Der Dreiklang
1919
Rudolf Belling
Some see dancers in these three forms gracefully bending toward each other; others think they are lightning bolts or flames. For Rudolf Belling, the work expressed the connection between painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Details
- Plan number: M16
- Zone: Human Nature
- Title: Der Dreiklang (The Triad)
- Creator: Rudolf Belling , Hermann Noack
- Date: 1919
- Material: bronze
- Acquisition: donation by BASF, 1974
- Object number: MID.B.315
He wanted to execute “The Triad” in color, and six meters high, as a stage for performances of new music, but this project was never realized.
“The Triad” was the first abstract sculpture in Germany in 1919. Belling hereby bid farewell to figuration and immediately went further than his examples, whose Cubist formal language referred even more to reality.
Like the other works in this hedgerow space, this sculpture depicts a relationship. For Belling, this work expressed three distinct yet interconnected forms of creativity and expression. In his eyes, all three were distinctive and valuable to being human.
German sculptor Rudolf Belling broke with academic tradition in sculpture in 1913 and moved toward abstraction after WWI. He created sculpture from various perspectives and used empty space as an important element in his compositions. After the Nazi takeover, he emigrated to Turkey and his “degenerate” art was removed from German collections and even destroyed. He returned to Germany in 1966.
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