The way in which I depict people was now influenced very strongly by my third wife..and her sister.The beautiful,shapely architectonically structured bodies of those two girls,replaced the soft Saxon bodies.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The artist's depiction of people changed due to his wife's physical traits.
- In plain terms
- I changed how I painted people based on my wife's shape and her sister's.
- What can you take from it?
- Personal relationships can shape artistic style.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do people change your work?
Another view
It is highly specific and subjective.
More from Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
The German artist creates out of his imagination,inner vision,the forms of visible nature are to him only a symbol.
Permalink to quote #3 My paintings are allegories not portraits.
Permalink to quote #2 A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.
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