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or maybe a fisherman lost at sea was washed ashore
Yeah maybe. I wondered that initially, if the larger central βrockβ was actually a small overturned boat. But I donβt think so.
I keep pulling up the mental image and it seems to be more like a flat angular rock with smaller ones around it. And there might have been one more skull.
I asked and the painting was The Shore Of Oblivion by Eugen Bracht π
There are apparently 8 versions (I canβt find them all) so maybe one is closer to what I had in my head.
The Shore of Oblivion are an amazing set of paintings! I fucking love them
I tried to find the versions but only could find two.
Damn, how does someone paint that good.
Oh, these ones are cool too! Also staples in the German symbolism movement
https://www.sensesatlas.com/isle-of-the-dead-five-versions/
Yeah there's 8 but only 2 are preserved from what I understand.
And lots and lots of practice! Painting over old canvas, over and over! Just constantly making paintings that aren't perfect, until you can't paint anymore!