tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post349938557208523676..comments2024-03-28T15:08:55.350-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: Subjects and Portraits: Ottoline MorrellDonald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-76557309238940235442022-09-19T04:44:18.944-07:002022-09-19T04:44:18.944-07:00Also in that photo of 1911 she looks seriously unh...Also in that photo of 1911 she looks seriously unhappy; maybe it's just the angle, full face instead of extreme oblique angle but it also leaves one with an impression of a visage nearly ravaged. Must have been a hectic 10 years. Now I am curious to look into her life. I was serious in my previous comment (which I hope I didn't spell wrong). Maybe it's just me but if she were swaddled in ermine and silk brocade, tremendously bewigged, standing with one leg slightly in front of the other, showing pristine high heels with bows so huge just walking without treading upon them involves a steep learning curve, and otherwise surrounded by kingly accoutrements and symbols, she could be mistaken for a Charles or Phillip, unless I'm delusional. Well it wouldn't be the first time I've had a little fun being hopelessly lost. That one portrait makes her look more like something that sleeps in a ruinous castle by day and only comes out at night, leaving a trail of victims, murdered by a pitiless barrage of criticism. I doubt that affair ended gently.<br />By the way, I enjoyed the little portrait gallery of the visually fascinating Suzy Solidor. The camera really loves some people and she was certainly one. I feel like there are less differences in all those portraits(apart from recognisable styles of particular artists; Tamara de Lempicka for instance is unmistakeable, ever) than in the few portraits of Ottoline, who could be an entirely different woman in each. Maybe that was part of her personal attraction which clearly must have been prodigious, but not especially durable. I'm assuming the who's who of historically important male personages we're serial affairs and didn't all stick around like an intellectually challenging dude harem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-89821390903869190612022-09-19T03:26:17.152-07:002022-09-19T03:26:17.152-07:00She looks like a Hapsburg, no?She looks like a Hapsburg, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com