Wassmann Foundation
@wassmannfoundation.bsky.social
Art historian Jeff Wassmann surveys the era of the pioneering, if apocryphal, Leipzig modernist and sewerage engineer Johann Dieter Wassmann (1841-1898).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Dieter_Wassmann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Dieter_Wassmann
...my daughter at the de Young Museum, San Francisco
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
...my daughter at the de Young Museum, San Francisco
Frankfurt to Dubai along the northern border of Iraq and Iran, 13 hours on to Melbourne and nearly the same bleary-eyed in the darkroom.
November 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Frankfurt to Dubai along the northern border of Iraq and Iran, 13 hours on to Melbourne and nearly the same bleary-eyed in the darkroom.
A rainy morning in Kassel but the sun shineth on Joseph Beuys’ ‘7000 Eichen’. Beuys ambition to plant 7000 oaks, each paired with a basalt stone, began with Documenta 7 in 1982. 40 years on, Beuys’ legacy of ‘social sculpture’ feels more relevant than ever.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A rainy morning in Kassel but the sun shineth on Joseph Beuys’ ‘7000 Eichen’. Beuys ambition to plant 7000 oaks, each paired with a basalt stone, began with Documenta 7 in 1982. 40 years on, Beuys’ legacy of ‘social sculpture’ feels more relevant than ever.
Mushrooms in the Gespensterwald Nienhagen 🍄🟫
(that’s the Baltic peeking through on the left).
(that’s the Baltic peeking through on the left).
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mushrooms in the Gespensterwald Nienhagen 🍄🟫
(that’s the Baltic peeking through on the left).
(that’s the Baltic peeking through on the left).
An acorn-fed pig is often described as an olive tree with legs. The fat is rich in healthy oleic acid, similar to that found in olive oil, making the olive tree a fair comparison.
Ivernack, Mecklenburg
Ivernack, Mecklenburg
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
An acorn-fed pig is often described as an olive tree with legs. The fat is rich in healthy oleic acid, similar to that found in olive oil, making the olive tree a fair comparison.
Ivernack, Mecklenburg
Ivernack, Mecklenburg
Twelve-o’clock noon in the Jacobskirche Weimar bell tower.
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Twelve-o’clock noon in the Jacobskirche Weimar bell tower.
… and of course, the Bauhaus Museum Weimar café.
October 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
… and of course, the Bauhaus Museum Weimar café.
Back in Weimar… of course, Weimar.
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Back in Weimar… of course, Weimar.
‘War-ravaged’ Portland airport a couple weeks ago.
SOUND UP (the pianist singing I Can’t Tell You Why by The Eagles is pretty good… and apropos.)
SOUND UP (the pianist singing I Can’t Tell You Why by The Eagles is pretty good… and apropos.)
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
‘War-ravaged’ Portland airport a couple weeks ago.
SOUND UP (the pianist singing I Can’t Tell You Why by The Eagles is pretty good… and apropos.)
SOUND UP (the pianist singing I Can’t Tell You Why by The Eagles is pretty good… and apropos.)
My kids, NGA, Washington, D.C., 2011
September 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My kids, NGA, Washington, D.C., 2011
Old growth stumps, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon.
August 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Old growth stumps, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon.
Kelly’s Marina, Brighton, Oregon.
August 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Kelly’s Marina, Brighton, Oregon.
19 August 2025. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon.
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
19 August 2025. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Vancouver to Portland.
August 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Vancouver to Portland.
Attributed: Frederick Alexcee (1854-1944), txaldzap'am nagyeda laxa (carved wooden angel), baptismal font, 1886. Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
August 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Attributed: Frederick Alexcee (1854-1944), txaldzap'am nagyeda laxa (carved wooden angel), baptismal font, 1886. Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
A couple of Arthur Erickson’s fabulous buildings in Vancouver: the MacMillan Bloedel, 1968 and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, 1976, inspired by the post-and-beam architecture of the northern Northwest Coast First Nations people.
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A couple of Arthur Erickson’s fabulous buildings in Vancouver: the MacMillan Bloedel, 1968 and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, 1976, inspired by the post-and-beam architecture of the northern Northwest Coast First Nations people.
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Bone Box, 2007.
Spending a few days in Vancouver dodging the raindrops but managed to fit in a morning at the Museum of Anthropology.
Spending a few days in Vancouver dodging the raindrops but managed to fit in a morning at the Museum of Anthropology.
August 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Bone Box, 2007.
Spending a few days in Vancouver dodging the raindrops but managed to fit in a morning at the Museum of Anthropology.
Spending a few days in Vancouver dodging the raindrops but managed to fit in a morning at the Museum of Anthropology.
Hayley Millar Baker, Eternity the Butterfly, 2025 (video).
The Veil, Hannah Presley, curator. Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne.
The Veil, Hannah Presley, curator. Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne.
June 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Hayley Millar Baker, Eternity the Butterfly, 2025 (video).
The Veil, Hannah Presley, curator. Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne.
The Veil, Hannah Presley, curator. Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne.
Jeanine Leane, Seeds of Hope, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 2025.
Professor Leane is a Wiradjuri poet and academic from south-west New South Wales.
Professor Leane is a Wiradjuri poet and academic from south-west New South Wales.
June 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Jeanine Leane, Seeds of Hope, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 2025.
Professor Leane is a Wiradjuri poet and academic from south-west New South Wales.
Professor Leane is a Wiradjuri poet and academic from south-west New South Wales.
Like it was yesterday. Here's me at the foot of Lenin, eight years after the sculpture's inauguration.
Leninplatz, East Berlin, 1978.
Leninplatz, East Berlin, 1978.
June 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Like it was yesterday. Here's me at the foot of Lenin, eight years after the sculpture's inauguration.
Leninplatz, East Berlin, 1978.
Leninplatz, East Berlin, 1978.
Lou Picek of Main Street Antiques and Art, West Branch, Iowa, celebrates 50 years in the business this Friday at 10:00 am. If you’re west of the Mississippi, do stop in (I’ve been stopping in for 40 of those years). Lou is also a widely collected painter, with work in the American Folk Art Museum.
June 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lou Picek of Main Street Antiques and Art, West Branch, Iowa, celebrates 50 years in the business this Friday at 10:00 am. If you’re west of the Mississippi, do stop in (I’ve been stopping in for 40 of those years). Lou is also a widely collected painter, with work in the American Folk Art Museum.
Still in Iowa. Churnin’ through the cherries. 🍒
June 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Still in Iowa. Churnin’ through the cherries. 🍒
Iowa. June 10, 2025.
June 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Iowa. June 10, 2025.
West Liberty, Iowa
June 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
West Liberty, Iowa