First of all, I want to point out Denis's quote about painting: "Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order" This quote is SO TRUE. Even though I've painted several paintings by now, I'm still amazed when I finish painting; I always think that it is magical how we can start with a white canvas, add some patches of paint, and end up creating a new world.
Now, talking about the paintings of this group of French fellas, I have to say that I didn't really like most of their paintings. I think most of them lack of real passion, they do not transmit me anything at all, or maybe I just didn't understand them.
The paintings that actually caught my attention were Vuillard's and Bonnard's ones. Their interiors -as well as Vuillard's exterior 'Place Vintimille'- are some works I would pay to see in real life. Even though we can really see clearly people's faces on their paintings, they transmit or express more to me than any of the other painting in this group of visionary French painters.
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See, I promised that no one would like everything in the course! Except maybe me, since I picked all of it - but I do teach movements that I identify with less than others, simply because they are historically important. Even then, though, I try to pick examples I DO like.
ReplyDeleteMost art historians would agree that Bonnard and Vuillard are the stand-outs among Les Nabis.