THE ART THIEVES

Self Portrait as St. Sebastian, 1914.

At first glance these images probably appeared to be nothing more than photographs of a young girl but in actual fact they are frighteningly realistic paintings by Gottfried Helnwein

Mariana in the South

Le génie du mal [The genius of evil, aka; Lucifer]; Guillaume Geefs 

“The statue was originally a commission for Geefs’ younger brother Joseph, who completed it in 1842 and installed it the following year. It generated controversy at once and was criticized for not representing a Christian ideal.The cathedral administration declared that “this devil is too sublime.” The local press intimated that the work was distracting the “pretty penitent girls” who should have been listening to the sermons.” [x]

[The original ‘sublime’ version shown below, and the ‘revised’ one in the photoset above]

> No this sculpture is too hot for church

> Make another one

Johannes von Indersdorf

Spruchsammlung von Eigenbesitz. Büchlein von der geistlichen Gemahelschaft