Skull Study

Milan Thomka Mitrovský

Milan Thomka Mitrovský – Skull Study
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measurements: výška 37.3 cm, šírka 23.5 cm
work type: kresba › prípravná
genre: anatomická štúdia
material: paper
technique: rudka
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institution: Slovenská národná galéria, SNG
curator: Katarína Beňová
inventory number: K 1779
tags: lebka
licence: Creative Commons License public domain
z albumu: Album štúdií (8/10)
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"I've read that all serious artists are realists - I think they're all trying to express themselves and that realism is the only way to express oneself so that fellow human beings understand what the artist wants.' (August 1929) 

Mitrovsky's study of a skull may have been just one of his artistic warm-ups in copying the Italian masters, without any other meaning. Still, it may also have been his reminder to his 'fellow human beings' that we will all die one day - the memento mori.

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z albumu: Album štúdií (8/10)

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