tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post512206876037257297..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Exhibition of Unfinished ArtJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-39739051276045749472016-03-23T13:23:28.597-04:002016-03-23T13:23:28.597-04:00Any unfinished Hals laying around the internet?Any unfinished Hals laying around the internet?Chris Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931414857801867456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91491291692510122852016-03-23T09:23:26.936-04:002016-03-23T09:23:26.936-04:00Fascinating. I'd love to check it outFascinating. I'd love to check it outJared Cullumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118946650091026386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-42097528116515598652016-03-22T18:38:54.811-04:002016-03-22T18:38:54.811-04:00Thrilled to have found an official name for my art...Thrilled to have found an official name for my artwork!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834801761869774981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15835849879677871412016-03-22T14:37:17.667-04:002016-03-22T14:37:17.667-04:00So, non-finito, a genre of art, which completeness...So, non-finito, a genre of art, which completeness lie in its uncompleteness?Mel Gibsokartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426521314157431888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2437624253265919822016-03-22T12:32:26.249-04:002016-03-22T12:32:26.249-04:00I love unfinished work, it's one of the best w...I love unfinished work, it's one of the best ways of trying to get into the mindset of the artist, and personally I quite like works that aren't too refined, or have some area of abstraction. There's a painting by John Singer Sargent called 'The Birthday Party', and the figure in the background takes up quite a large section of the canvas, yet the face has no eyes, just these vague eye sockets. Almost any other artist would have suggested more.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120455549012225566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-70251493541055542412016-03-22T12:25:32.137-04:002016-03-22T12:25:32.137-04:00Jeff, that's Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779). ...Jeff, that's Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779). Portrait of Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento, duquesa de Huescar .<br /><br />Yes, it's hard to say which of those Sargent regarded as finished, or for that matter presentable. He lived during the time that Impressionist works were criticized for their lack of finish. In our day we've made something of a fetish of sketchy surfaces, perhaps because they give the feeling of the energy and mystery of creation. I like to think less in terms of "finish" than of how much you can convey about a subject in a given amount of time, and I love some art with a highly polished surface as well as work that's loose and wild. <br />James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77887292292308534122016-03-22T12:24:01.004-04:002016-03-22T12:24:01.004-04:00Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779). Portrait of Maria...Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779). Portrait of Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento, duquesa de Huescar.<br /><br />Hahaa! If I didn't know from reading the post, I would have just assumed it was a piece of postmodern contemporary art!<br />Mark Henghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872172199243865094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-66235268058550897362016-03-22T11:12:25.497-04:002016-03-22T11:12:25.497-04:00Might you know who did the more 17th-18th century ...Might you know who did the more 17th-18th century portrait below the Sargents?jeff jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996337570175075303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7722639990106162232016-03-22T09:23:33.738-04:002016-03-22T09:23:33.738-04:00We all know that there are tons of reasons things ...We all know that there are tons of reasons things are not completed. But I think that there is a difference between work that is incomplete and work that is not rendered to the artist's fullest degree. When I look at most of those Sargent examples it appears to me that he took them just as far as he wanted to go to capture the light or color or form with out investing the rest of the manual labor to polish them up to "complete" paintings. Michael Dooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246162742705076367noreply@blogger.com