Three years later he painted a celestial event on the back of a painting of St. Jerome in the Wilderness. I've actually been trying to research this. Wikipedia says it could be a comet (there were two around that time) but more likely a meteorite that fell in the eastern part of Alsace. The visibility range was about 150 km, which puts Nuremberg right on the edge, as the crow flies. What I find mysterious is the red he uses, and the burst-like quality, as though there had been a mid-air collision. . .
No I hadn't seen those windows, but I just looked them up. Spectacular! I Sigmar Polke's work was so marvelously inventive. It's a simple idea that becomes breathtaking in its execution. Thanks for letting me know about them.
A fascinating read
Did he ever paint anything like that on the back of any other picture? What an extraordinary story!
Three years later he painted a celestial event on the back of a painting of St. Jerome in the Wilderness. I've actually been trying to research this. Wikipedia says it could be a comet (there were two around that time) but more likely a meteorite that fell in the eastern part of Alsace. The visibility range was about 150 km, which puts Nuremberg right on the edge, as the crow flies. What I find mysterious is the red he uses, and the burst-like quality, as though there had been a mid-air collision. . .
What better way to write an essay on art, than to offer us new eyes to see?
That is a singularly beautiful comment. Thank you so much.
Thanks for this wonderful curio, Brooks! Have you seen the windows in our Grossmünster, speaking of agate?
No I hadn't seen those windows, but I just looked them up. Spectacular! I Sigmar Polke's work was so marvelously inventive. It's a simple idea that becomes breathtaking in its execution. Thanks for letting me know about them.
Marvelous.
Thank you, Lucian.