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| **Twardin Kopn** was an Ahldoraean painter who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries somewhere in the Loodon Empire. He was the protege of Anarien Tonrne and had himself created a school that taught many painters throughout the 6th and 7th centuries. | **Twardin Kopn** was an Ahldoraean painter who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries somewhere in the Loodon Empire. He was the protege of Anarien Tonrne and had himself created a school that taught many painters throughout the 6th and 7th centuries. | ||
| - | His works were notable for their grandeur and panoramic scale, which appealed to the court. He was frequently commissioned to do important work, which made him famous and respected. He did not, however, become wealthy, as he rejected monetary rewards and considered wealth to be a primary human vice. He, therefore, lived on the streets with the common folk and his clothing was typically ragged and dirty. | + | His works were notable for their grandeur and panoramic scale, which appealed to the court. He was frequently commissioned to do important work, which made him famous and respected. He did not, however, become wealthy, as he rejected monetary rewards and considered wealth to be a primary human vice. He, therefore, lived on the streets with the common folk, and his clothing was typically ragged and dirty. |
| He was also notorious for both despising realism and insisting on making paintings of famous people and existing landmarks. His works would take unparalleled creative liberty, up to the point that a painting called "The Tower of Upland" shows a deep hole in the ground. His portrait of the Duke of Villpeh is a handsome young man. The Duke was also said to have been good looking, but the person on the portrait bore little resemblance. The Duke, however, famously accepted the portrait and displayed it on a wall facing the main entrance of his house, with the inscription "Portrait of a young man". | He was also notorious for both despising realism and insisting on making paintings of famous people and existing landmarks. His works would take unparalleled creative liberty, up to the point that a painting called "The Tower of Upland" shows a deep hole in the ground. His portrait of the Duke of Villpeh is a handsome young man. The Duke was also said to have been good looking, but the person on the portrait bore little resemblance. The Duke, however, famously accepted the portrait and displayed it on a wall facing the main entrance of his house, with the inscription "Portrait of a young man". | ||
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