He moved to Munich, second only to Paris at the time. There he co-founded the Secession, experimented in his painting, and drank lots of red wine and champagne.
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Born near Königsberg/Kaliningrad, he trained there and in Munich before studying at the Académie Julian in Paris. Prolific in all genres, he’s one of the greatest modern German painters.
An artist’s workshop with his assistant, several sculptors working with their models, watchmakers in Madrid, an assistant in a print shop, artisans, tinker and repairer.
Multiplex narrative, from Ancient Rome soon after 11 BCE, through Masaccio, to Corot in 1836, followed by Lovis Corinth and Benton in 1947.
No public holidays, and no paid leave either. Despite that, mill workers travelled by train to the seaside in Wakes Weeks.
From the way of the cross, ascending Calvary, to the Crucifixion, descent from the cross, pietà, and entombment.
Ariadne, Bacchantes, Sappho, Queen Guinevere, Salome and Judith in ecstasy, in paintings by Lovis Corinth, David, Rossetti, Gustav Klimt and others.
Curtains in Raphael’s remarkable trompe l’oeil, concealing a nude, opened by the peeping tom, revealing a lost lover, and as separator between players and spectators.
Paintings by Frits Thaulow, Emile Claus, Lesser Ury, Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Lovis Corinth, Tom Thomson and others. Brrrr!
Fourteen major painters whose anniversaries I’ll celebrate or commemorate during this New Year, from George Bellows to Jacques-Louis David.
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