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title: "The dissolution of objects"
date: 2017-03-28
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:13:54+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/richard-gerstl-late-works-paintings-abstract-expressionism-richard-gerstl-context-en/"
description: "Blurred contours in thick paint: How Richard Gerstl abandoned figuration and alienated his contemporaries."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Header_Richard_Gerstl_Familie_Schoenberg_Spaetphase_1907.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# The dissolution of objects