tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post3576308858660208840..comments2024-01-18T08:14:28.278-05:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: About Boldini, seeing and edgesStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16826610981994476872010-12-10T08:24:15.070-05:002010-12-10T08:24:15.070-05:00I agree with your comments about Boldini. I 'd...I agree with your comments about Boldini. I 'discovered' for myself that painting of the woman knitting on the sofa and looked at it for some time in rapt attention. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts on it. <br /><br />Wonderful stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-92226544076284034582010-12-07T11:32:30.303-05:002010-12-07T11:32:30.303-05:00Richard;
Bigger is indeed better.
...............S...Richard;<br />Bigger is indeed better.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52956607904408710442010-12-07T11:31:51.707-05:002010-12-07T11:31:51.707-05:00Willek;
There are the two treads that run through ...Willek;<br />There are the two treads that run through our painting.. Academic versus impressionistic.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52108232882414468032010-12-07T11:30:39.390-05:002010-12-07T11:30:39.390-05:00Molly;
Seem is the word. I am sure they were hard ...Molly;<br />Seem is the word. I am sure they were hard to make. Making it look effortless is part of the skill.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-63526502479831966552010-12-07T11:29:43.225-05:002010-12-07T11:29:43.225-05:00Mary;
Thank you.
.............StapeMary;<br />Thank you.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53235905134938775992010-12-07T11:29:14.891-05:002010-12-07T11:29:14.891-05:00Martha;
You are welcome.
..............StapeMartha;<br />You are welcome.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16229981208694492782010-12-07T11:28:47.604-05:002010-12-07T11:28:47.604-05:00Deborah;
Thanks.
................StapeDeborah;<br />Thanks.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-39647309090228706912010-12-07T11:28:19.809-05:002010-12-07T11:28:19.809-05:00bill;
I do think they have dated a little bit thou...bill;<br />I do think they have dated a little bit though.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-10252684157318125332010-12-07T11:27:41.793-05:002010-12-07T11:27:41.793-05:00Marian;
...............StapeMarian;<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2101044058533585992010-12-07T11:27:05.036-05:002010-12-07T11:27:05.036-05:00Tim;
I have not seen that. I have a little monolog...Tim;<br />I have not seen that. I have a little monologue.<br />....................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-59935482281067173662010-12-07T10:38:49.506-05:002010-12-07T10:38:49.506-05:00Great set of posts Stape. Seeing BIG is the main t...Great set of posts Stape. Seeing BIG is the main thread you see running through all great painting. <br />Bigger is better! <br /><br />Looking forward to your post on how to draw fingernails and eyelashes while seeing big. <br /> <br />Boldini has always reminded me of El Greco. Definitely a mannerist.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8244354075709420112010-12-07T10:37:50.617-05:002010-12-07T10:37:50.617-05:00I think there are edge considerations that have no...I think there are edge considerations that have not been mentioned. Consider a painting that is meant to be observed for a longer time as compared to one that is ment to be glanced at or seen in a sweep and left. Those old battle scenes, for example meant to record an historic event. The majestic Hudson River kind of landscape. Much more might be kept than lost. Not that there are not lost edges in such paintings. but there might be many points of interest in such a picture rather than one. Consider a picture in which the painter's intent is that things be discovered over time... or a picture in which it is the intent of the artist to connect action in the foreground with action in the distance, something a camera has difficulty doing. I am seeing a lot of work by recent grads of art schools in which all the edges are artfully blurred. It seems like a "thing" that is going on right now. I wonder about this.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-781513858993395262010-12-07T10:26:59.115-05:002010-12-07T10:26:59.115-05:00I love that first painting! His pictures are fill...I love that first painting! His pictures are filled with joy and fun. They seem effortless. Something to aspire to, for sure! I am really taken with these.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505258915705989608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37560197135472073932010-12-07T09:52:29.667-05:002010-12-07T09:52:29.667-05:00Stapleton, awesome explanation!Stapleton, awesome explanation!Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-35136126299958241792010-12-07T09:23:42.137-05:002010-12-07T09:23:42.137-05:00I look forward every morning to seeing what you...I look forward every morning to seeing what you've posted. It's a great education for an economics major/lawyer who is completely self-taught in art history and appreciation. Thank you!Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343791052150523306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5718348962565925532010-12-07T09:23:03.951-05:002010-12-07T09:23:03.951-05:00"a besottment with the edge"
Another wo..."a besottment with the edge"<br /><br />Another wonderful Stape-ism is born!<br /><br /><br />Seriously though, this is perhaps the best explanation of the two ways of seeing and how they can be merged that I have ever read.Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53760873132850830822010-12-07T08:52:11.962-05:002010-12-07T08:52:11.962-05:00I like his refinement. I like his stylizations. Th...I like his refinement. I like his stylizations. That last painting has a busy underpainting with drippy or runny paint. Yet he brings forth this beautiful nude that is presented to the viewer as if he painted her before your eyes.<br />That's class, that's entertainment.<br />Much energy and observation.<br />In another painting he might do just the opposite, and still leaves the viewer in "the moment" as if your there at that time. <br />Much wow going on!billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-72655940642800310552010-12-07T06:49:46.401-05:002010-12-07T06:49:46.401-05:00Hi Stapleton, I know you are busy right now so fro...Hi Stapleton, I know you are busy right now so from what was able to find, Cezanne is indeed credited with modulation of form...leaving all his values in a a narrow range and defining form by colors. Now that you mention it, I can see the square strokes and color modulations in Hibbard's work...along with your own. Cezanne was a very influential painter (though I still don't care for his paintings!)<br /><br />My own work is constructed with all hard edges and I use colors close in value to " blur" my edges. But again, that's how I paint ( can't help myself for who I am) I actually really admire the virtuosity of painters bringing shapes in and out of the picture plane as well as the visual plane by manipulating those edges. A great lesson, once again.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-75455940712407613542010-12-07T06:12:15.670-05:002010-12-07T06:12:15.670-05:00Boldini has some nice landscapes too Stape, check ...Boldini has some nice landscapes too Stape, check out this book if you dont have it already<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Giovanni-Impressionist-Sterling-Francine-Institute/dp/0300134118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291720308&sr=8-1Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804671491953065524noreply@blogger.com