Funny. You are always pushing the limits, boldly going where no RPBP blogger has gone before. "Stormy Sea" is that a metaphor in paint for our tumultuous times?
...being an ocean engineer who provides floating real estate for deepwater oil and gas developments...it seemed an appropriate piece of art for my office...i've been dealing with The Stormy Sea since i was growing up in SOFL and practically everyday of my life to the present...
During the summer of 1869, Courbet stayed at Etretat, the small Norman town where Delacroix, Boudin and Jongkind had already spent time painting the sea. The chalk cliffs, the subtle light, along with both the violent storms and the calm of the waves in this region of changing skies, offered Courbet new subjects.
Here, the artist offers an intense vision of the stormy sea, tormented and disturbing, with all the savage power of natural forces at work. "His tide comes from the depth of ages," Paul Cézanne would later comment. Applying thick paint with a kitchen knife, Courbet succeeded in conveying an impression of eternity.
Funny.
ReplyDeleteYou are always pushing the limits, boldly going where no RPBP blogger has gone before.
"Stormy Sea" is that a metaphor in paint for our tumultuous times?
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...being an ocean engineer who provides floating real estate for deepwater oil and gas developments...it seemed an appropriate piece of art for my office...i've been dealing with The Stormy Sea since i was growing up in SOFL and practically everyday of my life to the present...
ReplyDeleteGustave Courbet (1819-1877)
The Stormy Sea, also called The Wave
1870
Oil on canvas
H. 117; W. 160.5 cm
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
The Stormy Sea, also called The Wave
During the summer of 1869, Courbet stayed at Etretat, the small Norman town where Delacroix, Boudin and Jongkind had already spent time painting the sea. The chalk cliffs, the subtle light, along with both the violent storms and the calm of the waves in this region of changing skies, offered Courbet new subjects.
Here, the artist offers an intense vision of the stormy sea, tormented and disturbing, with all the savage power of natural forces at work. "His tide comes from the depth of ages," Paul Cézanne would later comment. Applying thick paint with a kitchen knife, Courbet succeeded in conveying an impression of eternity.