tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post980633016537516676..comments2024-03-28T06:18:17.942-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Boldini Autumn SceneJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-36383224194799044032017-09-30T02:51:32.070-04:002017-09-30T02:51:32.070-04:00I was lucky enough to see this painting in Rome. I...I was lucky enough to see this painting in Rome. It's very small, and isn't nearly as dark in the shadows as the reproduction, with softer gradations - often the problem with seeing art online. In the original most of it is relatively soft on the edges aside from the statue, but strangely also some of the background trees just around the statue itself filled with sharp hard edges. It's as though it were a photograph that were blurred, but a sharpening filter had been badly applied to the statue, extending to some of the background elements too. <br />This is a photo I took, if the link works : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-blPBxWAAUSJG4.jpg:large<br /><br />I love the painting incidentally. I wonder if some of it wasn't done from a photograph as I believe Boldini did use photo reference from time to time.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120455549012225566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27945992994511259262017-09-27T18:14:22.971-04:002017-09-27T18:14:22.971-04:00I am not very familiar with Boldini's style, a...I am not very familiar with Boldini's style, apart from the most famous paintings, so i had a look at his works. That "nervous" brush work seems something he frequently did, so it's a matter of personal taste i think. I have to admit i don't like this particular painting too much, i find the area around the lifted arm a bit messy (but we should see the original to have a better idea), but i liked the fact the leaves follow the arm line. Lucahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075238108481083502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-41408147269946962442017-09-27T06:58:39.204-04:002017-09-27T06:58:39.204-04:00Reading Sesco's comment
The, (yes it is busy) ...Reading Sesco's comment<br />The, (yes it is busy) background, feels normal to me when I think of what my bedroom can look like when I'm trying to figure out what to wear. And, with the statue in half dress, it all fits.Salty Pumpkin Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116105220109225010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43427170849036753922017-09-25T14:16:27.749-04:002017-09-25T14:16:27.749-04:00Maywyn, that's a great idea. Let me think abou...Maywyn, that's a great idea. Let me think about that a bit. I think everyone could find a monument nearby, and it would be great if artists really looked at them and reported on how they felt and what they saw and heard going on around the monuments.<br />Sesco, I noticed that too....very busy background. But somehow that's what I love about it, because of the weird intensity it gives the image.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7897307432850473302017-09-25T13:50:20.637-04:002017-09-25T13:50:20.637-04:00Painting a monument sounds like an interesting sub...Painting a monument sounds like an interesting subject for a plein air painting challenge.Salty Pumpkin Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116105220109225010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-83513886379179756142017-09-25T13:35:50.299-04:002017-09-25T13:35:50.299-04:00At the risk of great hubris, I feel compelled to n...At the risk of great hubris, I feel compelled to note the 'busyness', or competition, of the background with the statue itself. I love the windblown leaf in the foreground, but the background does not, in my opinion, complement the central focus of the painting. Sescohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857017166141673658noreply@blogger.com