Comments for Richard Gerstl (1883-1908) http://www.richardgerstl.com A comprehensive and academic reference guide to his life and works and a chronicle of his triangular relationship with Arnold and Mathilde Schönberg (1906-1908) Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on About by Graziella Gangi http://www.richardgerstl.com/#comment-19950 Graziella Gangi Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:00:30 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3941#comment-19950 Thank you for sharing your work. I didn't know Gerstl until I visited an exhibition in Milan, "Schiele and his age" (2010). The Gerstl's Self-portrait (1904) was a revelation, and when I faced it, I suddenly realized the reason why I had bought the ticket (since I never loved the extreme aestheticism of Schiele and Klimt). Your website is precious: it's not so easy to find informations and images about Gerstl. I'm a painter too, and I'm searching for the humanity inside human beings. www.graziellagangi.it Thank you for sharing your work. I didn’t know Gerstl until I visited an exhibition in Milan, “Schiele and his age” (2010). The Gerstl’s Self-portrait (1904) was a revelation, and when I faced it, I suddenly realized the reason why I had bought the ticket (since I never loved the extreme aestheticism of Schiele and Klimt).
Your website is precious: it’s not so easy to find informations and images about Gerstl.
I’m a painter too, and I’m searching for the humanity inside human beings.
http://www.graziellagangi.it

]]> Comment on Mathilde Schönberg’s letters – after dénouement by John Howley http://www.richardgerstl.com/mathildes-letters/after-denouement#comment-5391 John Howley Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:41:46 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=240#comment-5391 Dear Dr. Coffer, We have discovered your website on Richard Gerstl via the Austrian Cultural Council event in London on the 14th November. I am an Australia painter and I am very interested in the music and of course the paintings and painters of the fin-de-siecle period. I am also very much interested in the psyche, the ethos and the values of that time and your exploration of the subject and the period is very impressive and valuable for me. Kind regards John Holwey Dear Dr. Coffer,

We have discovered your website on Richard Gerstl via the Austrian Cultural Council event in London on the 14th November.
I am an Australia painter and I am very interested in the music and of course the paintings and painters of the fin-de-siecle period.
I am also very much interested in the psyche, the ethos and the values of that time and your exploration of the subject and the period is very impressive and valuable for me.

Kind regards
John Holwey

]]> Comment on A Life in Words by scarlet white http://www.richardgerstl.com/gerstl-a-life-in-words#comment-2955 scarlet white Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:05:37 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=5581#comment-2955 Hi, Just wondering how you reconcile a catholic burial with a suicide? Hi,
Just wondering how you reconcile a catholic burial with a suicide?

]]> Comment on About by dave http://www.richardgerstl.com/#comment-2942 dave Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:35:34 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3941#comment-2942 love your website .hope to attend one of the talks. please write the script and book. dave love your website .hope to attend one of the talks. please write the script and book. dave

]]> Comment on About by admin http://www.richardgerstl.com/#comment-2609 admin Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:23:06 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3941#comment-2609 Hello Dominic, Good to hear from you as I had intended to write to you this week about your blog, which I enjoy, especially your references to Schönberg. Let's stay in touch. My e-mail is raymond@richardgerstl.com. Best, Raymond Hello Dominic, Good to hear from you as I had intended to write to you this week about your blog, which I enjoy, especially your references to Schönberg. Let’s stay in touch. My e-mail is raymond@richardgerstl.com. Best, Raymond

]]> Comment on About by Dominic http://www.richardgerstl.com/#comment-2602 Dominic Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:29:15 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3941#comment-2602 Your website really fleshes out what must have been a terribly painful time for all three people concerned, a time which must, I think, be of interest to any Schoenberg fan. It's good, too, to debunk the myth of a composer's immediate feelings flowing into his music. It's often said Beethoven wrote some of his most cheerful music when he was depressed and vice versa. There's no reason to believe Schoenberg was any different, especially given the fact he was a stickler for technique. It's good, too, to see some Gerstls! Your website really fleshes out what must have been a terribly painful time for all three people concerned, a time which must, I think, be of interest to any Schoenberg fan. It’s good, too, to debunk the myth of a composer’s immediate feelings flowing into his music. It’s often said Beethoven wrote some of his most cheerful music when he was depressed and vice versa. There’s no reason to believe Schoenberg was any different, especially given the fact he was a stickler for technique. It’s good, too, to see some Gerstls!

]]> Comment on Schönberg & Gerstl – Gmunden Farmhouses 1907/1908 by Schoenberg on the auction block | Schoenblog.com http://www.richardgerstl.com/chronology-of-gerstls-works/gmunden-1907/gmunden-1907-and-the-schonberg-circles-farmhouses-19071908#comment-1338 Schoenberg on the auction block | Schoenblog.com Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:17:50 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3119#comment-1338 [...] completed the work during July and early August 1908 while staying in Preslgütl (right), a waterside farmhouse in the stunning lakeside resort of Gmunden that he had rented for [...] [...] completed the work during July and early August 1908 while staying in Preslgütl (right), a waterside farmhouse in the stunning lakeside resort of Gmunden that he had rented for [...]

]]> Comment on Biography by IBC London http://www.richardgerstl.com/the-author-2/the-author#comment-713 IBC London Thu, 17 May 2012 10:20:32 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3862#comment-713 Nicely done website and fascinating research! Congratulations and best wishes, Heide Kunzelmann (IBC London) Nicely done website and fascinating research! Congratulations and best wishes, Heide Kunzelmann (IBC London)

]]> Comment on Contact by David Murphy http://www.richardgerstl.com/the-author-2/contact#comment-406 David Murphy Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:46:32 +0000 http://richardgerstl.com/?page_id=16#comment-406 Dear Dr Coffer, I just came across your site today as I was hunting for articles on Gerstl. There is so much to taken in! Let me thank you for providing such a comprehensive study of a sadly neglected artist. I am a painter myself and have been obsessed with Gerstl and the Austrian school since the age of fifteen - I am forty-one now. Lol. My own work has been influenced by Gerstl. I wrote a blog on Gerstl some time ago: http://thepanicartist.livejournal.com/45281.html I based it mostly on Richard Gerstl/ Oskar Kokoschka Galerie St. Etienne, La Verite Neu from the Dina Vierny-Musee Maillol and various other snippets I have found in books on Austrian Expressionism. I also have catalog on Gerstl by Otto Breicha but its in German and I don't understand a word of it. Lol. So your website is a godsend. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks. All My Best David Dear Dr Coffer,
I just came across your site today as I was hunting for articles on Gerstl. There is so much to taken in! Let me thank you for providing such a comprehensive study of a sadly neglected artist. I am a painter myself and have been obsessed with Gerstl and the Austrian school since the age of fifteen – I am forty-one now. Lol. My own work has been influenced by Gerstl. I wrote a blog on Gerstl some time ago:

http://thepanicartist.livejournal.com/45281.html

I based it mostly on Richard Gerstl/ Oskar Kokoschka Galerie St. Etienne, La Verite Neu from the Dina Vierny-Musee Maillol and various other snippets I have found in books on Austrian Expressionism. I also have catalog on Gerstl by Otto Breicha but its in German and I don’t understand a word of it. Lol. So your website is a godsend.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks.

All My Best

David

]]> Comment on Biography by Shirley Newman http://www.richardgerstl.com/the-author-2/the-author#comment-221 Shirley Newman Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:18:40 +0000 http://www.richardgerstl.com/?page_id=3862#comment-221 Very well done. x Very well done. x

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