CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ

A specific focus of the Foundation is the creation of a Catalogue Raisonné, especially of the pictorial works. As far as we know a complete works catalogue does not yet exist and shall contain all the writings published by the author and all fine art works by the hand of the artist.   

The primary goal of the catalogue is the preservation of the work itself—as faithfully and completely as possible. The Bô Yin Râ Catalogue Raisonné will therefore be not just a list of titles but, above all, an archive with reproductions in both word and image. As the project progresses, we plan to keep you informed here.

ARTWORK ARCHIVE

The following paintings have been digitized by the German Bô Yin Râ Foundation, and we are making them available here for meditative viewing on the screen – landscapes and, especially, spiritual images.

However, the original fidelity of the high-quality image files in the emerging artwork archive, each approximately 1-2 GB in size, cannot be fully appreciated on a screen. On typical monitors, one would not discern any advantage of the original data compared to the web files, which are reduced in color depth and resolution. This is due to the limitation of 8-bit color depth, lower resolution, and, above all, the lack of color calibration on standard monitors. The fact that one can adjust brightness, saturation, color temperature, etc., at will in screen viewing programs only adds to this issue.

It can be stated, in principle, that a physical reproduction illuminated by daylight inherently comes closer to the original painting than a self-illuminated digital image, which requires darkness to achieve its optimal effect.

Most people will also achieve a more undisturbed devotion with tangible, 'concrete' images than with a computer. which tends to demand its own attention. As a result, we consider the art prints to be the goal of the artwork archive, with the digital data serving as a means to that end.

FINE ART PRINTS

We are therefore pleased that these paintings can be offered as high-quality art prints by the publisher  Magische Blätter. There, you will find more information about the prints. Only the price for printing and shipping charged by the executing company will apply. The German Bô Yin Râ Foundation provides the image data free of charge.

With the art prints, you can trust that the paintings will appear as intended by the artist, due to their color and detail fidelity.

PREFACE TO THE PRESENTATION ON THIS WEBSITE

Although the primary motivation for establishing the artwork archive is to provide a physically anchored and lasting reproduction of the artworks, the 'apparent' images created for screen viewing should not be concealed.

We have included texts with the images below, and the sole purpose of this preface is to present how they should be interpreted and–more importantly–, how they should never be misunderstood.

In his book The Realm of Art (from the chapter 'Art Explanation,' as well as the following quotes), Bô Yin Râ writes, in essence, that nowhere is the fundamentally misguided notion held by many about the creation and work of the visual artist more clearly expressed than in the demand to have art "explained." What can be approached with words – this can be summarized and quoted briefly – never pertains to art as such.

"To see, to see, and to see again – undeterred by one's own prejudices, preferences, or aversions – only guided by the desire to discover the inner 'organic' life in the artwork with open eyes and all the powers of empathy – that is the only advice that can be given to all..."

'Explanation' is therefore precisely not the purpose of the accompanying texts, and this note applies equally to those who seek an explanation as the basis for their judgment of the artwork or as a shortcut for their own engagement with it, as well as to those who have internalized Bô Yin Râ's insights into the nature of art and now react with rejection to any form of communication about a work of art, assuming that something should be explained to them.

So why not simply display the images without words?

What we hope for from the accompanying words is similar to the function of an attractive gift wrapping. The gift wrapping marks the content as something special and distinguishes it from its surroundings. The slow unwrapping brings thoughts that had been wandering in the everyday back into focus. When the gift itself stands before us, hardly anyone will judge its value based on the wrapping paper or see the now-set-aside packaging as an obstacle to using it as intended.

An occasional sentence about the journey of the artwork after its creation may give a glimpse of the privilege of being able to view this painting here and now as if for the first time. This is anything but self-evident, and a quiet gratitude to the unnamed owners, on this side and beyond, who have kept the painting in honor throughout the decades, preserved it during difficult times, and ultimately returned it to the world through their consent to reproduction, will not disturb the subsequent empathy with the artwork.

