Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

The Green Bird (2023) | UK & Ireland only - original ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
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Vigée Le Brun died in Paris, aged 86. Her ravishing work is her epitaph & demonstration of her determination to paint no matter what challenges were thrown at her. Madame Baudin (1835), A Lady (1831) & Aglaé Angélique Gabrielle de Gramont (1824)

Once her name was removed from a list of counter-revolutionaries she was able to return home (1802). Queen of Naples & her Daughter (1807), Portrait of Madame de Staël (1809) & Portrait of Angelica Catalani (nd). Her work is more classical reflecting the now fashionable style

Austria (1792-5) saw Le Brun move to a more neoclassical style, reflecting the rise of that school & the revolution in France. Marguerite Porporati (1792), Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland (1791) & Countess Kaganeck (1792). Her painting of Porporati is a masterpiece

Flying Purple Bird (2023) - UK & Ireland only | Original ink on paper drawing

He painted his partner Madeleine Knoblock in 1888-90 who was an artist’s model. She moved into his studio with him in 1889. A year later they had a son. Study for his partner (1889-90), Painting of his partner (1889-90), The Seine (1888) & Le Crotoy (1889)

In 1883 he worked on his early masterpiece Bathers at Asnières. His image was of working class people relaxing, which he painted in the studio (a practice eschewed by Impressionists). The Mower (1881-2), Boy (c1882), Artist’s Mother (1882-3) & Study for Bathing (1883)

Flying Purple Bird (2023) - UK & Ireland only | Original ink on paper drawing

Towards the end of his life his mental health began to collapse. His support for the Civil Rights movement was made more painful by the murder of MLK, JFK & RFK. His state worried his friends. Michael Frelich (1965), Self-Portrait (1971) & Abstract (1963)

He painted emotion, his inner life & tended to a more abstract vision. In his art he could be himself. He was inspired by jazz & spirit. Friends included Georgia O’Keeffe & Henry Miller. O’Keefe would draw Delaney in 1943 (pic), The Picnic (1940) & Self-Portrait (1944)