Venus and Tannhaumluser Part II from 1886 to 1910

A selection of iconography about Venus and Tannhaumluser in the Venusberg

Story by K Bender

ROCHEGROSSE Georges Tannhauser au Veacutenusberg

1888

Painting by the French historical and decorative painter Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859 Versailles 1938 Paris) exhibited as ndeg1962 in the III Internationalen Kunstausstellung (Muumlnchener Jubilaumlumsausstellung) im Koumlnigl Glaspalaste zu Muumlnchen 1888Whereabouts unknown but illustrated in J Valmy-Baysse Georges Rochegrosse sa vie son oeuvre published 1910 by Librairie F Juven in Paris

ROCHEGROSSE Georges Tannhauser au Veacutenusberg

1888

Painting by the French historical and decorative painter Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859 Versailles 1938 Paris) exhibited as ndeg1962 in the III Internationalen Kunstausstellung (Muumlnchener Jubilaumlumsausstellung) im Koumlnigl Glaspalaste zu Muumlnchen 1888Whereabouts unknown but illustrated in J Valmy-Baysse Georges Rochegrosse sa vie son oeuvre published 1910 by Librairie F Juven in Paris

STAHL Friedrich Tannhaumluser im Venusberg

1890

A wood engraving dated ca 1890 30 x 45 cm by the German artist Friedrich Stahl (1863 Muumlnchen-1940 Roma) published in an art journalSource eBay DE 1842012An oil painting 54 x 81 cm with this title was sold in 1920 by Galerie Heinemann Muumlnchen Heinemann Nr 13376

ROMBEAUX Egide Venusberg

1893

Sculptures by the Belgian artist Egide Rombaux (1863 Schaarbeek-1942 Ukkel)A bronze 175 x 120 x 114 cm in Gent Museum Museum voor Schone Kunsten inv ndeg1899-O B two plaster groups 435 x 275 cm in Bruxelles Museacutees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique inv nrs 6449 amp 6434There is also an ivory sculpture size and location unknown exhibited at the Brussels International Exhibition 1897 ndeg320

KAEMPFFER Eduard Tannhaumlusersage

1895

Two paintings by Eduard Kaumlmpffer (1859 Muumlnster-1926 Obernigk) in the City Hall of ErfurtATannhaumluser wird von dem getreuen Eckhart vor dem Betreten der Houmlhle gewarntB Tannhaumluser in der VenusgrotteTreppenaufgang des Erfurter Rathauses Stadtarchiv ErfurtRefSchulze I (1999) p224-226 Literarisches Bildthema - Klaumlnge als Farben erlebt Tannhaumluser in Werken der bildenden Kunstin Weigel Heinrich Klante Wolfram amp Schulze Ingrid (1999) Tannhaumluser in der Kunst Quartus-Verlag Bucha bei Jena

LEEKE Ferdinand

1895 - 1914

Illustrations by German painter Ferdinand Leeke (1859 Magdeburg-1923 or1937 Nuremberg) famous for his depictions of scenes from Wagnerian operasA He saw a beautiful womancolour lithograph dated 1905 The Stapleton Collection Ref BridgemanB Tannhaumluser - Venuserscheinung gouache drawing dated ca 1895 Nationalarchiv der Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth Ref Schulze I (1999) p222 Literarisches Bildthema - Klaumlnge als Farben erlebt Tannhaumluser in Werken der bildenden Kunst in Weigel Heinrich Klante Wolfram amp Schulze Ingrid (1999) Tannhaumluser in der Kunst Quartus-Verlag Bucha bei JenaC Copper print of B Tannhaumluser IIIAct III Scene 484 x 345 cmD postcard c1914 Tannhaumluser - 1 Aufzug - Tannhaumluser Dir toumlne Lob Verlag L Pernitzsch Kunsthandlung LeipzigUniversitaumlt Osnabruumlck | Historische Bildpostkarten

