Bringing these two artists together like this is absolute genius, Ramya. And I also love your meditations on Rückenfigur in general - (not to mention the fascinating digression into relativity and ghosts too)
Thank you so much, George, I'm so glad you enjoyed reading this, as I always look forward to your daily posts on art! I agree with you that it'd be so cool to see these two painters together in an exhibition—crossing my fingers that that happens one day
Interesting. Thank you. Can I add Karsh's portrait of Pablo Casals to your meditations. It is perhaps in his top two or three, after Churchill and Hemingway...perhaps. But it is very definitely a portrait. And it is from behind. You may enjoy it.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Søren! This is such a lovely portrait, and I love the anecdote that Karsh has about it that's on his website. We rarely ever see musicians from behind when we watch a concert—such an interesting use of the Rückenfigur!
Bringing these two artists together like this is absolute genius, Ramya. And I also love your meditations on Rückenfigur in general - (not to mention the fascinating digression into relativity and ghosts too)
This would make such a brilliant exhibition.
Thank you so much, George, I'm so glad you enjoyed reading this, as I always look forward to your daily posts on art! I agree with you that it'd be so cool to see these two painters together in an exhibition—crossing my fingers that that happens one day
If an exhibition does happen at any time, you should definitely be in line to take some of the credit!
Interesting. Thank you. Can I add Karsh's portrait of Pablo Casals to your meditations. It is perhaps in his top two or three, after Churchill and Hemingway...perhaps. But it is very definitely a portrait. And it is from behind. You may enjoy it.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Søren! This is such a lovely portrait, and I love the anecdote that Karsh has about it that's on his website. We rarely ever see musicians from behind when we watch a concert—such an interesting use of the Rückenfigur!
Hi Conny, thank you so much! It's such an interesting theme, and I'd love to read your essay when you get around to finishing and posting it!