Always Read the Book First
I generally prefer books to movies, but I’m glad that people who don’t ordinarily read can still enjoy some of the stories I love. That being said, I’m not much of a movie watcher myself, so I identify with this little guy in the painting.
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With a name like Albert Anker Painting “Schreibender Knabe,” it’s reasonable to assume that this realist painter would agree with me if he were alive today. Many of his well-known paintings depicted boys reading books. It’s incredible how lifelike the pictures are, as I can’t get my children to sit still for three minutes, much less the time it takes to paint an entire portrait!