National Gallery of Artさんのイラストまとめ

Picabia incorporated elements of the recently developed styles of cubism and futurism.

The fragmented planes, shallow space, and allover pattern of flickering lights and darks are all associated with the analytic cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Every detail of the sky was observed. The formation of clouds, cotton-like or wispy, were of particular concern.

In his “Cloud Study” series, Swiss painter Johan Jakob Frey observed clouds in changing light.

Venturing out with their paint kits, these "en plein air" artists trained their eyes and hands to take in shapes and textures along with the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere.

[André Giroux, "Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana,] 1825-30, oil on paper]

Stubbs took great care in painting Pleasance’s wedding gown and depicted the fine lace and embroidery details with remarkable skill.

Thanks for following along on today’s tour of gallery 70!

And for today’s #MuseumMomentofZen, Willard Leroy Metcalf’s “Midsummer Twilight” from c. 1890.

In a 1787 letter, Linley wrote "God knows London has no Charms for me, and if I could draw the very few left to me that are Dear to my Heart around me, I should like to rest in some quiet Corner of the World and never see it again."

Gainsborough’s portrait shows Elizabeth Linley, a soprano singer who left her career behind to support her husband Richard Sheridan, a prominent politician, playwright, and orator.

While the painting is certainly grand (look at that hair!) Reynolds incorporated everyday, intimate details to make it more approachable. The mother casually and tenderly holds her two children while their Skye terrier looks up at them.

In 1940 Hopper mused about seeking solace during wartime in a passage that resonates today:

“Painting seems to be a good enough refuge from all this, if one can get one’s dispersed mind together long enough to concentrate upon it.”

Chaim Soutine met Modigliani in the Montparnasse area of Paris around 1914.

They developed a close friendship and Modigliani painted Soutine's portrait several times.