“Vue de Capri/ View of Capri” (1851) by Vilhelm Kyhn. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas. (Private Collection, London) |
“Trinità dei Monti in the Snow” (1825/1830) André Giroux Santa. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas. National Gallery of Art |
“View of Bozen with a Painter” (1837) by Jules Coignet. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas. |
Art critic Sebastian Smee of the Washington Post describes the show as radical, and one of the most important things going on in Washington right now. He says the effect is "Gorgeous! Warm sun illuminating the buildings and bridges on the island of San Bartolomeo. Oh! Vesuvius in the distant haze, beyond the backlit buildings of Naples. . . . The effect of light rinsing the eyes, of freshness and immediacy, of truth — it shouldn’t be so striking, so unaccountably emotional."
The show "True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe 1780-1870," is on view at the National Gallery of Art through May 3, 2020.
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Catalog: True to Nature True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe 1780–1870. 256 pages, 140 color reproductions.
National Gallery Website
Washington Post article
Thanks, Dennis Applebee
National Gallery Website
Washington Post article
Thanks, Dennis Applebee
2 comments:
My wife and I recently stumbled into this exhibit at the Smithsonian and it is remarkable! We both came away stunned at the quality of the works in the show. From Corot to total unknowns the work is amazing and is responsible for me getting out and painting our local creek 3 times in the 2 weeks since we saw this show. Highly recommend it to anyone in the area!!
Hi James and thank you very much for your post about this show.I'm in the UK and probably wouldn't have heard of it otherwise.I love this kind of work and the stories of these artists, especially the ones you name who tended to visit Rome and the Campagna.I hadn't seen any of the three sketches you illustrate and I notice that apart from their subject they have another thing in common. These examples show how work done on well prepared, quality paper can stand the test of time.Thanks again, I'll be looking out for the catalogue via the internet.
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