Madeleine Castaing was an internationally renowned French interior designer, and a friend of Soutine. This is a portrait of Madeleine Castaing when she was young.
…and this is a portrait of Madeleine Castaing when she was older.
Does seeing these photographs change the way you see the painting?
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League artist Siobhan Wilder’s work will be part of COCA’s Motherland show this month. Wilder paints mysterious scenes. She wants to give the viewer the sensation that there are messages all around us, and we might be able to clue into them with a little concentration. The scene above was one that she happened upon in real …
In early 1918 John Singer Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war. Sargent originally thought he’d paint about the gallantry of soldiers, but after visiting the Western Front and seeing a field hospital full of soldiers who had been exposed to mustard gas, he changed his plans. The high society painter who …
The article below has some good stuff, but it also misses some of my personal favorite points about how European artists were effected by Japanese art. In the mid/late 1800’s, European art was based on stodgy old realism, and Japanese artists had the crazy idea of using their imagination. In these Japanese prints, proportions are changed, angles are shifted, and …
Greatest portrait painting!
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This painting by Chaim Soutine is regarded as one of the greatest portrait paintings of the early 20th century. If you were to say what was one of the greatest contemporary portraits of the 21st century, what painting would you choose, and why?
Madeleine Castaing was an internationally renowned French interior designer, and a friend of Soutine. This is a portrait of Madeleine Castaing when she was young.
…and this is a portrait of Madeleine Castaing when she was older.
Does seeing these photographs change the way you see the painting?
Portrait Awards
We will announce the results of the Seattle Artist League Portrait Awards in the next V. Note!
1st Prize: $1,000 cash
2nd Prize: $500 SAL Gift Certificate
3rd Prize: $300 SAL Gift Certificate
Honorable Mentions: $100 SAL Gift Certificates
Did you see the 30SAL awards we posted Saturday?
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