Lenore | Frank Kirchbach | 1896 Size:24"x18" A solitary figure walks down

A solitary figure walks down the lane

created in 1935 after Hieronymus Bosch

sometimes also named La Fortuna

The work is a raw psychological confession

Lenore | Frank Kirchbach | 1896 Size:24"x18" A solitary figure walks downIn Lenore (1896), Kirchbach illustrates the haunting moment from Gottfried August Brgers famous ballad, where the dead lover returns to claim Lenore and carries her on a wild ride through the night. The ghostly rider urges his horse forward as Lenore, draped in white, collapses in terror across the saddle while they leap over a cemetery wall beneath a star filled sky. The barren landscape, distant churchyard, and skeletal trees heighten the macabre