tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post924530723753573254..comments2023-12-06T13:31:17.163+00:00Comments on The Painting of Melancholia: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-63105918054661652972009-04-07T08:22:00.000+01:002009-04-07T08:22:00.000+01:00Richter is a hard act to follow, yet her subsequen...Richter is a hard act to follow, yet her subsequent appropriation of the Stern image adds another different dimension. Perhaps it romanticises the subject in a way that Richter studiously avoids. Very moving painting on all kinds of levels for me. Never thought of Stern as star strangely enough, and thank you for the Rimbaud.Blackdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917019570643578121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-21973369230514474162009-04-06T18:50:00.000+01:002009-04-06T18:50:00.000+01:00Your information and interpretation is interesting...Your information and interpretation is interesting (I saw the GR-series in Berlin (MoMA- exhibition) - I completely agree with your observations! The melancholic Ophelia-motif was my first impression and remains my last impression -after I have read Arthur Rimbaud's poem "Ophelia" - the word 'Stern'/Star has three meanings in German. <BR/><BR/>On the calm black water where the stars are Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.com