That particular one has been a longtime favorite of mine, I think it was one of the works in “Fantastic Paintings”, a softbound obscurity I picked up from a remainder table, uh, hmm, 40 years ago? Years later I wound up buying a used copy because some art student ‘borrowed’ mine and wouldn’t return it. :^)
Another big fave is Arcimboldo ‘the Marvelous’.
https://giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/
Despite being a realitic representational artist, he’s the godfather of trompe l’oeil, plus foreshadowed most of the artisitic movements of the 20th century — surrealism, dadaism, dogs playing poker...
Thanks for the link- I’ll check thst out too. Alwzys fascinated with those artists that began movements way ahead of their time, and who influenced future artists.
I have had several books for many years that somehow became lost during moves, we moved a lot. Several I can never get back. One about van gogh with all his writings, drawings, painting in it- I read that massive book cover to cover, and really got to appreciate what he went through, and how his brother and sister in law tried to help him- lots of love there. Poor Vincent. Tried so hard to express what was in his heart on canvass, and even thougn he succeeded, while he was alive he felt he couldn’t quite express adequately enough his passion. A true tormented soul.
Anyway, appreciate the links to new to me artists.