Portrait of Emil Verhaeren
In his portraits of fellow artists, Hlaváček limited himself to the face and therefore stylized the eyes with particular care, using them to convey character with greater precision. Their gaze often turns away from the world toward fantasy and dream: the eyes are closed or narrowed, directed inward. A sense of intense inner activity is suggested, for example, by the glowing, lowered eyelids in Sova’s profile. Verhaeren’s expressive “mask,” by contrast, underscores inner vision through the motif of binoculars, which the draughtsman also used in his self-portraits. In those, however, he treated the gaze differently: he directs it toward the viewer, highlighting his creativity and artistic self-confidence.
| Subject: | Others |
| Author: | Hlaváček, Karel |
| Title: | Portrait of Emil Verhaeren |
| Date: | 1896-1897 |
| Technique: | pencil drawing on paper |
| Dimensions: | 23.7 × 19.1 cm |
| Origin: | Karel Hlaváček Collection |
| Licence: | Free license |
