A Family in the Stone Age
| A Family in the Stone Age | |
|---|---|
| French: Une famille à l'âge de pierre | |
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| Artist | Emmanuel Benner |
| Year | 1892 |
| Medium | oil paint on canvas |
| Movement | Academic art History painting |
| Subject | A scene from Neolithic Europe. |
| Dimensions | 110 cm × 147 cm (43 in × 58 in)[1] |
| Location | Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France |
| Accession | 1907 |
A Family in the Stone Age (French: Une famille à l'âge de pierre) is a 1892 oil on canvas painting by the Academic artist Emmanuel Benner, now in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, Alsace, France (inventory number 88.RP.24).[2][3]
History
[edit]The painting was exhibited at the 1892 Salon de Paris (catalog #122), under the French title L’alerte ; âge de pierre (The Alarm ; The Stone Age).[4]
Description
[edit]Like Benner's earlier Lakeside Dwelling, the painting depicts a scene from life in prehistoric times; here the artist shows three generations of a family of cave dwellers facing the threat of a bear. The family is composed of four people, the father, who is aiming at the bear with his bow and arrow, a mother, a child, and an old man, probably the child's grandfather. They are all dressed in a primitive way, covered in animal skins, and the child, who is crouching in the ground, is entirely naked. The woman has her breasts exposed and is holding a club. The old man is bald and bearded, and is kneeling, while he watches the scene.
Provenance
[edit]The painting was donated to the museum by the artist's family, including his nephew, painter Many Benner.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Programmation de la semaine". Musée de Picardie. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Woehl, Annick (7 August 2020). "À Unterlinden, un chantier en cours". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Une famille à l'âge de pierre". Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "L'alerte ; âge de pierre". Base Salons. Retrieved 26 August 2024.