Else Wachenheimer-Moos in de tuin met haar ouders Hermann Moos en Josefine Moos-Levi, haar schoonzus Liesel Wachenheimer-Zürndorfer en een onbekende vrouw, vermoedelijk 1928, Stuttgart, Neurenberg of Hamburg by Anonymous

Else Wachenheimer-Moos in de tuin met haar ouders Hermann Moos en Josefine Moos-Levi, haar schoonzus Liesel Wachenheimer-Zürndorfer en een onbekende vrouw, vermoedelijk 1928, Stuttgart, Neurenberg of Hamburg 1928

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portrait

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sculpture

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photography

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genre-painting

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realism

Dimensions: height 85 mm, width 110 mm, height 164 mm, width 210 mm

Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain

This photograph, taken around 1928, captures Else Wachenheimer-Moos with her family in what I’m guessing is their garden. The approach is really about catching a moment, an everyday scene, not unlike painting en plein air. There's a certain intimacy in this black and white image. You can almost feel the texture of the grass under their feet, the warmth of the sun filtering through the leaves above. The details, like the patterned backdrop, the gentle curve of Else's smile, these are the marks that tell a story. The composition is simple, almost casual. It makes me think of the painter Pierre Bonnard, who had a similar knack for turning the mundane into something luminous, like a glimpse of a memory. Ultimately, it's not about fixing a single meaning, but about letting the image resonate, inviting us to fill in the blanks with our own stories.

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