STRINDBERG, AUGUST INFERNO PAINTING PICTURES OF PARADISE.

Author: Feuk, Douglas
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1991
No. of pages: 120
Illustrations: 32 Color Illustrations. 9 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8788978311
Biblio/Bio: Bios. Bibl.
Code: 6401

Price: $55.00

August Strindberg (1849-1912) is known as a prolific writer of novels and plays but he was also an extremely radical painter for his time. Strindberg turned to painting in times of upheaval in his personal life or when his capacity as a writer failed him. He saw the arresting landscape outside his native Stockholm as a metaphor for his inner turmoil and painted the waves, rocks and ever-changing skies in a vast array of compositions, colour palettes and moods. Although landscapes in subject matter, these works can also be seen as symbolic self-portraits offering an illuminating insight into the mind of this often-troubled genius.Strindberg believed that chance played a vital role in the creative process and explored this concept in his painting, photography and artistic writings. This was an individual and radical approach for the time but later became central to the theory of major artistic movements such as surrealism and expressionism.