The Legend of Wilhelm Tell

The Legend of Wilhelm Tell comes alive in this vivid primitivist drawing, capturing the tense moment of the archer aiming his crossbow to save a child. When I was a child, I was given a small brown book for my birthday. The title of the book was "In the Land of Legends". That's how I first touched the wonderful world of Doctor Faust and Don Juan! I traveled the seas and oceans aboard the Flying Dutchman or ran after the Hamelin Pied Piper. My favorite characters were Robin Hood and Wilhelm Tell! A lot of water has flown since then. Today's children fly on Harry Potter's broomstick 🙂 I soon rummaged in the library and found this memory from my childhood. I leafed through its pages and my hands itched to illustrate one of the legends. My favorite Wilhelm Tell was lucky. I made a gentle and naive illustration of the moment when Wilhelm Tell shot the apple at his son's head. While I was making the illustration, I was a child again and flying on the wings of dreams!!!