Melancholy portrait

Portraits by Nadav Kander

1875 quotes from Rainer Maria Rilke: 'Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.', 'Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given…

All truly affecting art walks a tightrope, and it’s never clear what will make either artist or viewer lose balance. Plenty of artists conjure with images from the history of art, but none has been so ambitious in their attempt to marry the immediate, over-brimming present with the haunted past. And the fact remains that no other living Australian artist has produced as many images so full of tenderness, silence and longing.—Sebastian Smee

Daniel Murtagh - Kate

The illustration depicts a sad woman sitting alone, her head bowed and shoulders slumped. The use of dark colors and subtle shading adds to the overall feeling of melancholy and loneliness. The woman's expression is one of deep sadness, with tears glistening in her eyes.

The sad woman in the illustration appears to be looking down with a somber expression on her face. The artist has captured a sense of melancholy in her eyes, perhaps reflecting a deep sadness or emotional turmoil.

Waterlanders on Bart Heynen

Haunting Portrait: Lost in Thought, a Melancholy Gaze Discover the captivating portraiture of Saul Leiter, featuring a contemplative young man with piercing blue eyes. The painting captures the elusive beauty of youth, innocence, and introspection. #PortraitArt #Melancholy #SaulLeiter #ArtLovers #MoodyAtmosphere

Photography, which has been in existence for roughly 175 years, is now an everyman’s medium. The 1888 Kodak #1 camera first made the art form broadly accessible; the iPhone has now turned everyone technically proficient. But before Kodak, and long before Apple, photography was a laborious endeavor.