Scène uit Aschenbrödel van Johann Strauss 1900 - 1904

Fritz Dinger made this scene from Johann Strauss’ Aschenbrödel using printmaking techniques. It's interesting how the whole image is built up out of these tiny marks. It must have been a long and painstaking process. I love the way the artist has used this to create a real sense of depth and atmosphere. Look at the area around Cinderella's face, so soft and dreamlike. You can see how the texture has been built up in layers, and it’s almost as if the light is emanating from within the image itself. The grays create a full range of tones from almost black to almost white, giving the piece a real luminosity. This image reminds me of the prints of Käthe Kollwitz. Both artists have this incredible ability to capture human emotion through the manipulation of tone and texture. But, whereas Kollwitz's work tends to focus on the darker aspects of life, Dinger's has a real sense of hope and possibility.