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This is the back cover of a Taschen book with great reproductions of paintings by artist Caspar David Friedrich. It's only one of a series of softcover books of great artists released in Portugal by the newspaper Público. The first time I think they cost somewhere around 5 or 7 euros -- now I found a pile of them on sale for just 1 euro! I had to get one. :)
This is a portrait of the guy himself, painted by Gerhard von Kugelgen. It's marvelous of course, a real work of art, and he's looking handsome in a stern sort of way. But although he may be looking like a god here, it's more like the god Saturn, who ate his children for breakfast. I mean, how would you like to run into him in a dark alley? Unless you would, in which case please disregard everything I said.
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He looks like a seriously pissed off Owen Wilson :D
How does one hold that expression long enough for a portrait? His face must have gotten really tired, doing all that work....I wonder if von Kugelgen taunted him every few minutes, just to maintain that scowl?
He has that look on his face, like "Please God, not another lame joke; you tell me another lame joke and I'm ready to go ballistic here!"
😊 exactly my thoughts about Friedrich & Wilson. In fact I googled their names together to see if someone else also noticed.
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