Beckmann was notorious (in the best sense of the word) for things like that - back of the head turned towards the picture plane, flattened profile, and faces covered by objects and masks.
In one full-body portrait of a woman reclining, the woman's face is completely covered by the newspaper she's reading; and it works.
I didn't notice at first how pencil-necked this woman is; and her fingers are weird-ass alien fingers.
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+JMJ+
This reminds me of the #1 rule in modeling: "Always find your light."
But Beckmann makes his subject turn away from the light here . . . so that, I suppose, she doesn't outshine the parrot.
Beckmann was notorious (in the best sense of the word) for things like that - back of the head turned towards the picture plane, flattened profile, and faces covered by objects and masks.
In one full-body portrait of a woman reclining, the woman's face is completely covered by the newspaper she's reading; and it works.
I didn't notice at first how pencil-necked this woman is; and her fingers are weird-ass alien fingers.
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