Sheet Music (after Kokoschka)
Pairing:
Self Portrait by Oskar Kokoschka
Image from a page of a Beethoven rondo
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 24" x 30"
Artist's Insights:
Q. I notice that this self-portrait has very many brushstrokes which you revealed you tended to avoid.
A. Yes, but I have to make an exception in this case. I actually met the artist, Oskar Kokoschka. He visited the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where I was studying. I was impressed with how friendly and up-beat he was. My friends and I asked him why he was pointing to his chest in the painting. He told us he was wounded in wartime (WWI) in the actual spot where he was pointing.
Self Portrait by Oskar Kokoschka
Image from a page of a Beethoven rondo
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 24" x 30"
Artist's Insights:
Q. I notice that this self-portrait has very many brushstrokes which you revealed you tended to avoid.
A. Yes, but I have to make an exception in this case. I actually met the artist, Oskar Kokoschka. He visited the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where I was studying. I was impressed with how friendly and up-beat he was. My friends and I asked him why he was pointing to his chest in the painting. He told us he was wounded in wartime (WWI) in the actual spot where he was pointing.