Lillebil Christensen IV
1920
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (18.1 x 14 cm) sheet: 12 x 8 11/16 in. (30.5 x 22.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of M.P. Epstein, 1967
Accession Number
67.671.3
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Art Historical Context
Ernst Oppler's *Lillebil Christensen IV (1920) is a delicate etching portraying the Danish dancer Lillebil Christensen, capturing her poised elegance amid the 20th-century danceze. Oppler, a German-Jewish artist active in Berlin's vibrant cultural scene, was renowned for his series of depicting ballerinas and performers, influenced by the Ballets Russ and pioneers like Isadora Duncan. This fourth iteration in his Christensen sequence highlights the artist's eye for feminine grace and theatrical poise, themes central to his oeuvre during the Weimar Republic's artistic ferment. Rendered on a mo...
About the Artist
Ernst Oppler
Comment on works: interiors; portrait; landscape