The literary testament of Anselm Feuerbach. Confessions of a rejected genius

Abstract

Anselm Feuerbach was a well-known but unpopular painter, partly classical but also romantic and modern. Disappointed by his failures, he decided to put into writing the concept of the art he wanted to create. The material prepared by his stepmother, Henrietta Feuerbach – Testament (Ein Vermächtnis) – is a collection of innovative, sometimes precursory thoughts about art, often close to the theories of Konrad Fiedler, but also often abandoning them in search for the true art.