tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post2100218488812443087..comments2023-12-17T17:38:28.723-08:00Comments on Jack Gibbons Blog: Chopin’s photograph?Jack Gibbonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602761912626174216noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-87886835915697972962022-08-05T10:48:39.985-07:002022-08-05T10:48:39.985-07:00Dear Jack, I just saw this fascinating analysis to...Dear Jack, I just saw this fascinating analysis today. Thanks for the post. <br /><br />I wonder what happens if you try to superimpose the painting by Delacroix with the mask. I would expect that the shape of the face will also be very consistent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934383798054717541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-74737830555597112902020-09-26T11:53:06.100-07:002020-09-26T11:53:06.100-07:00For all the Chopin's music lovers (as I am), t...For all the Chopin's music lovers (as I am), this is an amazing and wonderful blog.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Chopin's death mask is perfect. Do you know if it is possible to get a copy of it? Maybe in some Chopin's museum shop in some place?<br />Thank you again.cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259180809381657654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-84956712782808802642018-11-29T07:33:21.345-08:002018-11-29T07:33:21.345-08:00Photographs, death masks, drawings, sketches, etc....Photographs, death masks, drawings, sketches, etc...ultimately mean nothing. They reveal nothing. <br /><br />The music is all that matters. SadEndinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104166860952973172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-3415836820844599652017-02-08T02:35:57.208-08:002017-02-08T02:35:57.208-08:00I am an artist and am currently working on a portr...I am an artist and am currently working on a portrait of the great and wonderful Chopin.<br /><br />Your comments about his images being led more by his personality is so true. I think that this is because photographs of Chopin have not been taken to reflect his sensibility and indeed genius, and artists try to marry his music to his looks.<br /><br />Thanks so much for a very interesting and valuable article.<br /><br />Tony. TONY a Painter.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06475587943916158370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-26103613209965282822015-06-10T01:54:00.092-07:002015-06-10T01:54:00.092-07:00Gosh this is so exciting to see another photo of C...Gosh this is so exciting to see another photo of Chopin. Thank you Jack. It looks so believably like the person in the 1849 photo and the features protrayed in portaits of him. I am puzzled why you say "… it’s very hard at first to see anything in the photograph …" or to see the expression on his face. Most of his face I find very clear to see. I am glad you are including this photograph in your publications. I like your views on the 1949 photo, yes, those eyes. <br /><br />I have just discovered something very interesting. I am reading a book about Chopin at the moment (by Arthur Hedley) and he says (page 7) of Chopin's sister "Louise, the eldest, bore (as an old daguerreotype shows) an extraordinary resemblance to her brother ….". There is a photo of his sister out there??? Where is it? I have done a Google search and can find nothing. I am sure many lovers of Chopin would absolutely love to see such a photo. Does such a photo really exist?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329464726562275328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-18866966361083966022014-03-16T09:29:53.387-07:002014-03-16T09:29:53.387-07:00The younger photo is a very ghostly portrait. Remi...The younger photo is a very ghostly portrait. Reminiscent of the otherworldly inspiration, which is some of his music.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296048769132105572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-91231100216669347282012-08-22T13:35:48.858-07:002012-08-22T13:35:48.858-07:00This is wonderful blog. The thing that struck me i...This is wonderful blog. The thing that struck me instantly upon first seeing the famous 1849 picture of Chopin, and it is an impression that has stuck with me for 40 years, is that it looks like he is sitting in Ralph Kramden's apartment in "The Honeymooners". The door and window are in exactly the same places as the TV show!Nicholas Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561934902220871272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-42983769809667629882012-02-22T19:52:05.052-08:002012-02-22T19:52:05.052-08:00This second photograph is such an exciting discove...This second photograph is such an exciting discovery! The two photographs and the death mask prove to me how "off" the many artists' renderings have been...they were often done to give a flattering image of the subject...the same with many Mozart illustrations. I wish that some experienced digital photographer would get a hold of this picture and do an advanced digital imaging of the two images and death mask and come up with an accurate recreation of Chopin's face. With the tecnology available today, this surly must be possible. It's so exciting to see Chopin's face while he was not so sick.Austin's dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512496930856012164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-56724783383785566612011-03-21T13:56:56.815-07:002011-03-21T13:56:56.815-07:00Was very interested to see the "second" ...Was very interested to see the "second" photo of Chopin, which I'd never even heard of or seen.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13591212603959181879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-57901798855809758092011-02-25T20:00:19.666-08:002011-02-25T20:00:19.666-08:00please, make more strong comments like this about ...please, make more strong comments like this about chopin. I loved so much!!Dênis Leonardo Rackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265583779583269779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-41563889956718232122010-04-19T15:42:57.666-07:002010-04-19T15:42:57.666-07:00Jack: fascinating. I remember seeing the O'She...Jack: fascinating. I remember seeing the O'Shea book in 1990 and regretted never buying it as it seemed be unavailable quite quickly. Some 10 years later I saw the photo in a German book in Mainz, Germany, and again missed a chance though it was a tiny reproduction in a very expensive publication. I think it looks more like Chopin - if not him, how many people looked like that? Best wishes.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08190088991436467137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128313350896208689.post-58878397776127939312010-03-18T17:53:45.313-07:002010-03-18T17:53:45.313-07:00jack - thanks very much for posting this informati...jack - thanks very much for posting this information, I adore his music, and lately considering attempting a bust,and looking for more images other than the older photograph. <br />SandyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491342781294515993noreply@blogger.com