Details about the creation time and place of the motif, which cannot be deduced from the visual depiction alone, establish a connection to biographical events that the artist himself deemed worth mentioning in his writings. Whether and how this knowledge stimulates the viewer is entirely up to the recipient. Other information serves its purpose if it prevents the mind from fruitless speculations, thus contributing to an openness to the essence. In a few cases, where the accompanying text refers to the visual representation, it does so at most with the intent to encourage the viewer to engage in their own, deeper contemplation:

"Ideas that can be grasped by the intellect or expressed in words may elevate the soul and inspire, but they are never capable of replacing the inner life of the forms and colors united in a work of art."

To elevate and inspire the soul: this is no small feat, but even a small gain can only be obtained on the condition that we do not expect the impossible from the ideas expressed in words: the key to the inner life within the artwork.

***

The lecture 'Symbolform und Wirklichkeit in den Bildern von Bô Yin Râ' (Symbolic Form and Reality Itself in the Paintings of Bô Yin Râ) as well as the books 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ' (The Painter Bô Yin Râ) and 'Griechenlandskizzen' (Sketches of Greece) by Rudolf Schott are available from Kober publishing.

The provided measurements represent height x width in centimeters and refer to the original size. All paintings were executed in oil on canvas, while the technique of the drawings varies.

You can view higher resolution photos by clicking on the thumbnail images. Typically, you can switch to fullscreen mode (and back) by pressing the F11 key for PC or Ctrl-Cmd-F for MAC, which will remove all distracting elements from the screen.

If you wish to download the images, please use the following ZIP folder, as the correct file names cannot be transferred otherwise.

Please note that the image files are only permitted for private use (–> Coyright). The purely private use includes printing the reduced files provided here for personal use, but it would be a pity to limit yourself to that. The quality difference compared to the art prints is very significant. Further details can be found in this document, including in the chapter on pricing.

DRAWINGS

FROM DREAMLAND

> Click the image to view individual pictures

Dimensions of Drawings:

1. Dreamer and Realist 16,1 x 14,9

2. The Self-Tormentors 19,1 x 15,8

3. Tired Souls 16,1 x 16,4

4. The Quietest Path 16,8 x 16,5

5. The Path of the Accomplished 17,0 x 17,7

6. The White Path 17,1 x 16,9

7. Doubt 18,2 x 16,9

8. At the Dream Source 16,9 x 18,2

9. In the Land of Certainty 16,6 x 15,2

10. Scherzo infinto 14,1 x 13,4

Date Taken: April 24th 2022

'From Dreamland' is a series of ten (most likely) pen-and-ink drawings that were reproduced and published in 1906 by 'Berlin Verlag,' along with a preface and table of contents. However, the images shown here are based not on the original drawings or the 1906 portfolio but on a photographic reproduction from at least the 1920s, as indicated by paper analysis. The white photographic papers are affixed to A4-sized cardboard at their upper edges and are enclosed in a folder of the same color as the cardboard.

It is remarkable that this 'result of the night' came into being at the same time as the first spiritual paintings and the initial drafts of the textbooks, as indicated by the text accompanying the Worlds paintings mentioned above. In the obituary for Max Klinger from 1920, Bô Yin Râ writes, "I nevertheless only dared to present to the public two portfolio works [note: From Dreamland, Phantasies] of purely symbolic content at that time [note: 1906] and did not draw attention with my color-symbolic [note: spiritual] works ...". In 1922 and 1923, drawings of a similar nature were also published in the journal 'Der Türmer' (Magische Blätter, July 2022, pp. 335 and 337).

In his autobiographical book My Work as a Painter, published in 1932, these works are not concealed but their significance is put into perspective: "... I also tried at times to give shape to many a more p o e t i c mood in series of black-and-white drawings. But such attempts were always quickly overcome and eradicated within me, even if they had brought me relatively more recognition and encouragement than my inherent striving for an 'i m a g e' that was completely at calm with itself, resolved s o l e l y in the spiritual values of its forms and colors."

