Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

Not surprisingly Menzel prepared to the ultimate degree for his great set-piece paintings & these are marked by a liveliness & freedom of expression that I consider far surpass these conceptual works

Menzel drew everyone with great empathy & seemed to seek out older people to draw. His portraits are some of the most moving images.

Menzel also described the horror of war. These disturbing images are the first known on this subject in Germany & influenced the Expressionists. They are profound in a way that speaks to us.

Here I’d like to just take you on a wander thru this mostly self-taught artist’s drawings & paintings. He is an enormously sympathetic describer of his time. He drew himself too! Here are his hands (1864 & 1848)

As you would expect, framing & gift wrapping are not included.

Corpus of Sensory Perception (2019)

By the end of the 50s her work was gathering interest amongst the avant-garde. Two Girls, Spanish Harlem (1959), Tree (c1959), Sam (1958) & Boys on 108th Street (1955). Children were always central to her work & she explored their depiction with equal psychological intensity

Post WWII she became more involved in Communist circles, including illustrating works. Her politics led the WPA to withdraw support & she lived on the edge, even shoplifting. Ballet Dancer (1950), Richard & Hartley (1950), Phyllis Rubin (1952) & Richard (1952)

Neel’s sitters were drawn from friends, neighbours & family. She was equally interested in everyone around her. Hers is a universal vision. Baby on Blue Sofa (1939-40), Central Park (1946), Dick Bagley (1946), the Sea (1947)

She returned to NY where her 1y old daughter died of diphtheria. This informed her treatment of motherhood, loss & anxiety. The birth of her 2nd child inspired the bleak ‘Well Baby Clinic’ (1928). Carlos (1926), After the Death of a Child (1927-8) & Nadja (1928)

Born in Pennsylvania, she graduated from high school in 1918 & joined the Civil Service. She took art classes at night before enrolling in the Philadelphia School of Design in ‘21. Initially she embraced realism. Mother & Child, Havana (1926) & Beggars, Havana (1926)