An Austrian painter: Richard Gerstl

Self-portrait Against a Blue Background, 1904-05

Lake Traunsee with the Schlafende Grienchin Mountain, 1907

Railway to the Kahlenberg, 1907

Landscape study, 1907

Meadow with Houses in Background, 1907

 

Blythe Danube Canal, 1908

Emile Gerstle (Richard’s father)

Die Familie Schönberg, 1908

Richard Gerstl (14 September 1883 – 4 November 1908) was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with the wife of Arnold Schoenberg which led to his suicide.

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