EXLIBRIS CRAMER-KLETT

Dimensions of Drawing: 10,0 x 7,5
Sheet Size: 14,1 x 10,5

Date Taken: April 27th 2022

An ex libris (bookplate or book owner's mark) is a sheet pasted into a book to indicate its owner. Ex libris emerged soon after the invention of the printing press and have inspired prominent artists over the centuries. According to the introduction to the ex libris catalog of the Gutenberg Museum Mainz, which is the largest catalog of its kind in the world with approximately 49,000 entries, ex libris experienced its first flourishing from the end of the 15th century to the 17th century. However, the golden era was during the years 1890–1925. During this period, Hans Thoma and Max Klinger are foremost among the artists who set standards in ex libris design. Both Thoma and Klinger had a personal relationship with Bô Yin Râ.

This ex libris is cataloged there under number 40610.

EXLIBRIS KRAUS

Dimensions: 10,1 x 7,6
Sheet Size: 14,1 x 10,5
Date Taken: December 6th 2021

This ex libris is described in the ex libris catalog of the Gutenberg Museum Mainz under number 10027, which confirms its authorship. Additionally, the artist's monogram can be found in the lower left corner. In 1906, Bô Yin Râ published the series 'Phantasien', consisting of 20 symbolic pen drawings, through the Berlin publishing house 'Wilhelm Kraus'. It is reasonable to assume that the creation of this ex libris also dates to around that time.

Note: In the reproduction of this print an ink spot has been retouched outside of the drawing at the top left.

E.V. STEINLE

Dimensions: 35 x 29
Date Taken: December 6th 2021

This drawing by the 16-year-old from 1893 at the beginning of his training at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt is the earliest known work by the artist, that we know of. In terms of technical implementation, it appears to be black and white chalk on light brown cardboard. The signature E.v. Steinle (Edward von Steinle, painter, first professor at the Städelsches Institut) was added later in pencil.

SUN ISLAND

Dimensions: 23 x 32
Date Taken: December 6th 2021

Melchior Lechter was born in Münster in 1865, and, apart from several trips, lived as a visual artist in Berlin since 1884. Key focus areas of his work were graphics and glass windows. A closer acquaintance with the young Joseph Anton Schneider during his time in Berlin, as the affection of his collection suggests, has not yet been mentioned anywhere, as far we know.

This pencil drawing was likely unknown until now. Acquired in the 1990s by a Munich collector from Melchior Lechter's estate in Capri, it was auctioned from the Hunsrück in November 2021 and has since returned to its place of origin in Berlin, where it is now accessible to a larger audience for the first time. The name of the drawing has not been passed on, and the one given here is only intended to state the obvious without any further interpretation.

Note: Four spots were subsequently retouched in this reproduction, all outside the pencil frame. The brown spots are mold stains in the paper. (The compressed folder available for download also contains the unretouched version.)

SECULAR PAINTINGS

WINTER DAY – FINSTERTOR IN GÖRLITZ

Dimensions: 75 x 106
Görlitz Collections/Cultural History Museum, Inv. No. 2226-2008

Date Taken: April 19th 2024

The painting Wintertag – Finstertor in Görlitz was gifted to the city of Görlitz in 2008 by the artist's daughter. It has been hanging since then in the Görlitzer Kaisertrutz, one of the five exhibition sites of the Kulturhistorisches Museum, and is probably the only painting by Bô Yin Râ in a public museum and his only one with a motif from Görlitz. The daughter informed that the painting "Winter Day is an artistic representation of the old Görlitz Finstertor, as named by my father..."

The comparison with the actual appearance of the Finstertor, as seen on this postcard with a postmark from 1917, just before the creation of the painting, provides a small glimpse into Bô Yin Râ's artistic work.

