Comments on: The art of Franz Xavier Messerschmidt, 1736–1783

By: Dr.H.R Principalh

Dr.H.R Principalh — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:46:43 +0000

MR.MESSERSCHIDT,was a talented sculptor a vissionary .i was introduced to his art by mere accident..i read a novel The Grimace”. by Nicholas salaman.it gives a new angle on the life of this great artist.i recomemded for what is worth.thank you

Dr.H.R.Principalh

By: Mik

Mik — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:50:08 +0000

Good post. You might be interested in the links from a couple of posts I made - The Prinzhorn and Cunningham Dax collections and Dr. Eliot Gnass von Sonnenstern.

By: Franz Xavier Messerschmidt : Glubibulgà

Franz Xavier Messerschmidt : Glubibulgà — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:16:04 +0000

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By: John

John — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:55:55 +0000

Hi Greg, these aren’t paintings, they’re sculptures.

By: Greg Messerschmidt

Greg Messerschmidt — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:08:37 +0000

I think these painting are great. please email me.

By: cara maitland

cara maitland — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:01:19 +0000

these paintings are truly inspirational. I hate art and i am rubish at it but i keep trying which is the most important thing. I hav no life and enjoy playing tennis and croquet. Please add me to this website cause i love it. thank you
with love
Cara Maitland

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:46:40 +0000

Corrected, thanks. OCR in haste, repent at leisure.

By: Eroom Nala

Eroom Nala — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:42:03 +0000

Proofreading:

“Read and body correspond” should be “Head and body correspond”

“and that even the strange beads for which he has become famous” should be “strange heads”

“Eroom Nala’s strange obsession with proofreading everything shows he is anal retentive and maladjusted and should be locked up in a looney bin. Either that or he has too much time on his hands” – Self-referential fictitious quote

:-)

Seriously though if you were rich you were just eccentric and tolerated but if you were poor the put you in Bedlam.

By: Eroom Nala

Eroom Nala — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:19:08 +0000

I was browsing through a book in my library just the other day that had some photos of Messerchmidt’s art. Not sure if it was this one now as I didn’t make a note of it

Painting the cannon’s roar : music, the visual arts, and the rise of an attentive public in the age of Haydn, c.1750 to c1810 / Thomas Tolley.

“From c.1750 to c.1810 the paths of music history and the history of painting converged with lasting consequences. The publication of Newton’s Opticks at the start of the eighteenth century gave a ’scientific’ basis to the analogy between sight and sound, allowing music and the visual arts to be defined more closely in relation to one another. This was also a period which witnessed the emergence of a large and increasingly receptive audience for both music and the visual arts – an audience which potentially included all social strata. The development of this growing public and the commercial potential that it signified meant that for the first time it became possible for a contemporary artist to enjoy an international reputation. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the career of Joseph Haydn.”.
“Although this phenomenon defies conventional modes of study, the book shows how musical pictorialism became a major creative force in popular culture. Haydn, the most popular living cultural personality of the period, proved to be the key figure in advancing the new relationship. The connections between the composer and his audiences and leading contemporary artists (including Tiepolo, Mengs, Kauffman, Goya, David, Messerschmidt, Loutherbourg, Canova, Copley, Fuseli, Reynolds, Gillray and West) are examined here for the first time.

I always thought Messerschmidt was one of those WWII planes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmidt

By: Mental Health Update

Mental Health Update — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:33:55 +0000

The Art Of Franz Xavier Messerschmidt…

A look at Franz Messerschmidt and schizophrenia…….