Twee portretten van een paar geliefden en een portret van een jonge vrouw 1900 - 1930

Here's a photography album presumably by Georg Gerlach & Co., containing portraits of couples and a young woman. Look how the red portrait in the center really pops, it almost feels like an x-ray or an infrared photo, revealing something hidden beneath the surface. I am thinking, what if these portraits were abstract paintings, and how would the composition and color interact? Imagine the conversations and energy around them, the interplay of light and shadow, the subtle shifts in hue that suggest depth and emotion. Did Gerlach aim to capture something more profound than just a likeness? I think about artists like Gerhard Richter who also blur the lines between photography and painting, using the photographic image as a starting point for painterly explorations. All artists, in their own way, are continuing a dialogue, each contributing to the rich and ever-evolving story of image-making.