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| Gerhard Richter, Abstract Painting 780-1 (1992) |
In an
earlier post
I mentioned that Goethe commented frequently on the rainy weather
during the summer of 1816, an effect of the eruption of the Tambora volcano
in the previous year. I was struck by the cryptic note concerning the
reflection of trees in water. I keep trying to imagine which trees he
was talking about and what it was about the sight that caused him to mention it. Was it trees in the park in Weimar?
I
have not been able to get the image out of my head. I was in Washington, D.C. this past weekend and
saw a
painting by Gerhard Richter that seemed to suggest the reflection
of trees in a watery medium. It hangs in the newly restored East
Building of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.
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