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German Translation Exercise: Konzert Ohne Dichter by Klaus Modick

German Translation Exercise: Konzert Ohne Dichter by Klaus Modick

A fictionalized biography of the German artist Heinrich Vogeler's life at Barkenhoff at the turn of the 20th century, translated into English

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This story is a fictionalized account of Heinrich Vogeler’s residency at the artist’s colony of Worpswede while working on his famous "Das Konzert oder Sommerabend auf dem Barkenhoff," or “The Concert, or Summer Evening at Barkenhoff,” a painting which serves as the thumbnail for this post. A few other paintings are referenced throughout, and I’ve linke…

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