Eugene Carriere, Her Mother's Kiss, 1899

Eugene Carriere, Her Mother's Kiss, 1899

Eugene Carriere (1849-1906) developed his own Symbolist style using monochrome or low-key painting techniques. His colours tend towards neutral browns and greys with strong contrasts of light and shadow. Subjects are in a ghostly mist ‘like those seen a few paces away in the London fog’.

Monochrome art of Alfred Kubin, 1877-1959

Alfred Kubin, The Lady on the Horse, 1901

Hello everybody.
'The Lady on the Horse' is an expression of Kubin's early experiences of death; at the age of 19 he made a suicide attempt on his mother's grave. Fortunately, Kubin was able to make amends for his suffering through his own symbolist art. The scene beneath the 'horse' is Edgar Allan Poe, all the way home!