The Work Of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was an 18th century sculptor who completed a series of bizarre ‘character heads’ displaying extremes of emotion.
The artist suffered from agonizing stomach cramps throughout his life and explained that the various grimaces were observed after repeated pinches to his lower ribs, self-administered to take his mind of the stomach pain.
[23 July 2014 4:06pm]