LEEKE Ferdinand

1895 - 1914

Illustrations by German painter Ferdinand Leeke (1859 Magdeburg-1923 or1937 Nuremberg) famous for his depictions of scenes from Wagnerian operasA He saw a beautiful womancolour lithograph dated 1905 The Stapleton Collection Ref BridgemanB Tannhaumluser - Venuserscheinung gouache drawing dated ca 1895 Nationalarchiv der Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth Ref Schulze I (1999) p222 Literarisches Bildthema - Klaumlnge als Farben erlebt Tannhaumluser in Werken der bildenden Kunst in Weigel Heinrich Klante Wolfram amp Schulze Ingrid (1999) Tannhaumluser in der Kunst Quartus-Verlag Bucha bei JenaC Copper print of B Tannhaumluser IIIAct III Scene 484 x 345 cmD postcard c1914 Tannhaumluser - 1 Aufzug - Tannhaumluser Dir toumlne Lob Verlag L Pernitzsch Kunsthandlung LeipzigUniversitaumlt Osnabruumlck | Historische Bildpostkarten

KOE Lawrence Venus and Tannhauser

1896

Painting dated ca 1896 oil on canvas 142 x 243 cm by the English artist Lawrence Koe (1869 Brighton 1913)Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries inv FA000590

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WAGREZ Jacques Tannhaumluser au Venusberg

1896

Painting oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm by Jacques-Cleacutement Wagnez (1850 Paris-1908) exhibited in the Salon de 1896 ParisOwner unknownRef Wikimedia

BEARDSLEY Aubrey Venus and Tannhaumluser - An Erotic Tale

1896 - 1907

Novel written and illustrated by Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872 Brighton - 1896 Menton) never completed Some chapters had appeared previously were reprinted in 1904 and the original manuscript was privately printed in a limited edition in 1907 by Smithers LondonThe novel was reprinted in 1985 in a folio format by Bracken Books London under the titleVenus and Tannhaumluser - An Erotic Tale by AUBREY BEARDSLEY The story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus Goddess and Meretrix under the famous Horselberg and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place his repentance his journeying to Rome and return to the loving mountainThe reprint without numbered pages has a cover image with Venus between Terminal Gods a double page frontispiece and only two illustrations strictly belonging to the novel It features however many other drawings from other works (Lysistrata Salomeacute etc) by BEARDSLEYThe book is ludicrously dedicated To the most eminent and reverend Prince GIULIO POLDO PEZZOLI Cardinal of the Holy Roman Churchetc and the chapters have hilarious titles I How the Chevalier Tannhauser entered into the Hill of VenusII Of the manner in which Venus was coiffed and prepared for supper III How Venus supped and thereafter was mightily amused by the curious pranks of her entourage IV How the court of Venus behaved strangely at her supper V Of the ballet danced by the servants of Venus VI Of the amorous encounter which took place between Venus and Tannhauser VII How Tannhauser awakened and took his ablutions in the Venusberg VIII Of the extasy of Adolphe and of the remarkable manifestation threreof IX How Venus and Tannhauser breakfasted and then drove through the palace gardens X Of the Stabat Mater Spiridon and De La Pine

A full account of the history of the publication is told by John Glasco who extended the incomplete story The original ends abruptly in the middle of Chapter X where Tannhaumluser is still enjoying the hedonistic domain of Venus but Glasco added Chapters XI to XIX including Tannhaumlusers withdrawal from the Hill of Venus (Chapter XIV) his pilgrimage to Rome his audience of the pope and finally his return to Venus

It is published under the title The Story of Venus and Tannhaumluserby Aubrey Beardsley and John Glasco - unexpurgated with a frontispiece and eight drawings - Wordsworth Classics Hertfordshire 1995139 ppOriginal drawing Venus title-page design black ink and graphite on white paper 113 x 81 first published in The Studiovol 13 1898Harvard Fogg Art Museum inv nr 1943646Giclee canvas print Venus between Terminal Gods frontispiz pen and ink 219 x 178 Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Bedford Bedfordshire UK

