One of the greatest painters in history was born during the ascendency of Modernity, and he remains relatively unknown, in comparison to clowns like Picasso.
And yes, I am an artist.
“When I am alone with myself, I have not the courage to think of myself as an artist in the great and ancient sense of the term.
Giotto, Titan, Rembrandt and Goya were great painters. I am only a public entertainer who has understood his times and has exhausted, as best he could, the imbecility, the vanity, the cupidity of his contemporaries.
Mine is a bitter confession, more painful than it may appear, but it has the merit of being sincere.”—Pablo Picasso
I’ve known of him for a long time. I’m a big fan of Tadema as well, but I must say the female nude has been overdone.