A call to honor bravery and never give up your own courage.
- Technique: acrylic on wooden door (life-size), digitally edited with colors
- Printed on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta.
- W30,2 x H30 cm
Limited edition of 20.
- Prints are for sale at Saatchi Art.
In the early 1990s, I painted Marlene Dietrich (commissioned) on the entrance of Café Salon De Blauwe Engel in Groningen, The Netherlands. Twenty years after I painted her, she was still there, on the door, in all her glory. Now, the door is gone. Her image is captured. I fused the photo of the original door into a digital version, to keep my original painting alive. A call to honor bravery and never give up your own courage.
Marlene Dietrich, known for her glamorous film career, also showed remarkable courage throughout her life.This portrait is an ode to her bravery, alongside her cinematic allure. She was an outspoken critic of the Nazi regime and used her fame and resources to support the Allied troops. After World War II, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom for her exceptional service. Dietrich also openly admitted to being bisexual (“Ein bisschen bi schadet nie”) and was an advocate for women’s rights to dress as they wished.
My original painting of Marlene Dietrich, painted on the front door of Cafe Salon De Blauwe Engel in Groningen. Photo, taken in June 2013.