Anyone expecting a realistic depiction rather than an artistic representation of inner experience, where the outer appearance merely served as a starting point, might even dispute the connection with the Görlitz Finstertor, as the first impression of the image differs significantly from the original model. However, a second look reveals that the artist incorporates and artistically elaborates on most of the characteristic elements of the place in his depiction: positioned at the edge of the field of view are the cassette window with its shutters (the latter having been restored since, but missing on the postcard), the door, and the downspout; along with the crumbling plaster and the rare curve of the path through a city gate, highlighted by the traces of wheels. The protective bollards in front of the gate arches are still present on the rear side of the gate. The round arch, instead of the pointed arch—a noticeable alteration of the motif—corresponds to the bend in the path, and a spring-like greenish tinge, another artistic addition, rests on the gate. The adjacent hoof or footprint marks beside the wheel tracks under the archway seem to suggest a pause before entering the brighter side. The forbidding, impenetrable cemetery wall on the left, which continues behind the Finstertor above the rampart, is transformed by Bô Yin Râ into a permeable, low parapet that opens up the view to the lands beyond. A deep calm envelops the frozen scene; only the traces of the passerby and the presence of a person from the recently past romantic era might find the theme of death, associated with the adjacent cemetery, symbolized in the season of its name—though without the attribute of darkness usually associated with this theme.

The Finstertor is only a few meters away from the grave of Jakob Böhme, to whom Bô Yin Râ dedicated a chapter in his book Signposts Along the Way.

FOREST IN THE GIANT MOUNTAINS

Dimensions: 60 x 90
Date Taken: November 16th 2020

Caption on the frame is by Bô Yin Râ himself: Joseph Schneiderfranken Wald im Riesengebirge

In Rudolf Schott's book 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ' (The Painter Bô Yin Râ), the painting is listed only as 'Im Riesengebirge' (In the Giant Mountains). However, it is not included in the first edition from 1927, which the painter reviewed.

Starting on August 11, 1919, the painting was exhibited along with other works in the Memorial Hall in Görlitz, according to the Niederschlesische Zeitung of August 12, 1919 (source: Magische Blätter, March 2021, p. 179). The newspaper article also refers to it as Wald im Riesengebirge. This has prompted us to publish it again under its original title.

LANDSCAPE WITH SAILING BOAT

Dimensions: 13 x 19
Date Taken: October 7th 2021

This small image sketch is already known from the book 'Griechenlandskizzen' (Sketches of Greece) by Rudolf Schott, which contains 22 sketches in their original size and high image quality. According to the detailed introduction, the Greece sketches were made on-site in 1912/1913 "with the intention of later developing them into larger landscape paintings." Unfortunately, due to the painter's numerous commitments, this often did not occur, as is likely the case here.

EVENING IN CORFU

Dimensions: 60 x 100
Date Taken: November 18th 2020

The name of the picture, Abend auf Korfu is written on the frame on which the canvas is mounted and as a result is regarded as the original name.

DELPHI (2)

Dimensions: 75 x 85
Date Taken: November 18th 2020

The name was newly assigned here due to the lack of historical records.

There is a smaller image with a very similar motif, which is likely the on-site sketch for this painting. To differentiate it, the designation number 2 has been added. A preliminary sketch with black pencil is visible under the painting. The painting is in the same condition as when it was created and was cleaned before digitization. The fine color nuances are now visible again, which had previously been obscured by heavy surface dirt.

The painting depicts the site of the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, viewed approximately from the village's exit. The small building is the restored Treasury of the Athenians. Only the foundations of the Apollo Temple behind it, which housed the Oracle of Delphi, remain. Above the entrance of this sacred temple at that time was the inscription “Know thyself!”—a quote cited by Bô Yin Râ in the book Worlds of Spirit and in The Book On The Royal Art. The references provided by the author suggest that the encounter described in the chapter Magic from The Book Of Dialogues took place here.

