#cerfvioloneux

This painting is really hard to show in a square as she is in height. So i show you it in two part: half top and the half bottom. It’s calling the Hirsch Hiziger, after an alsacian ( i’m alsacian ) custom of wild men tradition. In February in some towns people hunt the the wild man. Some says if you don’t give him something as offering he will steal a girl of the village. So everyone dance with him prisoner and visit all houses. The whole painting measures 240x120cm. I use egg tempera and gold leaf. For infos @galerielemetais . . . . #hirschhiziger #alsacian #alsace #customs #folklore #folkart #cerf #cerfvioloneux #putois #wildermann #tradition #danse #carnaval https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaXYDoAeUS/?igshid=sqnhk8bb500k

Cerf Violoneux is a reversed glass painting about an almost forget tradition from my home countryside. It’s a rite of passage between two seasons, two cycles. Young people hunt the wild man and enchain him then walk through the village as a sign of luck. We found those kind of rituals about hooded animals in many other countries ( one of the most known is the #marilwyd in South Wales ). There will be a second painting, same size, same frame about Putois, which is a variation from another village. . . . #cerfvioloneux #putois #traditions #alsace #peinturesousverre #reversedglasspainting #hoodedanimal #folklore #hirshhirziger #hornung #folkcustom #folkart #minamond #naifnoir https://www.instagram.com/p/CH76nOwAYML/?igshid=1i4y93gdxsxld