Medium: Acrylic on board.

Dimensions: Approximately A2. 594 x 420 mm.

Date: Aug 2006

Comments: Hungarian pianist and composer, Franz Liszt (1811-1886). I was moved by the intensity of the eyes and eagle-like expression. A man of vast charisma and virtuosic skill, Franz Liszt ranks among my favourite composers of the Romantic era. I particularly love his piece Les Jeaux d'Eau a la Villa d'Este (1870), for its beautiful evocation of gently trickling water fountains and its spiritual overtones. As here depicted, in his later life Liszt (at least to some extent) took holy orders and devoted himself to the religious life.

Price: £SOLD. In a private collection in Ipswich, England.