Hanuman
The Hanuman series of over 20 pictures was inspired by Hans's trip in autumn 1998 from London to Vrindavan, India overland by bus. An epic journey taking him through Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Jerusalem, Iran, Pakistan and finally into India.
Hans pays homage to eastern spirituality in an unconventional portrayal of characters and episodes from the great Indian epic the Ramayana. The impressions from his travels form the background to the story of Hanuman, the Indian monkey god and personification of devotion. When Sita is abducted by the evil Ravanna her beloved husband Rama and his brother Lakshman set out to find her. In the course of their search they meet Hanuman who sets himself the task of finding Sita. Hanuman embodies a centrally important moral principle, how to discover your own potential in the face of great challenges.
The work was produced during the years 1998 to 2001 and has been widely shown including exhibitions in Berlin and Russelsheim curated Dagmar Eichhorn. A catalogue "The Hanuman Cycle" Overland to India" has been published by Opel. The catalogue text to the pictures is reproduced below the pictures when they are selected.
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The Hanuman series of over 20 pictures was inspired by Hans's trip in autumn 1998 from London to Vrindavan, India overland by bus. An epic journey taking him through Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Jerusalem, Iran, Pakistan and finally into India.
Hans pays homage to eastern spirituality in an unconventional portrayal of characters and episodes from the great Indian epic the Ramayana. The impressions from his travels form the background to the story of Hanuman, the Indian monkey god and personification of devotion. When Sita is abducted by the evil Ravanna her beloved husband Rama and his brother Lakshman set out to find her. In the course of their search they meet Hanuman who sets himself the task of finding Sita. Hanuman embodies a centrally important moral principle, how to discover your own potential in the face of great challenges.
The work was produced during the years 1998 to 2001 and has been widely shown including exhibitions in Berlin and Russelsheim curated Dagmar Eichhorn. A catalogue "The Hanuman Cycle" Overland to India" has been published by Opel. The catalogue text to the pictures is reproduced below the pictures when they are selected.
Copyright Hans Diebschlag All Rights Reserved
19 Vrindavan Leap of Faith
Vrindaban : A Leap of Faith / Vrindaban Der Sprung des Hanuman (1999)
Oil and tempera on canvas
80 x 61 cm
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This picture shows the river Yamuna which curves around Vrindavan. The late afternoon sun gives this scene a hazy golden mist. Later, back in England I dreamed of revisiting Vrindavan: ships sailed through the air and landed by the river while huge cranes raising modern apartment blocks, and the old Vrindavan seemed to vanish in front of my eyes. I painted Hanuman's famous leap to the island of Lanka into this scene. As the monkeys had heard from Sampati, the old vulture, that Ravanna had taken Sita to Lanka, it was decided that Hanuman, who is after all the son of the Wind, should try to get there. There is no bridge to Lanka and Hanuman, with a great leap, takes to the air, arriving safely in Lanka after various adventures with sea monsters. In this way, through devotion and faith, Hanuman discovers in himself the abilities to overcome great obstacles, and grows far beyond his monkey nature.
Vrindaban : A Leap of Faith / Vrindaban Der Sprung des Hanuman (1999)
Oil and tempera on canvas
80 x 61 cm
Sold
This picture shows the river Yamuna which curves around Vrindavan. The late afternoon sun gives this scene a hazy golden mist. Later, back in England I dreamed of revisiting Vrindavan: ships sailed through the air and landed by the river while huge cranes raising modern apartment blocks, and the old Vrindavan seemed to vanish in front of my eyes. I painted Hanuman's famous leap to the island of Lanka into this scene. As the monkeys had heard from Sampati, the old vulture, that Ravanna had taken Sita to Lanka, it was decided that Hanuman, who is after all the son of the Wind, should try to get there. There is no bridge to Lanka and Hanuman, with a great leap, takes to the air, arriving safely in Lanka after various adventures with sea monsters. In this way, through devotion and faith, Hanuman discovers in himself the abilities to overcome great obstacles, and grows far beyond his monkey nature.
hans diebschlag
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