This collection is dedicated to projections of boydom by means of art throughout many periods of art history, with occasional interpretation.
These images (paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs) deal with illusions and ideals which are projected into childhood and youth, especially into boydom where Elysium is seen so often by so many. They deal with the portrait of the real boy as well, through all styles and times - searching to capture an essence of boydom which is often lost. Lost in art as well as in real life ...
The artists represented in this collection of scans devoted some of their creativity to boydom in art at one time in their life - be it for longer periods or just for a short special moment. Some of them are unknown or anonymous artists. Furthermore, this collection may include the occasional odd one out - that is, some piece featuring not really a boy but some androgynous being or an angel ... - or not really being art.
Due to the enormous amount of material, the displayed images can only represent a fraction of the nature of the subject. Additional uploads are in progress. Furthermore, the galleries have been enlarged recently - so that you will find something new in every single gallery. The abbreviation w.d. stands for "without date".
"Etwas Geheimnisreiches liegt über ihnen, die vom Sein des Knaben und Jünglings erzählten, etwas sehr Reines, Unberührtes, Paradiesisches."
(Hans Hildebrandt)
| a small note for people who might have
grown up too much: sometimes in
dreams and scarcely in life ... its
recurrence connects you, the grown-up, it could be that we have always been meant to be playful and light-hearted ... |