The Singing Man Ernst Barlach

• One of Ernst Barlach’s most popular figures • Here, human emotion is distilled into a timeless expression • Cast in bronze by the long-established Noack art foundry, Berlin In the 1920s, Ernst Barlach’s formal language became increasingly condensed. Whilst he had undergone profound experiences following a trip to Russia in 1906, which led him to fundamentally transform his art – he now devoted himself to the human condition as such – his forms became more harmonious and pared-back in the 1920s. ‘The Singing Man’ is an example of this successful harmony between simple form and universal human expression: Barlach shapes the figure here by tracing a triangle. The man sits on the ground, his legs bent; with his left knee clasped by both arms, he leans back with his eyes closed, singing. The expression on his face – a mixture of ecstasy, contentment and meditative absorption – is timeless. Singing as a cultural practice and music as a gateway to the world of emotions recur time and again in Barlach’s work. Across various media, the artist explores the emotions associated with these themes, thereby highlighting his own deep interest in music – he himself appreciates folk music just as much as the German classical composers. Yet his explorations of the theme are not confined to a specific context: Barlach does not situate his ‘Singer’ either temporally or geographically, nor can we surmise why he is singing; we witness the primal human experience of singing! With his ‘Singing Man’, Ernst Barlach created an Expressionist sculpture that remains one of the artist’s best-known works to this day. | 1870 Wedel - Rostock 1938 | Moderne Kunst | Skulptur/Objekt/Multiple | Nummer: 26x2539 | Provenance: Privatsammlung, Berlin; Seitdem durch Erbfolge in Privatbesitz.

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