Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954): The Ballet Dancer, Harmony In Grey, 1927 (Oil on canvas) -
The years 1917-30 are known as his early Nice period, when his principal
subject remained the female figure, in this case a ballet dancer, who is the
focus of the painting as Matisse chose to depict her against a plain
background. The painting is infused with light and bright colors, even though
the dancer is dressed primarily in grey…
Végül is, nem a művészet a cél. Az élet a cél. Az élet. ~ Németh György, Egy gyógyszerész feljegyzései
2016. április 24., vasárnap
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I need a starry night
Hope is in the stars… „Be clearly aware of the stars and
infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.” - Vincent van
Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890): The Starry Night, 1889 (Oil on Canvas, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York)
Poppies
Claude Monet (1840-1926): Coquelicots, La promenade (Poppies),
1873 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) - Now one of the world’s most famous paintings, it
conjures up the vibrant atmosphere of a stroll through the fields on a summer’s
day. Monet diluted the contours and constructed a colourful rhythm with blobs
of paint starting from a sprinkling of poppies. The disproportionately large
patches in the foreground indicate the primacy he put on visual impression. A
step towards abstraction had been taken.
In the landscape, a mother and child pair in the foreground
and another in the background are merely a pretext for drawing the diagonal
line that structures the painting. Two separate colour zones are established,
one dominated by red, the other by a bluish green. The young woman with the
sunshade and the child in the foreground are probably the artist’s wife,
Camille, and their son Jean…
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