A Christmas Pear - Watercolour by Benoit Philippe
I painted this small watercolour in one of my travel notebooks while in Paris for Christmas/
Sunday, 16 January 2022
Thursday, 14 October 2021
Weymouth beach, Dorset
Weymouth beach
A sketch I did on Weymouth beach (Dorset, England) at the end of September. This is a large sandy beach in the centre of Weymouth. Other beaches around generally have pebbles.
I started with a quick pencil outline, then painted with the waterclour. Only after applying the colour I used a black ink liner to give more definition.
An despite the water being at 16 degrees Celcius (61 Fahrenheit), it was nice to go for a swim in the sea at the end of summer.
Monday, 4 October 2021
L'Arc de Triomphe wrapped by Christo
This a temporary artwork for Paris, was on view for 16 days from September 18 to October 3, 2021. After Christo’s death, the rojet he had designed has been implemented by his team.
I remember many years ago when Christo has wrapped the Pont
Neuf in Paris.
The Arc de Triomphe was wrapped in 25,000 square meters of recyclable polypropylene fabric in silvery blue, and with 3,000 meters of red rope.
They were distributing samples of the fabric used at the opening.
Back of the fabric.
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
The Golden Age of Danish Painting (1801-1864) Exhibition – Part I
This exhibition features more than 200 works by the leading Danish artists of the period covered 1801-1864: Christoffer Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Martinus Rørbye and Constantin Hansen…
The exhibition is well
put together and general notices on the different themes covered (the Art
studio, landscape open-air painting, travel paintings, interiors, etc.) as well as
for individual paintings are very detailed and interesting. The quality of the
paintings is high.
Unfortunately, with
the Covid 19 Lockdown, the museum is closed for the time being. Let’s hope that
the exhibition will re-open before it ends.
Prometheus Molding Man
from Clay – Oil on paper mounted on canvas by Constantin Hansen
The Life Class At the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhaguen – Oil on canvas (57,7x82,5 cm ) by Wilhelm
Bendz Copenhague, Statens Museum for Kunst
A Little Girl, Elise
Købke, with a Cup (1850). Oil on canvas (39 cm x35,5 cm) by Constantin Hansen Copenhagune,
Statens Museum for Kunst
A View Through Three
Arches on the Third Storey of the Colosseum (1815). Oil on canvas (32 cm x 49,5
cm) by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg - Copenhaguen, Statens Museum for Kunst
Loggia, Procida (1835)
- Oil on paper mounted on canvas (32 cm x 47,5 cm) by Martinus Rørbye, - Stockholm,
Nationalmuseum
Fields of Oats Near
Vejby (1843) – Oil painting (25,5 x 28,5 cm) by Peter Christian Skovgaard - Copenhaguen,
Statens Museum for Kunst
Frederiksborg’s Castle
Viewed from Jaegerbakken. Evening (1835) Oil painting on canvas (71,8 cm x
103,4 cm) by Christen Købke - Copenhaguen, Hirschsprung Museum
One of the Small Towers
of Frederiksborg’s Castle (around 1834-1835)
- Oil painting on canvas (177 cm x 162
cm) by Christen Købke - Copenhaguen, Designmuseum Danmark
One of the Small Towers
of Frederiksborg’s Castle (Detail)
Outside the North Gate
of the Citadel (1834) - Oil painting on canvas (79 x 93 cm) by Christen Købke -
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
The Exhibition
The Golden Age of
Danish Painting (1801-1864)
Temporary Exhibition
22 September 2020 to 03 January 2021
Petit Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill 75008 Paris – France
Saturday, 31 October 2020
Fontaine de l’Observatoire or Fontaine Carpeaux in Paris - France
The Fontaine de l'Observatoire (also known as the Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde, or simply the), is in the Jardin Marco Polo, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was commissioned in 1867 and dedicated in 1874.
It is adorned with sculptures of female figures by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux representing the four parts of the world.
Some of the heads made
in preparation for this project can be seen in Paris in the permanent collection
of the Petit Palais museum.
The Chinese (1872) – Plaster
patinated by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
This is a male head
that was made by Carpeaux and will be used as reference for the feminine figure
representing Asia. Carpeaux used, as model, Chinese people who were travelling
to Paris.
Pourquoi Naitre Esclave ?
