. (1999) pp. 151-238 'Literarisches Bildthema - Klänge als Farben erlebt. Tannhäuser in Werken der bildenden
Kunst'.
in Weigel, Heinrich; Klante, Wolfram & Schulze, Ingrid (1999) Tannhäuser in der Kunst. Quartus-Verlag, Bucha bei Jena.
<p.235 <'Die Sage vom Tannhäuser I-III' Gemälde für die nicht ausgeführte 'Thüringer Sagenhalle' in Friedrichroda 1912-
15>

4. SCHMIDT, HansW.: Tannhäuser, Ein Minnegesang
1913
Illustration by Hans W. Schmidt (1859 Hamburg - 1950) in Julius Wolff's epic poem 'Tannhäuser, Ein Minnegesang'
published by Leipzig, Paul List 1913.
Ref.Schulze, I. (1999) p.231 'Literarisches Bildthema - Klänge als Farben erlebt. Tannhäuser in Werken der bildenden Kunst.
' in Weigel, Heinrich; Klante, Wolfram & Schulze, Ingrid (1999) Tannhäuser in der Kunst. Quartus-Verlag, Bucha bei Jena.

5. CHRISTOPHE, Franz: Venus und Tannhäuser
1916
35 engravings by the Austrian artist, active in Germany, Franz Christophe (1875 Wien - 1946) for "Venus und
Tannhäuser. Improvisationen zu einem erotischen Thema Aubrey Beardsley?s", published in only 19 copies
(Charlottenburg: Hoennicke, 1916).
London, Christie's 18.11.2014, sale-lot 10773-52 ''Highlights from the Erotica Library of Tony Fekete'
< Very rare explicit interpretations of Beardsley novel. ....Christophe?s compositions are among the finest, and earliest
responses to Beardsley?s text. >

6. GEIGER, Caspar Augustin: Tannhäuser im Venusberg
1920
Painting, not traced, by artist Caspar Augustin Geiger (1847 Lauingen - 1924 München).
Published as a postcard in 1920.

7. STASSEN, Franz: Tannhäuser und Venus
1922
A pastel drawing, dated ca 1922, from a series of four, by Franz Stassen (1869 Hanau-1949 Berlin).
Ref.Schulze, I. (1999) p.237 <Aufnahmen von Andreas Thorwirth, Galerie Hebecker, Weimar>
'Literarisches Bildthema - Klänge als Farben erlebt. Tannhäuser in Werken der bildenden Kunst.' in Weigel, Heinrich;
Klante, Wolfram & Schulze, Ingrid (1999) Tannhäuser in der Kunst. Quartus-Verlag, Bucha bei Jena.

8. LASKE, Oscar: Venusberg
1924
Gouache on paper, 28 x 35,2 cm, not dated, by artist Oskar Laske (1874 Czernowitz, Ukraine-1951 Wien).
On sale in Wien, Dorotheum 28.2.2007, lot 41.
A replica 'Im Venusberg 1924', 34,6 x 49,5 cm, is on the Austrian website Art-Port.

9. REINIGER, Leopold: Venus und Tannhäuser
1935
A postcard ' Wagner Festspiel - Tannhäuser - Venus u. Tannhäuser- Was nur Göttern einstens du erwiesen - gab deine
Gunst mir Sterblichem dahin' signed LR, after an original pastel (not traced) by Leop[old] Reininger (?-active 1939-?),
published by Wenau Pastell, n° 1095, date unknown. Wezel & Naumann AG, Kunstdruckanstalt und Faltschachtelwerk,
Leipzig.

10. DALI, Salvador: Mont Vénus
1938 - 1939
Costume designs by Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) for the ballet 'Venusberg' or 'Bacchanale' in one act choreographed by
Leonide Massine of 'Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo', Premiere: New York, November 9, 1939.
A. 'Bacchanale' The Ballet Russe Collection
B. "Costumes des ninfes 4 blanches et 4 en noir et 8 exactes que dans Giselle" 50 x 63 cm. Roma, collection Francesco
Anfuso. Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
Exhibition n°125 'Dali' 22.11.1970-10.1.1971 Rotterdam, Museum Boymans - van Beuningen.

11. BRUSSELMANS, Jean: Venusberg
1947
Watercolour, 50 x054 cm, by Jean Brusselmans (1884 Brussel-d.1953 Dilbeek). Private collection.
Ref.Anonymous (1981) p.90,92, cat 107 'Het naakt in de moderne Belgische schilderkunst' ASLK, Brussel

12. VLLON, Jacques: Laus Veneris
1947
Ten etchings by Jacques Villon (1875 Damville - 1963 Puteaux) for illustrating Swinburne's 'Laus Veneris'(see 1861
BURNE-JONES' painting), translated by F. Vielé-Griffin.Published in Paris, Manuel Bruker (1947) in 175 copies.
Sold in Paris, Ader Nordmann 16.10.2014, lot 314.
Also shown: etching and aquatint in color 'Explicit Laus Veneris' 20.3 x 16.2 cm.
Ref. Jacques Villon Etchings

13. FORSTER, Cornelia: Venus mit ihre Gespielinnen
1964
Two illustrations (among others) by the Swiss artist Cornelia Forster (1906 Zollikon-1990 Sala Capriasca) in Adolf N.
Ammann's "Tannhäuser im Venusberg : der Mythos im Volkslied" Zürich, Origo Verlag, 1964

14. KIEFER, Anselm: Tannhäuser seeing the Grotto of Venus
1974
A drawing watercolour on paper, 39.8 x 29.9 cm, by the artist Anselm Kiefer (German, born 1945).
On auction New Yurk, Christie's 6.5.1992, sale-lot 7480-208

15. EMBLETON, Ron: Tannhauser and Venus
1975
Two gouaches on paper, not dated, by the English artist Ron Embleton (1930 London-1988 Bournemouth). Private
collections.
A. Venus and her maidens
B. Tannhauser following Venus inside the cavern
Ref. Bridgeman

16. DINE, Jim: Venusberg
1988
Painted bronze sculpture, dated 1988, 183 x 97.8 x 68.6 cm, by the American artist Jim Dine (1935 Cincinnati-), exhibited
in Trieste, Civico Museo Revoltella, 12/7-22/9/1996.

17. ANTIOUKHIN, Konstantin: Venus and Tannhäuser
2005 - 2011
Prints by Konstantin Antioukhin , born 1965 in Kiev.
A. Ex-libris S. Brodovych , dated 2005, etching, drypoint, 16.6 x 12.1 cm, entitled 'Beardsley, The Story of Venus and
Tannhauser'
B & C. Exhibition at the Xotaris Art Forum, Crete, August 13-28, 2011.

18. THE END
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Author: K. Bender