torsdag 30 december 2010
torsdag 23 december 2010
Maria Pavlova
Det är väl fångat, det bleka morgonljuset, förnimmelsen av ett kallt golv då man lämnar sängen. Böckerna och dagens alla göromål väntar. Katten har redan meddelat att det är frukostdags, den väntar och följer varje rörelse.
onsdag 22 december 2010
Alexander V. Moravov
Den ryska titeln kan översättas till Julgran. Konstnären skildrar ofta bondelivet under sovjettiden. Här är det närmast familjen som samlats i gemensamma sysslor. Fotogenlampans ljus ger målningen ett varmt intryck.
tisdag 21 december 2010
Konstantin Korovin
The portrait is done in oil on canvas. The delicate stroke of the brush with the intricate detail of women’s face, accessories, dress and couch, make this image look realistic. The central subject of the painting is the actress Tatiana Liubatovich. The painter emphasizes her statue placing her on the window where the light is hitting her from the back making the women look delicate and fragile. Her creamy color dress is penetrated by the sun what demonstrates painters great ability to express the feel of the material. The black bows on her dress demonstrate class and sophistication. What stands out in this painting is the book she holds in her hands. The way she holds it expresses her calmness and enjoyment. The way women carry her self, the way she is portrayed; demonstrates her rank in the society. The background which is the scene behind the window suggest the worm season. Ref. Augustina Zygaite
måndag 20 december 2010
John Sloan
The location is the back room of Wallace's at Sixth Avenue and West Fourth Street. The bar was called "The Golden Swan" but was nickm-named "Hell Hole." and was a gathering place for artists, writers, and Bohemians of Greenwich Village. The figure in the upper right is Eugene O'Neill. Ref. Allinson Gallery
lördag 18 december 2010
Gwen John
Hennes rykte som ensling har blivit ifrågasatt på senare tid, men det är lätt att tro så då man ser The Convalescent. Målningen ovan är en av tio mycket likartade målningar som visar samma flicka sittande i ett rum fyllt av ett mjukt, blekt ljus. Rummets atmosfär är rofyllt, nästan melankoliskt, försjunket i sig själv, flickans ansikte är allvarligt, blicken nedslagen, hon är helt upptagen av det brev hon håller i sina händer.
fredag 17 december 2010
Konrad Witz
Witz's earliest paintings are done on oak panels-also used by Netherlandish painters-but his later ones are on pine or fir. His paintings were attributed variously to such painters as "Giotto", "Guido da Siena", "Franco-Burgundian School", and "Follower of Geertgen tot Sint Jans", until 1896. In that year the Curator of the Basel Museum, Daniel Burckhardt grouped paintings by the same hand, some of which were in museums and others still in private collections. He recognized the Geneva Altarpiece as a work by the same person, and noted its prominent inscription "Magister Conradus de Basilea".
torsdag 16 december 2010
Pablo Picasso
En pastellmålning av Picassos hustru Olga Koklova (1891-1954). Teckningen är förstärkt med en svart linje. Det är ett vackert porträtt, figuren har volym, färgerna är mättade. Enkelhet och harmoni präglar bilden.
lördag 11 december 2010
Andrea del Sorto
Andrea del Sorto (1486-1530) Madonna delle Arpie (Madonna of the Harpies) (1517)
En märklig målning som man funderat över. "The most recent interpretation is that it is a depiction, based on the text of the Book of Revelations, of the Virgin triumphant over evil, symbolized by the monstrous figures, the "harpies," which are in fact the "locusts" mentioned in Revelations; and besides that, bears witness to the cult of the Virgin by the clients, the conventual Franciscans."
Se länk ovan.
torsdag 9 december 2010
Wilhelm von Gegerfeldt
Han gjorde studieresor till Frankrikes nordkust, till hemlandet och till Italien, målade skymning över Venedigs kajer, månsken över lagunerna, kritklippor vid Engelska kanalen i gråstämning, svenska sommarnätter, allt med elegant pensel, smekande färg och livligt föredrag.
onsdag 8 december 2010
Theodore Robinson
He was one of the first American artists to take up impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close friendship with Claude Monet. Several of his works are considered masterpieces of American Impressionism. In 1884 Robinson returned to France where he would live for the next eight years, visiting America only occasionally.
söndag 5 december 2010
Gabriel von Max
He illustrated works of German literature by Wieland, Lenau and Schiller, as well as producing illustrations for Goethe’s Faust (1867–8; Prague, N.G., Kinsky Palace). As well as literary and even musical sources, religious themes frequently occur in his work, including his first great success, the Crucifixion of St Julie (1867; ex-Sotheby’s, London, 1976). In numerous female figures and portraits Max explored the tension between the inner state and the charm of the physical appearance or surroundings of his subjects.
fredag 3 december 2010
Anders Zorn
Zornmuseet äger ungefär en tredjedel av konstnärens totala produktion, den största samlingen i världen av Zorns konst. I utställningen visas också delar av makarna Zorns konstsamling silver, dalmålningar och verk av konstnärsvännerna.
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