I like this one a lot: the solid black shape against the pastel painting is boldly graphic and very pleasing. Can you remember (or read) who the painter is?
Mike, As with nearly all my other images, I look/see/expose briefly and move on—and generally read nothing. Remembering that it was in the Centre Pompidou, in Paris, I browsed through their archives on the Web, and discovered that the painting was titled "Le peintre et son modèle", done in 1980-1981, by "Balthus" (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola).
I like this one too. It works on its own but is even more interesting if you've read a biography of Balthus and his controversial work (the controversy has to do with little girls). On a technical point the colors in his paintings are subdued but they're anything but pastel—his approach used a massively thick impasto, layer upon layer, so the finished canvas could weigh over a hundred pounds.
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I like this one a lot: the solid black shape against the pastel painting is boldly graphic and very pleasing. Can you remember (or read) who the painter is?
Mike
This picture really resonates with me. I don't know why. But I like it. A lot.
Mike,
As with nearly all my other images, I look/see/expose briefly and move on—and generally read nothing. Remembering that it was in the Centre Pompidou, in Paris, I browsed through their archives on the Web, and discovered that the painting was titled "Le peintre et son modèle", done in 1980-1981, by "Balthus" (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola).
Miguel,
Me too, and for the same reasons. [grin]
I like this one too. It works on its own but is even more interesting if you've read a biography of Balthus and his controversial work (the controversy has to do with little girls). On a technical point the colors in his paintings are subdued but they're anything but pastel—his approach used a massively thick impasto, layer upon layer, so the finished canvas could weigh over a hundred pounds.
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