Feb

24

The Kiss by Auguste Rodin

Published on 2018-02-24 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Analysis, Sculpture  


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The Kiss

Marble sculpture
Auguste Rodin / Carved by Jean Turcan
H. 181,5 cm ; W. 112,5 cm ; D. 117 cm

 

     The Kiss is a sculpture of an entwined couple, of which Auguste Rodin created as early as 1882 small versions in plaster, terracotta and bronze.

     In 1888, the French government commissioned Rodin to realize the first large marble version of The Kiss, for the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition. But Rodin will take almost ten years to deliver it.

     This marble version appears for the first time at the Paris Salon (former name of the Salon of French Artists) in 1898. It is currently on display at the Musée Rodin in Paris.

     What many people don’t know is that Rodin’s The Kiss, like a lot of the Rodin Museum’s works, was not sculpted by Rodin…

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Feb

23

More paint !… WIP-13

Published on 2018-02-23 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Painting, Work in progress  


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     Thirteenth day of live improvisation (WIP – Work In Progress) of a new acrylic painting. We just add more paint in the sky, more paint on the characters…

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Feb

22

Café scene by Raoul Dufy

Published on 2018-02-22 by Eric Bourdon | Comments Off on Café scene by Raoul Dufy
Category(ies) : Analysis, Drawing, Painting  


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Café scene

Watercolor and gouache on paper by Raoul Dufy
Executed around 1934 – Artwork size : 50,8 x 66,8 cm
Sold £50,000 at Sotheby’s London on Feb 6, 2014

 

     In 1926, while watching a little girl running on the dock of Honfleur, Raoul Dufy realizes that the mind records color faster than the outline. He will then dissociate the colors and the drawing. Dufy adds his drawing to large bands of horizontal or vertical colors, or to large colored spots.

     Watercolor and gouache become more and more important after 1930. The “puddles of color” of the background are spread on a paper previously wet and stretched on a drawing board. When they are dry, he draws with a fine brush the various elements of the subject.

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Feb

20

Multicolored thunderstorm sky – WIP-12

Published on 2018-02-20 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Painting, Work in progress  


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     For the twelfth episode of the improvised painting, a beautiful multicolored thunderstorm sky that will serve as a decor for our three curious characters in their magical forest …

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Feb

19

New trendy haircut… – WIP-11

Published on 2018-02-19 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Painting, Work in progress  


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     Day 11 and the live improvised painting continues to evolve, with a new haircut (or feather-cut) very trendy at the moment among Saturnian owls.

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Feb

16

Art Capital 2018 at the Grand Palais in Paris

Published on 2018-02-16 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Exhibitions  


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     Another 3 days to enjoy the ART CAPITAL exhibition in Paris !

    ART CAPITAL brings the four historic Parisian salons together under the glass roof of the Grand Palais :


Salon Comparaisons
Salon des Artistes français (Salon of French Artists)
Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’eau
(Drawing and Watercolour Salon)
Salon des Artistes Indépendants (Salon of Independent Artists)

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Feb

15

Little red being – WIP-10

Published on 2018-02-15 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Painting, Work in progress  


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     Tenth day of the creation, step by step, of an acrylic painting. And the hat has turned into a little red being…

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Feb

13

The Desperate Man by Gustave Courbet

Published on 2018-02-13 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Analysis, Painting, Portraits  


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The Desperate Man

Oil painting on canvas by Gustave Courbet
Artwork size : 45 x 54 cm, 1843-1845
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     The Desperate Man is a painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet. The artwork is a self-portrait of the artist. It is thought that he made this painting between 1843 and 1845, at the beginning of his installation in Paris. It shows him “desperate” but especially in full youth.

     Courbet was very attached to this canvas since he took it with him into exile in Switzerland in 1873. A few years later, Dr. Paul Collin at the bedside of Courbet during his last days, describes the painter’s studio and, more particularly, “a painting representing Courbet with a desperate expression and that he had entitled Despair for this reason”.

     The painting belongs to a private investment collection, but was exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay in 2007.

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