BEARDSLEY Aubrey Venus and Tannhaumluser - An Erotic Tale

1896 - 1907

Novel written and illustrated by Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872 Brighton - 1896 Menton) never completed Some chapters had appeared previously were reprinted in 1904 and the original manuscript was privately printed in a limited edition in 1907 by Smithers LondonThe novel was reprinted in 1985 in a folio format by Bracken Books London under the titleVenus and Tannhaumluser - An Erotic Tale by AUBREY BEARDSLEY The story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus Goddess and Meretrix under the famous Horselberg and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place his repentance his journeying to Rome and return to the loving mountainThe reprint without numbered pages has a cover image with Venus between Terminal Gods a double page frontispiece and only two illustrations strictly belonging to the novel It features however many other drawings from other works (Lysistrata Salomeacute etc) by BEARDSLEYThe book is ludicrously dedicated To the most eminent and reverend Prince GIULIO POLDO PEZZOLI Cardinal of the Holy Roman Churchetc and the chapters have hilarious titles I How the Chevalier Tannhauser entered into the Hill of VenusII Of the manner in which Venus was coiffed and prepared for supper III How Venus supped and thereafter was mightily amused by the curious pranks of her entourage IV How the court of Venus behaved strangely at her supper V Of the ballet danced by the servants of Venus VI Of the amorous encounter which took place between Venus and Tannhauser VII How Tannhauser awakened and took his ablutions in the Venusberg VIII Of the extasy of Adolphe and of the remarkable manifestation threreof IX How Venus and Tannhauser breakfasted and then drove through the palace gardens X Of the Stabat Mater Spiridon and De La Pine

A full account of the history of the publication is told by John Glasco who extended the incomplete story The original ends abruptly in the middle of Chapter X where Tannhaumluser is still enjoying the hedonistic domain of Venus but Glasco added Chapters XI to XIX including Tannhaumlusers withdrawal from the Hill of Venus (Chapter XIV) his pilgrimage to Rome his audience of the pope and finally his return to Venus

It is published under the title The Story of Venus and Tannhaumluserby Aubrey Beardsley and John Glasco - unexpurgated with a frontispiece and eight drawings - Wordsworth Classics Hertfordshire 1995139 ppOriginal drawing Venus title-page design black ink and graphite on white paper 113 x 81 first published in The Studiovol 13 1898Harvard Fogg Art Museum inv nr 1943646Giclee canvas print Venus between Terminal Gods frontispiz pen and ink 219 x 178 Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Bedford Bedfordshire UK

It is published under the title The Story of Venus and Tannhaumluserby Aubrey Beardsley and John Glasco - unexpurgated with a frontispiece and eight drawings - Wordsworth Classics Hertfordshire 1995139 ppOriginal drawing Venus title-page design black ink and graphite on white paper 113 x 81 first published in The Studiovol 13 1898Harvard Fogg Art Museum inv nr 1943646Giclee canvas print Venus between Terminal Gods frontispiz pen and ink 219 x 178 Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Bedford Bedfordshire UK

JAMES Gilbert Venus tempts Tannhauser

1898

Illustration 406 x 305 cm by the English artist Gilbert James active 1886-1926 Published on May 18 1898 p147 A Reminiscence of the Opera in The Sketch a British illustrated newspaper weeklyThe British Library holds a complete run of The SketchSource eBay UK 2822013

WAGNER Franz Tannhaumluser-Bildteller

1900

A painted porcelain plate 24 x 24 cm by Franz Wagner (active 1894 - 1908 in Wien) after the painting by Otto Knille (1873)Sale of Dorotheum Wien June 15 2011 lot 534Ref Artnet

WAGNER Franz Tannhaumluser-Bildteller

1900

A painted porcelain plate 24 x 24 cm by Franz Wagner (active 1894 - 1908 in Wien) after the painting by Otto Knille (1873)Sale of Dorotheum Wien June 15 2011 lot 534Ref Artnet

