Friday, January 28, 2011
The Eyes of Rainer Maria Rilke
The poet Rilke has long been an influence of mine, especially the Duino Elegies, a series of 10 epic poems, that are partly the inspiration for my Heaven and Hell series. It was mostly for this reason that I decided to incorporate a portrait of Rilke himself in this series. Here are 2 versions of this piece, with the more recent one being more accurate and intense, I believe.
The Eyes of Rainer Maria Rilke (version 2), 2011, ink & china marker on paper, 16.5" x 14".
The Eyes of Rainer Maria Rilke (version 1), 2011, ink & china marker on paper, 16.5" x 14".
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2 comments:
Hi Bill,
This is AMAZING. So beautiful.
I invite you to add this to the Flickr group PIFAL (Portraits of illustrious figures of the arts and the letters (started by our jkpp friend Arturo). It would make a wonderful addition.
I was looking for a photo of Rilke to paint when I saw this on the Google images page and was very moved.
Sue Ramá
Sue
I just saw your comment. I don't check the comments on this blog very often, as you can see. I'll post it in the morning, have to go to bed now...
many thanks
Bill
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