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My paintings are allegories not portraits.

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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  1. A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.
  2. The German artist creates out of his imagination,inner vision,the forms of visible nature are to him only a symbol.
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Topics in this quote

  • art
  • allegory
  • painting
  • symbolism

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