Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947) – Dancers, c.1896 (Oil on
cardboard. Musée d'Orsay) - - The composition is charming, offering a
high-angle view on a ballet, without flattening the dancers nor depriving them
of their airiness ; they fill the stage in lines, each group executing a
different dance step, in varying degrees of synchronization. The subtle
allusion to Degas is obvious, but benevolent, devoid of the lustful eye of the
male often found in many of the master’s paintings…
Végül is, nem a művészet a cél. Az élet a cél. Az élet. ~ Németh György, Egy gyógyszerész feljegyzései
2018. március 31., szombat
2018. március 3., szombat
The Mandolin
James Smetham (English, 1821-1881) - The Mandolin, 1866 (Oil
on canvas) - - The Mandolin is signed by Smetham and may be considered his
masterpiece. However, in conception it bears all the hallmarks of Smetham’s
friend and supporter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The half-length female figure
presented close to the picture plane and lacking background perspective, richly
attired and mesmeric in beauty, characterised Rossetti’s oeuvre at this date.
The model is Ellen Smith who sat for Rossetti in 1867.
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