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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail View Post
    He had trouble expressing perception normally on canvas.... which may or may not have had something to do with later behaviour.

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    Couldn't draw human figures, either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vern Humphrey View Post
    Couldn't draw human figures, either.
    I don't think he liked people, at least those living in other countries.

    Painting people at a distance shouldn't be that difficult but portrait painting is much harder than landscape painting if you've ever tried it.

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    IIRC that individual's application to the Vienna Art Institute was rejected, they said he was better suited to architecture. But the Architectural Institute rejected him because he was a high school dropout.

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    Uncle Adolf perhaps?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark in Ottawa View Post
    Uncle Adolf perhaps?
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