Born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, he was headed to Panama around 1895 with the Belgian Commission to work on the Panama Canal. Scrivener immigrated to Portland, Oregon, by accident as a youth.
Scrivner was born, as some claim that he was only 25 when the paintings were commissioned, which would have placed him around 75 at the age of death.
It is believed that he lived until the age of 101, however, there is some dispute as to the precise year B.T. Rumor at the time was that he became madder with each painting he finished, and once the final piece was done, he was committed to Portland's Home for the Mentally Deranged. Each painting depicts one of the 22 cards from the Major Arcana, and 22 of the paintings depict an inverted version of the first 22 cards of the Tarot deck, also known as The Dark Arcana, or The Inverted Arcana.īeset by tragedy, the artist did not complete the final piece until 1919 at the age of 100. The subject matter was the first 22 cards of the Tarot deck, also known as the Major Arcana. The paintings were commissioned in 1868 when the artist was 50 years old. Scrivener) was an artist born in Germany who immigrated to Portland Oregon.īorn in 1818 in Frankfort Germany, he is famous for a series of 44 paintings of the Tarot Cards, which were commissioned by an anonymous entity or individual at great expense.
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