GULF OF ITEA (1)

Dimensions: 50 x 70
Date Taken: July 26th 2024

The name is confirmed by an inscription on the stretcher, and it is likely the same painting exhibited in 1919 under the title Morning at Itea at the previously mentioned Görlitz exhibition: The long shadows of the mountains are consistent with the time of day depicted, and the only other nearly identical painting from Itea, signed "Bô Yin Râ 1929," is also known. The Gulf of Itea extends below Delphi.

The painting has a turbulent history: According to historical accounts, it was purchased from a dealer in Zurich in 1935, emigrated with its owners to the USA in 1942, spent many years in New York, was passed down to Montreal in 1997, and returned to Germany in 2024.

SPRING DAY ON THE GULF OF ARGOS

Dimensions: 75 x 105
Date Taken: November 16th 2020

The name of the painting is written in Bô Yin Râ's handwriting on the back of the stretch frame and therefore seems authentic.

To reach the location where the painter was positioned, hike south from Nauplia (pronounced Nafplio in modern Greek) to Arvanitia Beach, then continue southeast along the footpath towards Karathona Beach.

Note: The original now shows some vertical streaks in the horizontally layered water surface, which have been minimized in the image with the least possible intervention in the data. These vertical structures are not part of the artist's original design but occurred later. The compressed folder available for download also includes the unretouched version.

We assure that no digital restoration has been performed without such a note.

ASKLEPIEION IN ATHENS (2)

Dimensions: 76 x 86
Date Taken: June 23th 2021

The depicted Asklepieion zu Athen is situated on the southern slope of the Athenian Acropolis, with the Philopappos Hill in the background. In Schott's book 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ', from which we have derived the painting’s title and appended the number 2 for distinction, there is a study of this detailed painting. The in-depth analysis provided there leaves little to be added.

A painting of an Asclepius Sanctuary—without a specific location—was exhibited at the Görlitz Art Exhibition, which opened on August 11, 1919, as noted in a newspaper article (Magische Blätter, March 2021, p. 179). It is likely that this was the same painting, as no other Asclepius work by Bô Yin Râ is known, and the exhibition of the study is unlikely. In 1929, it was acquired by Prince Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe, who was personally acquainted with Bô Yin Râ (Magische Blätter, December 2020, pp. 211f). The painting was later located in Madrid and was not publicly viewable again until June 2021, when it was exhibited at an auction in Berlin. Although it was auctioned under the name 'The Ruins of Kos'—which would also refer to an Asclepius Sanctuary—we consider this location unlikely given Schott's book and the known places where the artist resided.

The signature is also noteworthy. With a creation year of 1913, it is the earliest clearly dated painting featuring the full spiritual name. Since Bô Yin Râ indicates in Concerning My Name that he first used his full spiritual name when signing works at the time of the publication of The Book On the Living God in early 1919, it suggests the possibility that the signature was added later, possibly in connection with the Görlitz exhibition.

THE ROCK SPRING

Dimensions: 49 x 58
Date Taken: November 16th 2020

The frame on which the canvas is mounted bears the signature 'Joseph Schneiderfranken' and the words Bô Yin Râ, Der Felsenquell – the latter, however, is unlikely Bô Yin Râ's own handwriting. The name of the painting likely comes from Bô Yin Râ himself.

The rare red priming of the canvas by Bô Yin Râ is particularly noticeable in the areas where water flows out, which, despite the ample light, does not produce any green.

The motif could not be identified for a long time until, in April 2024, a catalog booklet from the 1919 Görlitz exhibition, listing the names of all 66 landscape and flower paintings shown, was discovered in the archives of the Görlitz Collections for History and Culture. There is a work listed as Die Quelle Kallirrhoe (The Spring of Kallirrhoe), and there is substantial evidence suggesting that this is indeed the same painting. No other painting by Bô Yin Râ featuring a spring is known, and the pages of the German Archaeological Institute display a photograph of the Spring of Kallirrhoe, which bears a striking resemblance to Der Felsenquell. It notes, "The spring is located in Athens, southeast of the Olympieion in the riverbed of the Ilissos, opposite the church of Agia Photini, where it released a significant amount of water at the base of a steep cliff until 1962." This is directly south of the Temple of Olympian Zeus (Olympieion), which Bô Yin Râ also painted.

