2 artworks in 1: Double-sided Pechstein on displayMANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- A new exhibit of Max Pechstein's "Still Life with Nude, Tile, and Fruit" takes viewers not only behind the scenes of the German artist's career, but also behind the painting itself. The museum has installed the double-sided painting on a pedestal in a specially constructed glass frame that allows viewers to walk around it and see both sides. While it's not unusual for thrifty artists to make use of both sides of a canvas -- perhaps flipping to the other side if things aren't going well -- it's fairly rare to deliberately create a double-sided painting, Sundstrom said. The landscape side of Pechstein's painting was created in 1912, when the artist traveled to Lithuania in search of places unspoiled by civilization. To put the paintings in context, the exhibition also includes work by Pechstein's predecessors and contemporaries.

Source: The China Post November 26, 2016 20:01 UTC