Why Born a Slave? – Plaster patinated
by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Other statues also at
the Petit Palais museum:
Ugolin et ses
enfants / Ugolino – Plaster patinated by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
The three graces –
Patinated terracotta by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
was from the city of Valenciennes in the North of France and the Fine Art
Museum there holds a large collection of Carpeaux’s works.
Related resources
Paris Fine Art Museum -Petit Palais
Antoine Watteau monument by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Valencienne
Thursday, 1 October 2020
Green Tomatoes
Green tomatoes - Oil on canvas panel (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe
This a a plate of tomatoes picked in our garden. It was nice setting my pochade box on the garden table outside and painting them.
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Thursday, 17 September 2020
Friday, 11 September 2020
Marco Del Re at the Matisse Museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis (France)
For the temporary exhibition “Tout va bien monsieur Matisse” (Everything is well Mr. Matisse) 8 contemporary artists have produce works inspired by Matisse’s works. One of them is the Italian artist Marco Del Re.
Le Jardin d’Eden I – Monotype
on Nepal paper by Marco Del Re
Allegorie de la peinture
II - Oil on canvas (2013) by Marco
Del Re
The Exhibition
Tout va bien
monsieur Matisse (Everything is well Mr. Matisse)
11 juillet 2020 - 17 janvier 2021
Musée
départemental Matisse
Palais Fénelon
Place du Commandant Richez
59360 Le Cateau-Cambrésis
France
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
103 Hokusai drawings acquired by the British Museum
The British Museum recently acquired a Series of 103 Preparatory drawings by Hokusai for an illustrated book titled: Banbutsu ehon taizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Great Picture Book of Everything).
These drawings were
produced in 1829. This was a difficult time for Hokusai. As indicated in the Curator's
comments, Hokusai suffered a stroke in 1827 or 1828, and his second wife died in
1828;
The Picture Book of
Everything was never published and this is why we still have these drawings
today. The process of engraving Ukiyo-e (Woodblock print) involves sticking the
block-ready drawings onto the cherry-wood printing blocks before cutting it.
The drawing is destroyed in the process.
Great Picture Book of
Everything, were owned Henri by Vever (a French Art Nouveau jeweller). The
works were then sold at auction in Paris in 1948 and had been in private
collection ever since. They were auctioned again in June 2019 and the British
Museum acquired them.
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Preparatory drawing
(hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card. Two cranes and two
turtles climbing on lotus leaves. Ink on paper by Katsushika Hokusai (1829).©
The Trustees of the British Museum – Used under (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Preparatory drawing
(hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card. Wu Zixu holding up a
bronze vessel weighing 1,000 catties. Ink on paper by Katsushika Hokusai (1829).-
© The Trustees of the British Museum – Used under (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Preparatory drawing
(hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card. Ke Dao, Cai Lun, Li Chao
and his son Ting Zhi engaged in tasks associated with publishing (carving
woodblocks, making paper). Ink on paper by Katsushika Hokusai (1829).© The
Trustees of the British Museum – Used under (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
You can see these works on site of the online collection of the British Museum
Make sure you read the Curator's comments which are well written.
For each entry, you can also read a translation of the text on the drawing.
Another remarkable feature is that you can
zoom in and see the fine details of each drawing.
Monday, 1 June 2020
Cygnets - Watercolour
Cygnets - Watercolour (18 cm x 24 cm) by Benoit Philippe
I painted this watercolour from a photograph I took with my phone on a recent run in a local park.
The paper is Watercolour Studio by Fabiano (Cold pressed - 140lb). Paints are Sennelier and Windsor & Newton watercolour.
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Raffaello Sanzio paintings at the Galleria Degli Uffizi in Florence
Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino - Oil on panel (52.9 x 37.4 cm) by Raffaello Sanzio
Mary, Christ and the young John the Baptist, known as the “Madonna of the Goldfinch” - Oil on wood (107 x 77.2 cm) by Raffaello Sanzio
Portraits of Agnolo Doni - Oil on basswood panel (63.5 x 45 cm) by Raffaello Sanzio
Portraits of Maddalena Doni - Oil on basswood panel (63.5 x 45 cm) by Raffaello Sanzio
The museum
Galleria Degli Uffizi
Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6
50122 Florence, Italy
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