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Paradiesbrunnen

Paradise Fountain

Gernot Rumpf
1973

Neustadt an der Weinstraße / Paradiesbrunnen

Description

Sculpture of a tree of life with large leaves and various fruit, on two sides of the trunk are Adam and Eve shown in relief. Next to the fountain basin lies the snake with a girl's head and the half-eaten apple. The tree gives water that flows back to the source, from which the tree is grown, symbolizing the eternal circle of life.

Eve

Adam

The snake

the half-eaten apple

Sculptor

Gernot Rumpf (Kaiserslautern 1941), German sculptor in Neustadt an der Weinstraße , married 1981 with Barbara Rumpf (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Paradiesbrunnen.

Locatie (N 49°21'14" - E 8°8'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp124; Photograph: 20 April 2012
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