A Biographical Multimedia Mosaic...
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Contemporary photograph of a painting from 1910 by Sally Philipsen (1879-1936). This heavily symbolic painting reveals the way those closest to him saw the young Langgaard: the virtuoso with a likeness to Liszt, staring with a faraway look into the sacred world of art. The lady in the background is possibly just a symbolic element in the picture - the man behind Langgaard might be Sally Philipsen himself. |
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At the age of 17, Rued Langgaard expressed his artistic goal as follows: "Yes... I want to tread the sacred paths, those not destined for man, but for the Spirit alone. I want my
art to be holy, purely spiritual. The earthly spheres are too low for me, and human feelings, so long as they cling to the
body, too imperfect " |