German impressionist painter Hans von Hayek encouraged his students to paint animals from life.
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| Painters at von Hayek's art colony in Dachau |
According to Wikipedia, "One of his students, Carl Thiemann, wrote in his memoirs that the local farmers frequently complained about them trampling the grass and leaving oil paints behind."
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| Hans von Hayek |
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| Hans von Hayek |
Von Hayek had many famous students, including Hugo Hatzler, Hermann Stenner, Julie Wolfthorn, Anna Klein, and Norbertine Bresslern-Roth, who I mentioned in a recent post.
Women painters were attracted to the colony because they weren't allowed into the State Academy in Munich until 1926.
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| Hans von Hayek sketching |
The artists took their sketchbooks everywhere and often traveled by bicycle to their destinations.
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This is so awesome and I am so jealous! I wish there was a functional Animal Painting Academy in existence today!
ReplyDeleteJames have you mixed honey or glycerin into paints? What’s your take and is there a ratio to paint amount, or a rule of thumb percentage?
ReplyDeleteThe Pennsylvania Academy of Art had a studio/barn that was designed for drawing and painting large animals. I'm not sure if it's still used today, but it was still in use in the late 90's.
ReplyDeleteIt's called a Zoo!
ReplyDeleteAlan, I've used Plakkaatverf gouache, which uses a potato-dextrin binder, and I believe M. Graham uses honey in some of its mixtures. I've used glycerin in my smoke machine, but not in my gouache.
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