The Mysterious Portrait by Nicolai Gogol | A Wicked Story about the Social Greed of a Young Painter

What happens when a young painter, on the brink of economic ruin, comes into a lot of money? Bork Nerdrum and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to review Nicolai Gogol's short story "The Mysterious Portrait". Topics from the conversation: • Tchartkoff stumbling upon the portrait in a picture shop • Discovering thousand gold coins in the back of the frame • Giving up the craft to become a high society portrait painter • Realizing he wasted his talent, he starts destroying other people’s work • "The Devil" — a usurer destroying the life of all his clients • Has his portrait commissioned by a religious painter to be "kept alive" • The painter becomes envious and starts painting evil expressions • The portrait ruins anyone who possesses it • "The Devil" is the lack of interest in your work • People who are afraid are easily tempted by the Devil • Are you integrated and can you stand on your own feet? ▶ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast The conversation was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum and assisted by Cassander Straumsgaard and Kristine Onsrud. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Viorel Trandafir Børge Moe Jon Harald Aspheim Dean Anthony Alastair Blain Anders Berge Christensen Eivind Josten Erik Lasky Fernando Ramirez Francisco Salvacao Hårek Jordal Andreassen Iver Ukkestad Jack Entz Warner Jared Fountain Marion Bu-Pedersen Maurice Robbins Michael Irish Stacey Evangelista Tonelise Rugaas Trym Jordahl Yngve Hellan Would you like to get premium access? Become a patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn Check out our other channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify: https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT https://apple.co/2QAcXD6 Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/CaveOfApelles For inquiries — [email protected]