However, highlighting the name and location of the spring does little to set the mood for the artwork in this case, which may have been a reason for its later renaming.

PHALERON

Dimensions: 19 x 26
Date Taken: October 7th 2021

The Bay of Phaleron (today Paleo Faliro), located six kilometers southwest of the Athenian Acropolis, was the site of the harbor of Athens during Greek mythology. A comparison of maps suggests that the view depicted is to the west. Behind the viewer would be Cape Kolias (now Agios Kosmas), an area where Rudolf Schott identified another painting motif in his book 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ' (The Painter Bô Yin Râ). Beyond the dark blue landmass lies the modern port of Piraeus, and in lighter blue, the mountains of the island of Salamis are discernible.

The sunset glow, the interplay of sunlight with earth dust and water vapor, seems to blaze like flames upon closer inspection, creating a sea of fire between heaven and earth in this composition of fire, water, earth, and air.

Note: For this small image, where the viewing distance is shorter, the combination print is also a good choice. The canvas texture remains visible but does not dominate as much as it does in the museum print.

ROCKY COAST ON THE ISLAND OF SYROS (2)

Dimensions: 61 x 86
Date Taken: April 11th 2024

Bô Yin Râ refers here to the coast glowing in countless color nuances in the poem Blessed Island, which, along with the surrounding verses, as presented in the book Gleanings, provides insights into the significance of this place in his life.

Until its 'discovery' about six months before the photograph was taken, the existence of this painting was likely known only to a very small circle, as no images of it could be found anywhere. The ordinal number (2) serves to distinguish it from a sketch of the same name, which can be seen in Magische Blätter, December 2022, p. 106.

From May 4 to November 17, 2024, the oil painting was again on display in the exhibition 'The Seekers – The Art of the Jakob Böhme Association 1920-1923' at the Kaisertrutz in Görlitz.

MOONRISE OVER DELOS

Dimensions: 60 x 84
Date Taken: November 16th 2020
On the back of the frame Bô Yin Râ has written in blue:

Mondaufgang über Delos Made in 1913 Schneider-Franken

The name and creation date are therefore verified.

If the painting depicts a moonrise, the view must be to the east. Directly west of Delos is the uninhabited island of Rhenia, which is far too close to Delos for this perspective, making it an unlikely location due to its poor accessibility, although it was historically often counted as part of Delos. The painter's location can therefore only be Syra (modern Greek Syros). There are at least two other paintings that show the identical mountain range in the background during daylight.

COLOR WOODCUTS BY YOSHIJIRÔ URUSHIBARA

Evening in Spessart 
Dimensions: 30 x 37

Date Taken: August 19th 2022

The Little Bell 
Dimensions: 31 x 25

Date Taken: August 19th 2022

Cypress Garden on Euboea Island
Dimensions: 27 x 38

Date Taken: August 19th 2022

Columns of the Parthenon
Dimensions: 30 x 22

Date Taken: April 11th 2024

Winter Day in Attika
Dimensions: 25 x 34

Date Taken: April 11th 2024

These color woodcuts by the Japanese artist and printer Yoshijirô Urushibara (1888-1953) are based on painting motifs by Bô Yin Râ and are signed by both artists. The prints, produced from a single block, can vary significantly in color tone and intensity, and were consecutively numbered.

