I just learned of him today.
I love his work.
He and Beardsley and Clarke are among my most favourite illustrative style.
Among contemporary artists, I see similar linework and characterisation in Donna Barr, P. Craig Russell, and, Charles Vess.
Those Nielsen pieces for Bald Mountain also look so much like 1:1 inspiration for my fave, Erol Otus, and in a similar vein, Peter Mullen. Russ Nicholson existed somewhere between these two worlds of thin lines.
Klimt seems to have been an outgrowth of that earlier Beardsleyan-Clarkean work, with more of an Impressionist hand on the fleshly parts exposed beneath the splendour of the opulent clothing and golden mantles.
How do I also love Singer-Sargent and Hopper? My self portrait explains how.
Babe, if you step outside, firstly: don't lock yourself out; but also, don't stay out on the porch too long; the stars will fall from their places in adoration -- and we can't have that; -- plus, I'd be so jealous. :D
Love you, Marissa,
-K
