Fasnachtshelge "Kalypso"
1957
unspecified
From the collection of Archaeology and Museum Baselland
1957
unspecified
From the collection of Archaeology and Museum Baselland
Dominant colour
Fasnachtshelge "Kalypso" is a 1957 unspecified by Max Rickenbacher-Hufschmid, depicting Ethnology, held at Archaeology and Museum Baselland.
This painting is packed with wild, colorful characters. On the left, a woman with bright red hair lounges on a green couch, wearing a necklace of citrus slices. Next to her, a monkey in a suit plays a drum, grinning. In the background, two people float on a banana boat under palm trees, while fish with human faces swim below. The whole scene is filled with bold colors and playful text in German. The monkey’s drum and the banana boat hint at a mix of humor and culture. The text seems to tell a silly story, mixing music and nonsense words. Look up ethnology to see how art like this connects to real-world traditions.
Max Rickenbacher-Hufschmid spent years drawing the same carnival clowns in Basel’s back alleys.
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