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Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951)
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Arnold Schönberg Center (Vienna, Austria)
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Painting “was to me the same as making music. It was to me a way of expressing myself, of presenting emotions, ideas, and other feelings; and this is perhaps the way to understand these paintings – or not to understand them. They would probably have suffered the same fate as I have suffered; they would have been attacked and scolded and I don’t know what else I should say: What I mean, the same would happen to them what happened to my music. This, I mean, would be understood or not understood. In fact, as I said, I expressed myself in the same manner as I did it in music. I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don’t know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing something in words.” (Arnold Schönberg, Museum Talk on Painting, 1949)
About this artwork
- Title: Self-Portrait
- Artist: Arnold Schoenberg
- Year: 1910
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Arnold Schönberg Center
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Main color: Rosy Brown
- Keywords: schoenberg art style , abstract portrait art , 1910 self-portrait painti
- Color hue: Amber to Saffron