Portrait of Gustav Mahler made with pastel chalk on coloured cardboard paper. The Austrian composer and conductor (1860 - 1911) connected late Romanticism with the early modern period and was considered the greatest and most important composer of his time (and still is today). One of his greatest talents was bringing singing together with instrumental music. Among other things he wrote ten symphonies (one of which was unfinished), five complete cycles of orchestral songs and a number of surprising chamber music works.
My name is Helia Tayebi, living in beautiful historic Delft. Always stimulated and inspired by beauty and this as the main motivation to make visual art. People fascinate me the most, which results in the genre of my work: portraits. In doing so, I use existing or.. Read more…