It is well known that Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), the foremost female painter of the Italian Baroque, was raped in
her teens, leading to a famous trial in 1612. But what was the name of her rapist?
French painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) gave up his first career, abandoned his wife and children, and ended up in the
South Seas. What had Gauguin been doing for a living?
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Society takes what it wants. The artist himself does not count, because there is no actual existence for the work of art.
The work of art is always based on the two poles of the onlooker and the maker, and the spark that comes from the bipolar
action gives birth to something - like electricity. But the onlooker has the last word, and it is always posterity that makes
the masterpiece. The artist should not concern himself with this, because it has nothing to do with him.
