tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post8571708181048534984..comments2023-12-06T13:31:17.163+00:00Comments on The Painting of Melancholia: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-48270053383483103892009-10-19T19:08:49.312+01:002009-10-19T19:08:49.312+01:00Balthus never liked to talk about his art so it is...Balthus never liked to talk about his art so it is difficult to understand his artistic reasons for his choice of models. He did say however, that the purience was in the eye of the viewer not his. They are certainly unsettling images, some of which are rarely exhibited these days because of the ambiguity.<br /><br />I tried to find an image of Schumacher painting but without luck. Did you getBlackdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917019570643578121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-56523386788516875262009-10-11T20:53:24.918+01:002009-10-11T20:53:24.918+01:00sorry: two years ago I visited.. ("Therese dr...sorry: two years ago I visited.. ("Therese dreaming" was one title ...)Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-69954684948586168062009-10-11T20:49:26.147+01:002009-10-11T20:49:26.147+01:00Oh yes, Baalthus is a fascinating, provoking, and ...Oh yes, Baalthus is a fascinating, provoking, and often confusing, mysterious artist, two years I visit a great exhbibition in Museum Ludwig, Cologne - and I recall some discussions with my friend about the paintings of young girls (mostly Therese, sometimes looking like little Lolita's in rather sexual poses, but I didn't see this painting) Balthus preferred: Is he therefore a kind of Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.com