Fernard Khnopff
I’ve just came across these images of artwork by the Belgian painter Fernard Khnopff again:
I find his work quite disturbing — but in a ‘beautifully disturbing’ way. The two on this page are the only images of his work I’ve seen until today and I’ve been surprised to see the variety of his work in terms of subject matter and style. A lot of it is less dark but I see some sense of underlying threat in a lot of it.
Khnopff’s motto was “one only has oneself” — which might be true but it’s still a pretty depressing observation on life. More on Khnopff and his art here.