Self-Portrait of Carl Moll
1943
Staring out from a swirling sea of emerald green, this 1943 self-portrait captures the weary gaze of Austrian artist Carl Moll. A key figure in the Vienna Secession and Art Nouveau movement, Moll's loose, expressive brushstrokes reveal a man facing the end of his world. Painted just before he and his wife tragically took their own lives as the Nazi regime closed in, the intense, almost haunted look in his eyes carries a heavy, unspoken sorrow. It is a poignant final farewell from an artist who helped shape modern Viennese art.
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