tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post5181602693637083739..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Mystery Artist: Water LiliesJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-33029928476962177732009-07-01T13:38:13.664-04:002009-07-01T13:38:13.664-04:00Hi, Good guess. But Zelas figured it out on the se...Hi, Good guess. But Zelas figured it out on the second comment. The correct answer is Isaak (Isaac?) Levitan, a Russian landscape painter.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-20203928204523941282009-07-01T13:36:09.994-04:002009-07-01T13:36:09.994-04:00Millais?Millais?Jed Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792057010893279956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-69427156953009179812009-06-30T19:02:33.742-04:002009-06-30T19:02:33.742-04:00I'd never heard of Levitan before. Thanks for ...I'd never heard of Levitan before. Thanks for bringing his beautiful landscapes to my attention!Moaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14149373854768008667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23513966985092455322009-06-30T18:01:28.683-04:002009-06-30T18:01:28.683-04:00Isaak LevitanIsaak Levitanerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038819448785086078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27725475933211821612009-06-30T14:32:56.532-04:002009-06-30T14:32:56.532-04:00S. Weasel, I'm glad I wasn't alone with th...S. Weasel, I'm glad I wasn't alone with the Pacman brainwave. I didn't want to be seeing it, but there it was...<br /><br />Apart from that, dynamite painting. I particularly like how the plants softly disappear into the depths.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596875722436085739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-87690056759144270652009-06-30T14:22:11.051-04:002009-06-30T14:22:11.051-04:00Beautiful painting, but it looks like a game of Pa...Beautiful painting, but it looks like a game of Pacman gone horribly, horribly wrong.S. Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081301454448509736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79610415423807389922009-06-30T13:28:58.049-04:002009-06-30T13:28:58.049-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Meridth McKean Gimbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475089721370383445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-16590030783202746272009-06-30T13:11:20.786-04:002009-06-30T13:11:20.786-04:00Levitan is a brilliant landscape painter. His life...Levitan is a brilliant landscape painter. His life story reads as something out of a Dostoyevsky story.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-58083967623070508032009-06-30T11:28:49.305-04:002009-06-30T11:28:49.305-04:00oh yea, if you want to be able to google it, just ...oh yea, if you want to be able to google it, just just type:<br /><br />painting "water lilies" -monet site:wikipedia.orgzelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922347507304041918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-924825940231307622009-06-30T11:16:11.680-04:002009-06-30T11:16:11.680-04:00Did some searching online and got linked to his wi...Did some searching online and got linked to his wikipedia site :)zelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922347507304041918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23618224570096103892009-06-30T11:01:50.934-04:002009-06-30T11:01:50.934-04:001895 makes it a later painting.
I associate a loo...1895 makes it a later painting.<br /><br />I associate a looser broader brush style that is primarily concerned with light and atmosphere with Levitan towards the end of his career. But that's not really the case -- As a true artist he responds to his subject in a mindful way instead of taking a singular dogmatic approach in the name of personal "Technique".<br /><br />Thanks for challenging my assumptions.<br /><br />Here's a painting from the same year -- heavy on detail but almost monochromatic -- a visual tone poem:<br />www.abcgallery.com/L/levitan/levitan43.htmlDaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269629297022511462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-36865277883132430782009-06-30T10:03:58.934-04:002009-06-30T10:03:58.934-04:00It looks like the painting has been painted on loc...It looks like the painting has been painted on location as the perspective of the view seems to 'curl'. That is the lower portion of the water seems to be viewed from above rather that frontal.<br />The strange thing is that this perspective can only be 'felt' based on the shape of the leaves.Erik Bongershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409523352634066030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-425351719371911102009-06-30T08:51:08.935-04:002009-06-30T08:51:08.935-04:00Waterhouse?Waterhouse?Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228478905900232112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-56079288736470418492009-06-30T08:30:55.612-04:002009-06-30T08:30:55.612-04:00Huh- I was thinking Russian too -- but it looked t...Huh- I was thinking Russian too -- but it looked too tight for Levitan to me and more like Shishkin.<br /><br />But then I looked back through the Levitan book and he did do some fairly tight -- surface detail oriented paintings too.<br /><br />Is it an earlier painting?Daroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269629297022511462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-32691181768187934802009-06-30T08:30:19.929-04:002009-06-30T08:30:19.929-04:00tineye.com I think. Found a relevant link there.tineye.com I think. Found a relevant link there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078032173665975680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78701688666937700262009-06-30T08:19:59.431-04:002009-06-30T08:19:59.431-04:00Zelas: Very impressive, you are right. How did you...Zelas: Very impressive, you are right. How did you know? Please email your postal address to jgurneyart@yahoo.com.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-76200803440209838142009-06-30T08:14:49.575-04:002009-06-30T08:14:49.575-04:00isaak levitan?isaak levitan?zelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922347507304041918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-59024171212724283632009-06-30T07:38:01.767-04:002009-06-30T07:38:01.767-04:00Genius painting! I have no idea who did it though
...Genius painting! I have no idea who did it though<br /><br />I was writing for something totally unrelated, and since this is the best way I have to send you the link..<br /><br />I've just posted this file on my deviantArt, maybe it could be useful for some of your readers?<br />http://dragonladych.deviantart.com/art/Photoshop-colourwheel-tool-127763768<br /><br />It's the tool I made to find my palettes and gamuts in Photoshop? <br /><br />And while I am here this link might also be of interest?<br />http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/24/the-blue-and-the-green/<br /><br />Cheers<br />SunilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com