It's been a long and bumpy ride, including a little more time off that originally planned, but here we are at 100 posts, and over 100 artists featured! To celebrate, I will indulge myself in picking out 10 of my favourite works featured here since January 08.
This was far more difficult than I imagined it might be, and there is no real order here apart from no.1 which is the leader by some distance. If I wasn't already fully aware of them, looking back over these posts has helped identify my tastes pretty clearly - interestingly observed, singular portraits of people in unusual or interesting situations, with a large helping of "new objectivity." And a man in a pink leotard.
10 - George W. Lambert
"Equestrian Portrait of a Boy" 1905.
9 - Alexander Deineka
"Young Woman" 1934
8 - Prudence Heward
"Rollande" 1929
7 - Tavik Frantisek Simon
"Marketplace in Nice" 1911
6 - Walt Kuhn
"Roberto" 1946
5 - Joachim Beuckelaer
"Kitchen Interior" 1560's
4 - Phoebe Anna Traquair
"The Victory" (detail) 1899
3 - Eugène Laermans
"End of Autumn" 1899
2 - Olga Boznańska
"Motherhood" 1902
1 - François-Emile Barraud
"La Tailleuse de Soupe" 1933
Well, I could have chosen any of his paintings. Dead at the age of 35 and with almost no information on him or his works anywhere, he is easily one of the most obscure and neglected artists I have featured and without doubt one of the most talented. The composition and handling in "La Tailleuse de Soupe" are wonderful. Here is an artist fully immersed in the tradition of oil painting creating something jarring, umistakeably of it's era, yet a picture that would not be totally alien to a patron of painting in 1550. A mother and daughter(?) sharing a pot of soup and a loaf of bread. Balthus is the obvious comparison. Balthus, but superior in every single respect.
"Equestrian Portrait of a Boy" 1905.9 - Alexander Deineka
"Young Woman" 19348 - Prudence Heward
"Rollande" 19297 - Tavik Frantisek Simon
"Marketplace in Nice" 19116 - Walt Kuhn
"Roberto" 19465 - Joachim Beuckelaer
"Kitchen Interior" 1560's4 - Phoebe Anna Traquair
"The Victory" (detail) 18993 - Eugène Laermans
"End of Autumn" 18992 - Olga Boznańska
"Motherhood" 19021 - François-Emile Barraud
"La Tailleuse de Soupe" 1933Well, I could have chosen any of his paintings. Dead at the age of 35 and with almost no information on him or his works anywhere, he is easily one of the most obscure and neglected artists I have featured and without doubt one of the most talented. The composition and handling in "La Tailleuse de Soupe" are wonderful. Here is an artist fully immersed in the tradition of oil painting creating something jarring, umistakeably of it's era, yet a picture that would not be totally alien to a patron of painting in 1550. A mother and daughter(?) sharing a pot of soup and a loaf of bread. Balthus is the obvious comparison. Balthus, but superior in every single respect.
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6 comments:
There's a post here about that painter.
http://laitae.blogspot.com/2008/11/odkrycie_04.html
I saw that. Those images are copied from my blog, no real information there. I live in hope!
Bonjour :-) I love Lambert, so it is nice to see him leading the pack. I've seen this one in the NGA, and I think it may have come to Europe on loan when there was a big Edwardian Painting retrospective – certainly at least one Lambert did but I would have to check the catalogue to say for sure which.
Do you know where Barraud was born or worked? Betcha there's at least one work in his local Musée des Beaux Arts, and that they could provide more info. I will keep his name in the back of my mind and if I come across anything, let you know.
I particularly like the way he has captured the teenage expression - bored and slightly sulky. Mama looks a bit saintly – I suspect she is an older sister or more likely a governess or similar.
Thanks for signing on to our blog – I hope you are not disappointed – we don't tend to do much art :-)
long time admirer, first time poster.
i'm happily surprised with the eugene laermans- post.
my birthregion is his, it's kind of hard to ignore him when i tour local musea.
but i always knew he didnt have allot of fame. i'm sort of happy to see him here , online.
Your #10 is my #1. I remember seeing that one for the first time in art school, I had a fantastic art history professor, he showed loads of relatively unknown artists along with the masters and greats. That image has always remained with me. Sometimes it just pops into my head for no reason at all.
I like very much your art blog, thanks so much for share wonderful and interesting paintings. Congrats for your 100 Post!! :)
Kind regards from Spain,
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