Flüchtlinge aus Stallupönen (Refugees from Stallupönen)

Richard von Below, artist

1879–1925

Flüchtlinge aus Stallupönen (Refugees from Stallupönen), 1914

Where object was made: Stallupönen, German Empire (present-day Nesterov, Russia)

Material/technique: etching

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 199 x 279 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 266 x 394 mm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 13/16 x 11 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Gift of Lutz Riester

Accession number: 2005.0202

Not on display

Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Exhibition Label:
"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
Von Below was an etcher and painter as well as an officer in the German army. In a few rare drypoints he set down aspects of German military activity on the Eastern Front. This is one of four known drypoints by von Below showing refugees fleeing the advancing German army. Stallupönen (Russian: Nesterov; Lihunanian: Stalupönai) was the site of one of the first battles between Russia and Germany in August 1914. Related prints by von Below include Vormarsch in Russland (Advance in Russia), 1914; Strasse nach Pinsk (The Road to Pinsk), 1915; and Flüchtlinge (Karpathen, Mai, 1915).

Exhibition Label:
"Echoes of Human Migration in the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art," Mar-2010
Von Below was an etcher and painter as well as an officer in the German army. In a few rare etchings he set down aspects of German military activity on the Eastern Front. This is one of four known drypoints by von Below showing refugees fleeing the advancing German army. Stallupönen (Russian: Nesterov; Lihunanian: Stalupėnai) was the site of one of the first battles between Russia and Germany in August 1914. Related prints by von Below include Vormarsch in Russland (Advance in Russia), 1914; Strasse nach Pinsk (The Road to Pinsk), 1915; and Flücthlinge (Karpathen, Mai, 1915) (Refugees [Carpathian Mountains, May, 1915]).