Violinist

  • Violinist

    Violinist

    Hermann Kern (Austrian, 1838–1912)

    A lone violinist bends over their instrument, fingers pressing strings with quiet intensity. The bow hovers mid-air, poised between notes. Music lingers in the stillness, almost visible in the charged silence before the next stroke.

  • Niel Gow, 1727 – 1807. Violinist and composer (1787)

    Niel Gow, 1727 – 1807. Violinist and composer (1787)

    Sir Henry Raeburn (English, 1756–1823)

    A weathered hand grips the violin’s neck, fingers poised mid-melody. The bow hovers, suspended between notes, as if the next stroke might summon the Highlands themselves. His gaze, distant yet sharp, holds the quiet intensity of a man who’s pulled music from silence a thousand times before.

  • Portrait of Charles Auguste de Bériot

    Portrait of Charles Auguste de Bériot

    Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)

    Charles Auguste de Bériot’s fingers hover above the violin strings, poised between silence and sound. His gaze, intense yet distant, suggests a mind already lost in the next melody. The bow rests lightly in his hand—a moment before the music begins.

  • Johannes Wolff (1861–1931), Dutch violinist (1897)

    Johannes Wolff (1861–1931), Dutch violinist (1897)

    John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

    The violinist’s fingers hover over the strings, poised mid-phrase. His gaze, intense yet distant, suggests a melody just beyond hearing. The brushstrokes blur the edges of his figure, as if the music itself might dissolve him into the air.

  • Violinist in the Belfry Window (1858)

    Violinist in the Belfry Window (1858)

    Eduard von Steinle (Austrian, 1810–1886)

    A lone violinist leans from the belfry window, bow poised above strings. The church tower frames him against an unseen sky, his music hovering between sacred and solitary. Below, empty streets wait for the notes to fall.