Dear Katherine,
Your summary reminded me of an american artist, Washington Allston (1779-1843).
He worked 25 years on a painting and died in his study in front of the still
unfinished work. My professor at GWU wrote an entire book on the topic:
Title:Washington Allston's unfinished masterpiece Belshazzar's feast (1817-1843)
:millennial desire and social conservatism in the new American Israel /
Author(s):Bjelajac, David Voss.
Kim Collins
Art History Librarian, Emory University
(404)272-2997
Kasirer Katherine wrote:
> Thanks you all for many interesting leads on artists, writers, etc. who took
> a long time to create masterpieces. Here is a summary of the responses:
>
> Margaret Mitchell, who took 10 years to write Gone with the Wind;
> Johannes Brahms's first symphony Op. 68 in C minor - begun in 1862 and
> finished in 1876;
> Russian artist Alexandr Ivanov. Picture - The appearance of Christ before
> people. It took him 20 years to complete the masterpiece;
> Carl Ruggles, wrote only a few
> pieces but spent years working on them;
> There are also many works by Charles Ives that he (Ives) tinkered on over
> the years;
> Poussin, Pontormo and Pamigianino, Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfort;
> Grandma Prisbrey took 20 years to create her "Bottle Village";
> Marcel Duchamps;
> Sheila Waters illustrations for Dylan Thomas's Under Milkwood;
>
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