tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post3025819216464315550..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: The American landscape painting tradition.Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-1144627301591629242015-11-04T10:55:13.792-05:002015-11-04T10:55:13.792-05:00I apologize in advance if this comment bores you g...I apologize in advance if this comment bores you guys to tears, but apparently, the expressions of the sailors in the boat were modeled from a book of engravings of facial expressions published after a lecture by French academician Charles Le Brun in 1688. There is book by Jennifer Montagu which I think is now out of print, called "The Expression of the Passions." Possibly none of which is terribly interesting to landscape painters, except that Le Brun did recognize the impotance of color and setting in helping viewers to understand emotion within a painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-61080037492539953992009-08-13T01:50:07.505-04:002009-08-13T01:50:07.505-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.labrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966560607319395028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-51144055344651329572009-08-07T23:49:16.664-04:002009-08-07T23:49:16.664-04:00Just glad for the history lesson. It seems to me t...Just glad for the history lesson. It seems to me that however and why ever we paint, we're either consciously or unconsciously approaching it through some kind of working notion about what's been done before and what's worth doing now and why. At least I find that I am. So for me it's becoming increasingly important to understand the wider context and history of landscape art and what it's meant to the culture I'm part of. Thank you, Stape!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309858256126647991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52706210726430978362009-08-07T23:39:03.846-04:002009-08-07T23:39:03.846-04:00oops, for that last comment, I was channeling my h...oops, for that last comment, I was channeling my husband Steve. I shall now identify myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16139742578106392142009-08-07T23:37:04.416-04:002009-08-07T23:37:04.416-04:00For my birthday this week, my loving hubby took me...For my birthday this week, my loving hubby took me to the Currier Museum in Manchester. (pronounced Manchestah) My husband is not an art person, so this was real love on his part. They have some good paintings at the Currier. But it was a trip going with my husband, who entertained himself in the European room (labeled with a large "European" over the door) by walking around saying "European!" "No, I'm not! I was, but I'm not now!" <br />We got yelled at by the guard, but not for that. I was merely pointing at some brushwork, and the over-zealous security guard was sure I was going to poke the painting. They followed us around through the whole museum the rest of the day, because we were obviously ruffians. They had some good American painters, including a Copley (on topic here) Sargent, Hopper, Wyeth, Phelps, Thayer (local to us here in the Monadnock region) and others I am not smart enough to recognize. <br />They also made a good sandwich in the museum cafe. <br />"hyphi" Greek greeting.Steve Perohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233567281691642089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-7488650274602136862009-08-07T21:32:53.136-04:002009-08-07T21:32:53.136-04:00Willek:
I hate boats, they sink.You are right abou...Willek:<br />I hate boats, they sink.You are right about the shark, you would think he could just get one and lay it out in the yard to study.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-75696452615914535452009-08-07T21:29:28.737-04:002009-08-07T21:29:28.737-04:00have seen it too. There are a lot of good Copleys ...have seen it too. There are a lot of good Copleys here in Boston<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40396211652023799762009-08-07T21:28:00.845-04:002009-08-07T21:28:00.845-04:00Denny:
Some museum recently showed Watson and the...Denny:<br />Some museum recently showed Watson and the shark, Homers Gulf Stream and Danian Hirsts shark in the same room.<br />Fie!<br />......................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-20321391330450506012009-08-07T18:18:26.971-04:002009-08-07T18:18:26.971-04:00I was always taken with Watson and the Shark, but ...I was always taken with Watson and the Shark, but I have also been unimpressed with the lubberlyness of the boat the people are in and the unrealistic representation of the shark. Those lips, etc. I always put it off to artistic license but I was surprised that someone who would put all that effort into the rest of it would skimp on in those areas in an age when boats of different types were commonly known. <br /><br />outorbs= You know, those eyes, the kind aliens have, on stalks coming our of their foreheads.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-41438868366854765032009-08-07T13:00:57.845-04:002009-08-07T13:00:57.845-04:00I have seen the shark painting in person. It looks...I have seen the shark painting in person. It looks beautiful. The water looks like it could spill. It really puts you in the water with that shark.<br />I used to live in Baltimore. (I wish I still did) My wife and I used to go to the National Gallery once a month. I miss it.Gregory Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840770708114257366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53087589262145906122009-08-07T11:40:23.978-04:002009-08-07T11:40:23.978-04:00Always informative posts. I remember seeing Watson...Always informative posts. I remember seeing Watson and the Shark in a book my mother owned when I was a child. It terrified me,but it also held some sort of magical hold over me because I would keep coming back to it. I'm sure that image was instrumental in my pathway to becoming a painter. Thank you, Stape!DennyHollandStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320515836815483763noreply@blogger.com