While the woodcuts do not strictly belong to Bô Yin Râ's oeuvre, they are mentioned by Bô Yin Râ in his book My Work As A Painter (p. 27), which may be of interest to some. Bô Yin Râ writes:

"My painting Evening in the Spessart, which the London-based Japanese artist Urushibara translated into the technique of traditional Japanese color woodcut and presented in his own way, remains undoubtedly the most

f a i t h f u l of all reproductions of my images to date. It belonged to the series of these first works that I have tried to describe here. (In the meantime, I have created two variations of the same theme, in which I have granted greater rights to the structure of the painting through the areas of brushstrokes.)"

More about Urushibara and his collaboration with Bô Yin Râ can be found in 'Magische Blätter', January 2021 issue, pp. 375f; more about the painting Evening in the Spessart can be found in the April 2022 issue, pp. 310f.

PAINTINGS FOR MEDITATION

Bô Yin Râ created spiritual paintings for meditation in inner calm and seclusion.
Here are words from Bô Yin Râ himself:

... shall the contemplation awaken  s o u n d  and  r h y t h m  in the soul.

–WORLDS OF SPIRIT

SPIRITUAL PAINTINGS

SOUNDS OF CREATION

Dimensions: 62 x 52
Date Taken: November 17th 2020

The title of the painting is written in Bô Yin Râ's handwriting on the back of the frame, indicating that it was given by the artist. The painting is discussed in the book 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ' (The Painter Bô Yin Râ) by Rudolf Schott.

DAWN OF THE WORLDS

Dimensions: 95 x 65
Date Taken: November 16th 2020

For more about the painting, see the book 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ' (The Painter Bô Yin Râ) by Rudolf Schott.

LOGOS

Dimensions: 105 x 75
Date Taken: November 17th 2020

The painting's title is written in Bô Yin Râ's handwriting along with his signature on the back of the frame, indicating it was assigned by the artist himself. The painting is discussed in Rudolf Schott's book 'Der Maler Bô Yin Râ' (The Painter Bô Yin Râ).

THE AWAKENING OF THE SOUL

COSMIC AWARENESS

Dimensions: 62,5 x 52,5
Date Taken: August 19th 2022

The painting was sold by the artist in 1932 under the aforementioned name and subsequently went to Brazil, initially to Rio de Janeiro. For almost 100 years, its existence was only known through an unclear black-and-white photograph. In 2019, it was acquired from the granddaughter of the original purchaser in São Paulo and is now in private ownership in Germany. After a successful restoration, it now reveals its full range of colors once again.

MAGICAL POWERS

Dimensions: 60 x 50
Date Taken: November 17th 2020

Bô Yin Râ also noted this title, along with his signature, on the back of the frame.

UNIO MYSTICA

Dimensions: 105 x 75
Date Taken: November 18th 2020

The title of the painting has been passed down to us from the artist in the same manner as for Magical Powers.

MARRIAGE

Dimensions: 65 x 55
Date Taken: November 18th 2020

The painting is simply titled 'Geistiges Bild' (Spiritual Painting) in the frame, but not in the painter’s handwriting.

The title previously given was 'The Jewel', but also 'Wedding' or 'Marriage'. The name Vermählung is a suggestion by the Bô Yin Râ Foundation.

Bô Yin Râ painted this picture as a wedding gift for a close couple; however, the shipment was lost and only reached the young couple with a five-year delay!

WEIHENACHT (*referring to Christmas)

Dimensions: 48 x 48
Date Taken: March 10th 2021

Rudolf Schott, in his lecture 'Symbolform und Wirklichkeit in den Bildern von Bô Yin Râ' (Symbol Form and Reality in the Paintings of Bô Yin Râ), hypothesizes that Weihenacht is unique in belonging to both secular and spiritual realms. This assumption is supported by the signature in the form of a pentagon, which integrates the initials of both the spiritual and civil names of the artist and is otherwise found only on spiritual paintings.

* The word Weihenacht is referring to Christmas (Weihnacht) and may also be read as 'Night of Consecration', the word 'Weihe' means consecration in German.

All paintings shown here can be ordered as fine art prints at the Publishing House Magische Blätter.