tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post1467332035791331701..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Asher B. DurandStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-4181909943255083462009-08-10T22:00:42.894-04:002009-08-10T22:00:42.894-04:00Thanks, all. I will look into it.Thanks, all. I will look into it.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-76468757265198153762009-08-10T21:20:27.904-04:002009-08-10T21:20:27.904-04:00Willek, I see people copying in the National Galle...Willek, I see people copying in the National Gallery of Art in DC from time to time. They use easels provided by the museum. I know one has to call and make arrangements ahead of time, but they obviously do allow this time-honored process to go on.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-56230402960258857622009-08-10T21:04:43.172-04:002009-08-10T21:04:43.172-04:00Willek:
I copied many drawings and several paintin...Willek:<br />I copied many drawings and several paintings as a student. I don,t know what the rules are in the museums today. But there has been an increase in rules everywhere else. I still remember when the museums provided easels to copyists. You will have to ask the MFA. they may be hostile.<br />Try to use similar materials . If you are copying an old master painting, you wouldn't use cadmiums or thalo. I can't imagine trying to copy a Damien Hirst in tuna for instance. <br />Usually the museum won't allow you to copy something the same size as the original.I think when you copy you should try to be as exact as possible. But you won't be that close. Things painted in glazes over a brown ground won't look the same painted opaquely.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-35672635574282064902009-08-10T20:55:22.084-04:002009-08-10T20:55:22.084-04:00Philip:
My herat is with the next generation. I ha...Philip:<br />My herat is with the next generation. I have a fondness for some of the lesser known guys like Jervis McEntee. I am going to try to convince the unwitting readers of this blog that he has a greater importance than that he is usually assigned.<br />...StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-6161624685531972432009-08-10T19:00:10.815-04:002009-08-10T19:00:10.815-04:00Err, and... have you done much copying of masterwo...Err, and... have you done much copying of masterworks, Stape? When you do this, I imagine there are many ways to go about it. You might guess what pallet the original was painted in, or not, you might try to match every stroke, or not, etc, Is there a correct way? Best way?willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-67004896852320748022009-08-10T18:56:12.611-04:002009-08-10T18:56:12.611-04:00What is the process to get in to a museum, the MFA...What is the process to get in to a museum, the MFA, say, and do copies. I always thought I would have trouble driving up in a hack and telling them I wanted to bring my paints into the museum for this purpose.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86750974153936495782009-08-10T13:43:03.514-04:002009-08-10T13:43:03.514-04:00While Durand had more polish than Thomas Cole, I p...While Durand had more polish than Thomas Cole, I personally find him a little too polite. Cole was a little bit of a wild man and could be a tad clumsy, but heck, the guy threw his heart into it. My favorites, and I suspect Stapleton's too, are the next generation- Kensett, Gifford, Heade, Church. <br /><br />There was a little Kensett oil in the Indiana University Art Museum when I went there to get an MFA. It had a dazzling light and subtle atmosphere that just got to me. I did a copy in oil in the museum, and copied an excellent Bricher coast scene oil they had as well. Learned a lot from that, as well as copies I painted looking at reproductions.<br />When it is you yourself who gives you the assignment to paint a copy it is a labor of love. I know my personality well enough that if some teacher had told me to do the copies I would have balked.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.com