Art Appreciation 2014 - 2015 December 2014 Mediterranean
Inspiration A Trip Around the World
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Art Appreciation - A Trip Around the World 3 rd Stop: The
Mediterranean Charlotte, NC #1: Latin America #2: Africa #3:
Mediterranean The Mediterranean refers to the Mediterranean Sea
itself and the countries with a boarder on that sea. Its natural
beauty and appealing climate make it a popular destination for
artists. Mediterranean Sea
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Mediterranean Inspiration Claude Monet The Mediterranean, 1888
Claude Monet Oil on canvas As an impressionist painter, Monet
strived to paint light On a trip to the area with fellow artist
Renoir, Monet was impressed by the extraordinary quality of light
in the Mediterranean Impressionists like Monet preferred to paint
en plein air (outdoors), for which the Mediterranean climate is
ideal much of the year
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Mediterranean Inspiration Mary Cassatt The Boating Party,
1893-1894 Mary Cassatt Oil on canvas National Gallery, Washington
DC Cassatt, an American artist, spent many summers on the
Mediterranean coast Under its intense sun she began to experiment
with harder, more decorative color This painting, one of Cassatts
most ambitious, was the centerpiece of her first solo art
exhibition in the United States
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Mediterranean Inspiration Paul Signac The Port of Saint-Tropez,
1901 Paul Signac Oil on canvas National Museum of Western Art -
Tokyo, Japan Signac was so impressed with the Mediterranean on his
1 st trip that he ended up spending every summer in the region
Often painted Mediterranean scenes in a style called Pointillism,
which means using tiny distinct dots of color to form an image
Capturing the effects of light was extremely important to this
style
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Mediterranean Inspiration Paul Signac (cont) St. Tropez,
Pinewood, 1896 Paul Signac Oil on canvas St. Tropez Sunset, 2011
Eupdeia.com Travel Brochure Photograph Signac bought a villa in St.
Tropez and painted this picture nearby in 1896 His goal was show
the impact of light, one dot a time Compare Signacs painted light
effects to those in an actual photo of modern day St. Tropez
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Mediterranean Inspiration Henri Matisse Open Window, Collioure,
1905 Henri Matisse Oil on canvas National Gallery, Washington DC
Matisse first visited the Mediterranean in 1904 when he was 34; he
loved it so much he permanently relocated to the area This painting
was done looking out of his window into the Mediterranean Sea His
use of unnatural colors caused outrage when this painting was shown
in Paris, where art critics were more accustomed to somber
realistic color choices
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Mediterranean Inspiration Raoul Dufy Dusk at La Baie des Anges,
Nice, 1932 Raoul Dufy Oil on canvas MOMA, New York City This
painting was done in a stenographic style using skeletal
structures, a foreshortened perspective, and thin quick washes of
color Dufy often used Mediterranean views for inspiration, such of
this one overlooking the Bay of Angels in France compare to the
modern photo of the same area Bay of Angels, Nice, France, 2009
Brian Lawrence Photograph
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Mediterranean Inspiration Raoul Dufy (cont) Moroccan Caf, 1940
Raoul Dufy Oil on canvas Dufy enjoyed painting cheerful events and
scenes of leisure, which caused him to be taken less seriously as
an artist This painting was inspired by a 1924 trip to Morocco. The
trip was given to Dufy by a fashion designer for whom he had
painted Also in the stenographic style, it was a step away from the
impressionist paintings popular at the time
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Mediterranean Inspiration Pablo Picasso Mediterranean
Landscape, 1952 Pablo Picasso Oil on panel Albertina, Vienna,
Austria By his late 30s Picasso was spending every summer in the
Mediterranean; he moved there permanently in his 60s and continued
to paint there until his death at age 91 Picassos later works, like
this one painted at age 71, were a mix of his earlier styles
(cubism, neoclassical, surrealist, etc.) but with even more daring
use of bold color
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Art Appreciation - A Trip Around the World Next Stop: RUSSIA
Charlotte, NC #1: Latin America #2: Africa #3: Mediterranean #4:
Russia