The painting shown below was sold for a whooping amount of 84000 Pounds at Sotheby’s in 2005. Claim to fame?
Inspiration for Gandalf.
The painting is Der Berggeist by Josef Madlener.
Hasan and jackandlagoon cracked it completely.
raklodramA got the painting right.
October 12, 2009 at 11:07 am
Siginificance is ‘Origin of Gandalf’…the painting is the “Der Berggeist” by Josef Madlener
October 12, 2009 at 11:26 am
The most famous of Madlener’s paintings is “Der Berggeist” (“the mountain spirit”)
October 13, 2009 at 5:43 am
Inspiration for Gandalf in LOTR