Duisburg 3 (Dark Grey) 2003/04
acrylic paint on canvas 65 x 100 cm. 25.6 x 39.4"
PB.1.12.03.9
| The ‘Harbour Cities’ series is devoted to West European harbours and industrial cities that were heavily bombarded during the Second World War. In addition to London (Great Britain) and Rotterdam (The Netherlands), the series also includes a city in the Ruhr region of Germany, namely Duisberg. This city, which was frequently bombed by the allies, was at the time a centre of the German weapons industry and, with its extensive railway network and important inland harbours, also a centre of the German war infrastructure.
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Elsewhere on this website are two pictures from the ‘Harbour Cities’ series: nr. 1 (London) and nr. 2 (Rotterdam). The picture shown here, ‘Duisburg 3 (Dark grey)’ comes from a separate series about this city. |
References
Krüger, Norbert
Die Bombenangriffe auf das Ruhrgebiet im Frühjahr 1943
In: Borsdorf, Ulrich en Mathilde Jamin (Hrsg) Über Leben im Krieg. Kriegserfahrungen in einer Industrieregion 1939 - 1945
1989, Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg
Delen van p.88 en 89
Als Feuer vom Himmel fiel. Der Bombenkrieg gegen die Deutschen
Spiegel Special 1/2003, Hamburg
Delen van p.38: 'Überall Leichen, überall Tod'
Friedrich, Jörg
Der Brand. Deutschland im Bombenkrieg: 1940 - 1945
2002, Propyläen Verlag, München
Delen van p.242 en 243