“The portraits of the Viennese modernists, with their conscious and dramatic attempts to depict their subject's inner feelings, represent an ideal example of how psychological and biological insights can enrich our relationship with art.”

— Eric R. Kandel

The Age of Insight (2012)

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American neuropsychiatrist 1929

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