Frenzy (Der Berserker)

This solid, powerful, and focused figure, with right arm drawn back, is prepared to strike. Here, Ernst Barlach captured a moment symbolic of the revolutionary spirit that swept Europe during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The fervent will of the people against empires and for republics was expressed in the 1848-1849 revolutions in Germany, the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, and Germany's November Revolution of 1918-1919.

Gift of the Friends of Art