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title: "Spat onto the canvas"
date: 2017-04-13
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:12:58+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/richard-gerstl-aesthetics-of-ugliness-richard-gerstl-context-en/"
description: "Richard Gerstl enjoyed no success with his paintings during his lifetime, and his unusual way of painting was dismissed as repulsive and ugly. Yet even ugliness possesses a certain aesthetic appeal."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Header_Richard_Gerstl_Aesthetik_des_Haesslichen.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Spat onto the canvas