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    Artist

  • Ritter Marcus, Lucie, 1895 - 1967

    • Title

  • The Ice Saints

    • Other Title(s)

  • "Die Eisheiligen"

  • Physical Description

    Watercolor : Pencil and watercolor on paper ; 16" x 13.2" ; 40 cm x 33 cm

  • Date

    1927

  • Summary

    Illustration of three men sitting on a cloud. Above the men is a crying sun and below the cloud is a young tree. Above the men is a banner that reads "Pankratius, Servatius und Bonifazius." Signed and dated in lower left corner. Titled in lower right.

  • Subject

    Folklore in art; Saints in art

  • Medium

    Watercolors; Paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

According to central European folklore, the feast days of the three saints St. Pancras, St. Servatius and St. Boniface in mid-May mark a spell of cold weather.

The artist was born in Breslau, Poland in 1897 and died in San Francisco in 1967.

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Citation

Ritter Marcus, Lucie: The Ice Saints, Leo Baeck Institute, 84.444.