Portret van Eugen Wachenheimer, 1906-1931 1906 - 1931

This is an undated portrait of Eugen Wachenheimer, made with photography by an anonymous artist. Isn't it funny how a photo can sometimes feel like a painting? I'm really drawn to the way the light falls across his face. Look at how the tones seem to create such a smooth surface, but then we have these sharp contrasts around the eyes and mouth. And that tweed jacket! You can almost feel the texture, right? The more I look, the more I feel like the artist was thinking about the formal portraiture of the past. Like, maybe they were looking at some old painting, or maybe not. Who knows! It kind of makes me think of someone like August Sander, you know, with that documentary approach. But then again, it's also its own thing, because art's always in conversation with something, even if we don't know what it is. The mystery is part of the fun.