Third extended edition of the modern classic, with additional works and a new cover. We see a painter in painterly landscapes: art lovers will recognise the places where the masters of plein-air painting made their work, with Caspar David Friedrich, Gabriele Münter, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh coming to mind. Hank Schmidt in der Beek stands in front of his canvas, brush in hand, but at second glance he is not painting the scene his predecessors painted: he is painting the pattern of his shirt. Since 2009 he has worked on this ongoing series, travelling around Europe with the photographer Fabian Schubert to paint his own self-portrait. Over 33 double-page spreads the book juxtaposes each painting with the photograph of the moment of its creation, a tribute to modernist painting and its documentation. The edition was awarded a publishing prize by the Free State of Bavaria in 2024.