ROZYNSKI Kurt von Tannhaumluser im Venusberg

1900

Painting by Kurt von Rozynski (1864 Schippenbeil- 1895 to 1937 in Berlin -) date size and location unknown Ref Postcard

COLLIER John Tannhaumluser in the Venusburg

1901

Painting oil on canvas 243 x 168 cm by the English artist John Collier (1850 London - 1934)Atkinson Art Gallery Southport Lancashire invndeg SOPAG95BBC Your Paintings

A smaller replica entitled The Venus Borg oil on board 355 x 229 cm is in a private collectionRef Bridgeman

COLLIER John Tannhaumluser in the Venusburg

1901

Painting oil on canvas 243 x 168 cm by the English artist John Collier (1850 London - 1934)Atkinson Art Gallery Southport Lancashire invndeg SOPAG95BBC Your Paintings

A smaller replica entitled The Venus Borg oil on board 355 x 229 cm is in a private collectionRef Bridgeman

BRAUNE Hugo Tannhaumluser im Venusberg-Bacchanal

1906

Illustration by Hugo L Braune (1875 Frankenhausen-1940) in his publication Tannhaumluser und der Saumlngerkrieg auf der Wartburg Handlung in 3 Aufzuumlgen von Richard Wagner In Bildern dargest von Hugo L Braune Verlag J J Weber (Leipzig) 10 Bl 4 Ref Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (1999) p12 Tannhaumluser und der Saumlngerkrieg auf Wartburg von Richard Wagner Insel Verlag

SHAW Byam Tannhaumluser is allured back to Venusberg

1908

Color print illustration one of 24 by Indian-born British painter illustrator designer and teacher John Byam Liston Shaw commonly known as Byam Shaw (1872 Madras-1919 London) for J Cuthbert Haddens book The Operas of Wagner their plots music and history published 1908 by Thomas Nelson amp Sons LondonRefeBay UK

SHAW Byam Tannhaumluser is allured back to Venusberg

1908

Color print illustration one of 24 by Indian-born British painter illustrator designer and teacher John Byam Liston Shaw commonly known as Byam Shaw (1872 Madras-1919 London) for J Cuthbert Haddens book The Operas of Wagner their plots music and history published 1908 by Thomas Nelson amp Sons LondonRefeBay UK

MEID Hans Venusberg

1910

Print 131 x 175 cm by painter and illustrator Hans Meid (1883 Pforzheim-1957 Ludwigsburg) published 1910 by Verlag EA Seemann LeipzigOn auction in Muumlnchen Kettererkunst 322007 Sale 311 Modern Art amp Post-War amp Old Masters lot 91

CHALON Louis Tannhaumluser with the naked Venus

1910

Sculptures by French painter sculptor and illustrator Louis Chalon (1866 Paris-1940)A a gilt-bronze and ivory group dated ca 1910 565 cm height sold by Christies South Kensington London 29102008 sale-lot 5341-87B a patinated bronze group depicting Tannhauser standing up in medieval clothes the naked Venus next to him trying to seduce him on oval marble base 648 x 508 cm Signed in the bronze L Chalon William Bunch Auction Chadds Ford PA USA 8 December 2009 lot ndeg302

SLEVOGT Max Houmlrselberg

1910

Painting oil on canvas 2905 x 3702 cm by Max Slevogt (1868-1932)Germanisches Nationalmuseum inv ndeg Gm2055 (no image available)Ref Schulze I (1999) pp 151-238 Literarisches Bildthema - Klaumlnge als Farben erlebt Tannhaumluser in Werken der bildenden Kunst p239-241in Weigel Heinrich Klante Wolfram amp Schulze Ingrid (1999) Tannhaumluser in der Kunst Quartus-Verlag Bucha bei Jena

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Author K Bender