Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Memory of a Horse

 Fox and Landscape, Bruno Liljefors, oil, 1915

Swedish wildlife painter Bruno Liljefors said that in order to be successful at painting animals, an artist must have:

1. A love of nature and animals.

2. Great powers of observation.

3. The memory of a horse.

That last note needs some explanation, because it may translate better as a "long, deep, memory." 

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4 comments:

  1. Knits and WeavesDecember 20, 2022 at 2:27 PM

    Perhaps where a Swede would say "memory of a horse", English-speakers would say "an elephant's memory."

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  2. René PleinAirDecember 21, 2022 at 6:50 AM

    First I thought you had a post about Rien Poortvliet a Dutch wildlife painter.
    Well worth checking ;-)

    Thanks

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  3. René PleinAirDecember 21, 2022 at 6:52 AM

    That said, Rien once told he had a photografic memory, ... that would be helpfull
    Although Emile Gruppe claimed you beter can paint something you don't know, ... you don't going to interpretate that way.

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  4. Alan AndersonDecember 24, 2022 at 8:36 AM

    In order to draw the viewers eye to the subject, does the artist paint the landscape around the subject as suggestive forms and shapes? Leaving the detail for the subject? I would think landscape closer would have detail to provide depth.

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