RICHTER, Adrian Ludwig
(b. 1803, Dresden, d. 1884, Dresden)

Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape

1847
Oil on canvas, 93 x 150 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

The Bridal Train shows a Utopian world, happy people emerging from the enveloping shadows of the wood on to sunlit meadows. Richter could transform real events, like a wedding, children's games or the reading of a fairy tale into dreamlike memories. He sought to awaken the viewer's innate joy at contemplating the merry games of children.




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