During some recent research on expressionism I came across some more obscure works and artists that I, at any rate, had never heard of. The Finnish artist Alvar Cawen (1886-1935) has utterly enchanted me. Lately I've been focusing on portraiture more than in the past and Cawen's "blind" portraits amaze me. The blind adult subjects, sitting with sighted children, evoke quite a range of emotions depending on who on the canvas you are looking at. These works are incredibly moving, intense pieces. How did I not know who this artist was before now? So much time wasted, so much more to learn about him. These, and his other works, are simply fabulous.
Pime (Blind), 1926
Sokea Soittoniekka (Blind Musician), 1922
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