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Patron Saints: Collecting Stanley Spencer is a revealing new
exhibition at the renowned Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham -
Spencer's spiritual home and major source of inspiration. The
exhibition draws together a spectacular collection of loans,
including The Centurion's Servant (Tate); Love on the Moor
(Fitzwilliam); John Donne Arriving in Heaven, (Fitzwilliam) and one
work not seen in the public domain in over 50 years. The exhibition
and catalogue examine the often complex relationships between
Spencer and his patrons and what drove them to collect his work.
Spencer was a single-minded genius, but the influence of his
patrons on his painting is far greater than has hitherto been
realised. At the turn of the century, collecting art was no longer
the preserve of the aristocracy and the upper classes, but
Spencer's art appealed to a broad spectrum of art lovers, fellow
artists, businessmen and politicians. Many of his patrons lived in
Cookham, where he lived and found artistic inspiration, and many of
his paintings were influenced by his spiritual feelings for that
place. His idiosyncratic and deeply personal approach gave him a
wide and enduring appeal, and he was patronised by some of the most
important cultural figures and taste-makers of that time. Curator
Amanda Bradley comments, "Behind Stanley Spencer, one of the
greatest Modern British artists, were a group of individuals who
enabled his very existence - both artistically and emotionally.
They were not wildly rich, but they were powerful, cultivated,
intellectual and artistic. Some bought on spec, others were true
patrons, giving him the freedom to fulfil his artistic genius. Most
fostered long-lived relationships with the artist, influencing his
life and work more than has hitherto been realised. These were the
patron saints." Patron Saints: Collecting Stanley Spencer explores
the emergence of Spencer as an artistic personality, looking at
those who helped him and why he - and his popularity - was a
product of the zeitgeist (first half of the twentieth century)
characterised by social and economic anxiety.
At the start of the March 2020 lockdown, Ian Beck would walk his
greyhound Gracie through the early morning streets of Isleworth in
west London, revelling in the light and the silence that the
restrictions had brought. The familiar became charged with new
meaning, inspiring Ian to paint the scenes around him for their own
sake, something that he hadn't done since his student days in the
sixties. Suburban streets, trees, fences, shrubs and overgrown
alleyways - all are transformed in the quiet intensity of Ian's
lockdown paintings. He painted interiors too: the moon shining
through a bedroom window, objects on mantelpieces, the eeriness of
back gardens at dusk. As the year progressed, the crisp light of
spring gave way to the haze of summer and the gloom of autumn fogs.
The Light in Suburbia collects sixty of Ian's paintings from this
period: a remarkable record of his year spent trying to capture the
beauty of the unprepossessing everyday.
The Landscape Painter's Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide
to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape
painting. Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and
author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative and beautifully
illustrated volume leads you step by step through his approach to
the genre, from establishing a composition using basic shapes to
applying time-tested color strategies, with all-new lessons,
practical exercises, and special topics, including: The Complete
Color Strategy. What are the three aspects of color contrast that
guide a painting's strategy? Notan. Explore this special type of
compositional study, which identifies the underlying shapes and
patterns of a composition. Picture Formats. How does the picture
format-horizontal, vertical, or square-affect the composition? What
are the pros and cons of each? Color Grouping. A full chapter
details this special practice, which helps maintain harmony by
organizing colors into a limited number of groups. Composition. An
in-depth review of variation, movement, and active negative space,
with illustrations that diagram the action in each example.
Workshop Exercises. Instead of demonstrations that show how the
author paints, The Landscape Painter's Workbook includes 10
skill-building workshop exercises to help you work through
essential lessons on your own. With examples of work by 45
contemporary landscape painters-more than 80 paintings in all- in
oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor, the lessons are suitable for
all mediums. Each painting is thoroughly analyzed in terms of
shape, composition, or color, with supporting diagrams, thumbnails,
and photographs. The Landscape Painter's Workbook inspires and
informs all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, on how to
successfully portray the majesty and subtlety of the natural world.
The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all
skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and
painting skills and create realistic and representational art.
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painting while he was in the Saint-Remy mental asylum, near Arles.
The bold use of impasto and the beauty of the towering trees have
made this one of his most recognisable works. There are various
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of the cypresses painted vertically, as well as a replica of this
version that Van Gogh painted for his mother and sister.
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artist, and could also be associated with his concept of the sun -
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artwork by Wilhelm List. Austrian painter Wilhelm List was born in
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William Bouguereau (1825-1903). List co-founded the Vienna
Secession with renowned artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), exhibiting
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Master watercolour techniques with this indispensable artist's manual.
Whether you are just starting with watercolour painting or you’re
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Explores the development of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the mid
19th century; and works which figure amongst the most lasting and
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Cahill has a special interest in the movement, having studied Dante
Gabriel Rosetti and Holman Hunt. He reviews the major exhibition of
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I want to do is to follow a trail that leads, through many twists
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at last to Freud/Dali.' Edward Lucie-Smith 05/2012
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