Moving Expressionism.
(via andyoucallmeparanoid)
Many great artists picked up the motiv of the turtle, if subconsciously. The turtle often appears
near destruction and decay. Is it a collective Jungian archetype?
What culture and mythology does it come from?
Improving the masterpieces.
The legend goes that the Nazis visited Picasso in his studio, when they saw this picture. “Ah, so you did this!”, they said. Smart Picasso replied “No, YOU did this!” Picasso still believed that the Nazis tested their weapons in Francos’ Spanish little town Guernica during the civil war. None of them dared to face the truth, that a single giant turtle was responsible. Unarmed.
It looks like a still from Inception, but it’s actually a photograph by French artist Philippe Ramette
Sensation in the art world. Nobody improves painting by German Master Paul Klee!
He was quoted saying: ” I did it for my country”.
