Product Description
Titled 'Missa,' the Neoclassical Pop Art artwork inspired by Joseph Karl Stieler Oil Painting "A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven," created in 1820,
currently located at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn.
Ludwig van Beethoven was a revolutionary German composer and pianist and one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire.
Commissioned by Beethoven's friends, Franz and Antonie Brentano, the painting shows Beethoven seven years before his death, at the age of 49.
Holding a pencil in his hand the painting portrays Beethoven working on the notes to his "Missa Solemnis."
According to the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft Bicentennial Edition of "Ludwig Van Beethoven," the composer gave the painter several sittings keeping motionless the head posture, claimed was hard to model.
A collectible original artwork, made to be lived with.
It was created as an original contemporary painting by the Neoclassical Pop Art studio. For true art lovers: a collectible statement piece in which the old masters meet pop culture.
- Creator : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Year of Creation : 2018
- Dimensions : 24"x 36"
- Medium :Oil on Canvas
- Movement & Style : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas
