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WATERCOLOUR – ELEMENTS OF NATURE │ Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge → 27 September 2015

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INVENTING IMPRESSIONISM │ National Gallery, London → 31 May 2015

Paul Durand-Ruel in his gallery in Paris, c1910. Photograph: Dornac/ AACV

Wɖt hm, sd Mone, w wd’nt hv svîvd.

So ynivrsli popylr r ɖ Imprešnists tde, it’s hād t imajin a tîm ẇn ɖe wr’nt. Bt in ɖ ŕli 1870z ɖe strugld t b axptd. Šund bî ɖ ātistablišmnt, ɖe wr īvn lambastd az lūṇtcs bî wn critc.

Wn man, hvr, recgnîzd ɖer wrʈ fṛm ɖ bginñ. Pwl Dŭrã-Ruel, an ontṛpṛnŕı̣l ātdīlr fṛm Paris, dscuvrd ɖs grūp v yuñ ātists – includñ Mone, Degā, Mane, Renwā, Pīsaro n Sisle – n gambld.

Paul Durand-Ruel’s grand salon at Rue de Rome, with Renoir’s ‘Dance in the City’ on the left (Picture: Archives Durand-Ruel)

Riylîzñ ɖ fašnbl ptenšl v ɖer ḍrîdd imprešnz v ŕbn n sbŕbn lîf, Dŭrã-Ruel dedicetd ɖ rest v hiz lîf t bildñ an ōdı̣ns fr ɖer wrc – crietñ ɖ modn ātmācit in ɖ prôses.

Sč wz hiz prsviṛns, Dŭrã-Ruel nirli bancruptd hmslf twîs, bfr sxesfli glôblîzñ hiz oṗrešn wɖ âtposts in Lundn, Bruslz n Ny Ywc, n istablišñ ɖ wn-man šo az ɖ inṭnašnl nwm fr xbišnz.

Ɖ Imprešnists – a trm frst yzd ḍrogtvli bî critcs – wz t bcm ɖ hâshold nem ɖt standz tde.

Invntñ Imprešnizm fīčrz 85 mastrpìsz fṛm ɖ muvmnt, ol bt wn hvñ pást ʈru Dŭrã-Ruel’z handz, includñ ʈri v Renwā’z fems Dansz n fîv fṛm Mone’z Popḷrz siriz.”

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JOSHUA REYNOLDS: EXPERIMENTS IN PAINT │ Wallace Collection, London → 7 June 2015

Miss Nelly O’Brien, c.1762–1764. Oil on canvas, 126.3 x 101 cm. The Wallace Collection

 

“Ɖz r grt pêntñz. Renldz z nt stêd at ol. H’z ɖ pwtritist v ɖ Inlîtnmnt, a dẹrñ ātist hu capčrd a dẹrñ êj. (Joṇʈn Jônz, Ɖ Gādı̣n)

Jýn s fr an xibišn ɖt pṛvîdz a freš pspctv on a târñ figr v Britiš pêntñ.

Jošua Renldz z wîdli rgādd az wn v ɖ grtst pwtritists v ɖ 18ʈ senčri. Seḷbretd fr capčrñ ɖ līdñ figrz n gliṭrāti v hiz de, h olso helpt istabliš a dstnctv Britiš scūl v pêntñ. Hvr, Renldz’ repytešn az an istablišmntātist mascs hiz unqenčbl ʈrst fr iṇvešn n hiz xperimentl aproč t ɖ practis n mtirı̣lz v pêntñ.

Ɖs xibišn ofrz a snapšot v Jošua Renldz’ crietv prôses, n rvilz dscuvriz md jrñ a for-yir rsrčprojct intu ɖ âtstandñ c̣lẋn v hiz wrcs at ɖ Wolis C̣lẋn. W hv ṣlctd nt onli significnt pwtrits bt lesr nôn fansīpicčrz n a rer histrīpêntñ, ol v ẇč r šôn sîd bî sîd. Amñ ɖ wrcs on dsple r fems picčrz sč az Neli O’Brayn, Msz Abñtn az Mis Pru n Renldz’z ôn Slfpwtrit Šêdñ ɖ Îz.

Bî fôc̣sñ on ɖ ʈīmz v xperimentešn n iṇvešn, w três Renldz’z wrcñpractis in tu wez: on ɖ mtirı̣l levl, ʈru hiz ys v pigmnts n mīdia; n on a cnsepčl levl, ʈru hiz dveḷpmnt v comṗzišn n naṛtv. Ẇt imrjz z a vižn v Renldz az a paynirñ pêntr, hîli orijinl in hiz apročz t pictwrı̣l comṗzišn. Ɖs drîv t iṇvešn z xemplifîd in hiz ambišs alužnz t ɖ grt mastrz v ɖ past, sč az Tišn n Rembrant n hiz obsesv tendnsi t rīwrc n rvîz hiz imijz az h pêntd.

Renldz’z pwtrits nt onli dpictd ɖ culrfl ssayti in ẇč h livd, renjñ fṛm ɖ actṛs Msz Abñtn, ɖ scanḍḷs Citi Fišr n ɖ sošl clîmr Msz Nezbit, bt wr ofn ɖ product v a c̣labṛtv rlešnšp btwn ātist n sitr. Renldz xplord ɖ psbltiz v pfwmns n rôlple wɖ ɖ sitrz, ẇl at ɖ sem tîm drōñ on ɖer culrfl bîogṛfiz t prsṇlîz ɖer pwtričr.

Mrs Mary Nesbitt, 1781. Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 62.5 cm. The Wallace Collection
Mrs Mary Nesbitt, 1781. Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 62.5 cm. The Wallace Collection

Spanñ most v Renldz’z c̣rir, ɖs xibišn demnstrets ɖ šir dvrṣti v hiz ātistc pṛduẋn n pṛvîdz an eḷqnt n ṣprîzñ insît intu ɖ crietv prôsesz v ɖs rmāc̣bl n imensli pṛlific Britiš ātist.”

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SARGENT: PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS AND FRIENDS │ National Portrait Gallery, London → 25 May 2015

“Jon Sñr Sājnt (1856-1925) wz ɖ grtst pwtritpêntr v hiz jeṇrešn. Aclemd on bʈ sîdz v ɖ Atlantc, h wz clôsli cnctd t mni v ɖ uɖr līdñ ātists, raitrz, actrz n myzišnz v ɖ tîm. Hiz pwtrits v ɖz frendz n cntmprriz, includñ Ōgūst Rodĩ, Clwd Mone n Robt Lui Stīvnsn, wr rerli cmišnd n alaud hm t criet mr intiṃt n xperimntl wrcs ɖn wz psbl in hiz fwml pwtričr.

Ɖs mêjr xibišn v ovr sevnti pwtrits spanz Sājnt’s tîm in Lundn, Paris, Bostn n Ny Ywc az wel az hiz travlz in ɖ Itałn n Ñgliš cuntrīsîd. Impwtnt lounz fṛm gaḷriz n prîvt c̣lẋnz in Yṛp n America mc ɖs an unmiṣbl oṗtyṇti t dscuvr ɖ ātist’s most dẹrñ, prsnl n dstnctv pwtrits.

PARIS, 1874-1885

Born in Floṛns in 1856 t an xpatrı̣t Americn cupl, Jon Sñr Sājnt spent hiz fwṃtv yirz turñ Yṛpiyn sitiz n rzwts. On dsîdñ t studi pêntñ in Paris, h inrold at ɖ École des Beaux Arts in 1874 ẇl simlteňsli dveḷpñ hiz briłnt gifts az a pêntr undr ɖ tīčñ v Carolūs-Dŭrã, a fašṇbl Frenč pwtritist.

Sājnt wz at īz in ɖ wrld v Paris stydioz n fwmd frendšps wɖ a wîd renj v Frenč ātists n felo xpatrı̣ts. Wn v hiz clôsist frendz wz Pwl Êlu, ɖ eḷgnt pêntr n ečr v ɖ bômõd. H sōt ât Clwd Mone, hu wd rmen a lîfloñ frend v bʈ men, n Ōgūst Rodĩ, a tîtn v ɖ Frenč ātwrld. Sājnt wz xpšnli wîdli réd, ispešli in ɖ Frenč clasics, bt olso in cntmprri litṛčr.

An ŕli pêtṛn, ɖ Frenč plêrît Edwād Pîerõ, cmišnd pwtrits v hmslf, hiz wîf n hiz čildṛn, fr ẇč Sājnt wz cmperd t Von Dêc. Ɖ ātist wz a giftd piynist n a pašṇt myzicoḷjist. Hiz moḍnist cridnšlz wr demnstretd bî hiz admirešn fr ɖ myzic v Ričd Vāgṇr, n olso bî hiz inʈyziastc rspons t Spaniš myzic n dans, ẇč inspîrd fḷmnco picčrz n pwtrits.

BRWDWE, 1885-1889

Sājnt’s mastrpìs, Cānešn, Lili, Lili, Rôz, wz pêntd ẇn h wz btwn lîf in Paris n Lundn (1885-6). Ɖ ātist’s dsižn t muv rezidns fṛm wn t ɖ uɖr cem at a tîm v crîsis, ẇn hiz c̣rir wz in jeṗdi aftr hiz pṛvoc̣tv pwtrit v Madam X (Madam Pier Gôtro) cōzd a scandl at ɖ Paris Ṣlon in 1884. H fând solis in ɖ Anglo-Americn coḷni v ātists n raitrz in ɖ Cotswold vilij v Brwdwe, ẇč includd ɖ Americn ātists Franc Milit n Edwin Ostin Abi, ɖ Ñgliš iḷstretr Fred Bānād, n ɖ raitrz Henri Jêmz n Edṃnd Gos. Hir h pêntd hiz fems gādnpicčr, a cnstructd sìn yzñ ɖ Bānād dwtrz az modlz, n pwtrits v uɖr membrz v ɖ cmyṇti, includñ Lili Milit n Alis Bānād.

In Bwnṃʈ, at ɖs sem pirı̣d, h capčrd ɖ wîri frem n nrvs eṇji v ɖ raitr Robt Lui Stīvnsn in tu intns caṛcṭrîzešnz. Sājnt wz xperimentñ wɖ an Impreṣ̌nist paḷt, pêntñ vivid scečz v felo ātists at wrc ât-v-dorz, includñ Clwd Mone n Pwl Êlu, n landscêps az avãgād az eni biyñ pṛdyst in Ñgḷnd at ɖ tîm.

BOSTN n NY YWC, 1888-1912

Sājnt nvr gev p hiz Americn sitiznšp. H wz at hom in Bostn n Ny Ywc, ẇr h hd mni frendz n pêtṛnz n a brjnñ repytešn. In ɖ fwmr siti h carid ʈru hiz tu grt myṛl scīmz v dec̣rešn, in ɖ Bostn Public Lîbrri n ɖ Myziym v Fîn Āts.

In 1890, Sājnt hd ɖ oṗtyṇti v pêntñ sm v ɖ grt Americn actrz v ɖ êj fr ɖ Pleyrz Club in Ny Ywc, includñ Edwin Buɖ n Loṛns Baṛt. A fy yirz lêtr h pêntd ɖ Šêxpirı̣n actṛs Êda Riyn, n dru Mẹri Anḍsn. 1890 wz ɖ yir in ẇč Sājnt pêntd ɖ flamboynt Spaniš dansr Cāmenʈita, hu intranst Ny Ywc ōdı̣nsz wɖ hr fḷmnco dansñ.

Myzic wz a bond wɖ Iẓbela Stywt Gādnr, wn v Bostn’z culčṛl līdrz, t hūm h gev ɖ pwtrit v ɖ cmpozr Čālz Mātin Lrfḷr az a brʈdêgift.

LUNDN, 1889-1913

Sājnt wz imrst in ɖ vîbṛnt culčṛl lîf v Lundn, n a frend t mni ātists, raitrz n myzišnz. In ɖ 1890z, h wz imrjñ az ɖ līdñ Anglo-Americn pwtritpêntr v hiz jeṇrešn, n mcñ hiz māc az a myṛlist wɖ hiz cmišn, Ɖ Trîumf v Rlijn, fr ɖ Bostn Public Librri.

In 1894 Sājnt pêntd ɖ êjñ Ñgliš powt Covntri Patmor n, bî contrast, ɖ raitr n iḷstretr W. Greym Robtsn, ɖ ipiṭmi v yʈ n isʈetc rfînmnt. Ɖ noṿlist Jwj Meṛdiʈ n ɖ powt Wiłm Butḷr Yêts bʈ sat t Sājnt fr čācoldrōñz, n in 1913 ɖ ātist’s intiṃt frend Henri Jêmz, fr a pêntñ t seḷbret hiz 70ʈ brʈde.

Sājnt wz xtrimli influenšl on ɖ Lundn myzicl sìn, pṛmotñ ɖ c̣rirz v mni myzišnz, amñ ɖm ɖ Frenč cmpozr Gabriel Fore. Ɖ Lundn ʈiytr z reprizntd bî ɖ ṣprb pwtrit v Eḷn Teri az Lêdi Mcbeʈ, a ʈiatricl n ātistc turd’fws; bî ɖ enigmatc Itałn actṛs Elionora Dūse, in a strenj n mstirı̣s imij, n bî ɖ plêrît n actrmaṇjr Hāli Granvil-Bācr, hu revluṣ̌nîzd ʈiatricl pṛduẋnz.

YṚP, 1899-1914

In ɖ pirı̣d aftr 1900, Sājnt agn trnd t landscêp az a rlif fṛm pwtritcmišnz, travlñ č sumr n ōtm t ɖ Alps, Venis n suɖn Yṛp. H wz inverı̣bli acumṗnid bî frendz, hu, f nt olwz in ɖ top flît v ātists, wr sbstanšl n taḷntd ppl. H md a pýnt v pêntñ ɖm az ɖe scečt, pirñ az it wr ovr ɖer šoldrz t si ẇt ɖe r dwñ.

Ɖz picčrz mt b cnstrud az a fwm v slfpwtričr, ɖ ātist myzñ on hiz ôn rôl in rcwdñ ɖ načṛl wrld ẇl wočñ uɖrz at wrc. W r preznt az āt z biyñ md, bt âr intrpṛtr z Sājnt n it z sīn ʈru hiz îz. Amñ ɖ mastrpìsz in ɖs žãra r An Ātist in hiz Stydio, dpictñ ɖ Itałn pêntr Ambrojo Raf̦ele; Ɖ Fânṭn, a picčr v Jên d’Glên scečñ wočt bî hr huzbnd Wilfrid, n Villa Torre Galli: Ɖ Lôja, ẇr Sr Wiłm Blêc Ričmnd n Wilfrid d’Glên cnfrunt wn anɖr fṛm oṗzit cwnrz v ɖ spês.”

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907. Oil on canvas  71.4 x 56.5 cm
The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907. Oil on canvas
71.4 x 56.5 cm

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI │ Royal Academy of Arts, London → 25 January 2015

“Jvani Bațista Moroni wz wn v ɖ grtst pwtritists v 16ʈ senčri Iṭli. Femd fr hiz gift fr capčrñ ɖ xct lîcṇs v hiz sitrz, h crietd pwtrits ɖt r az peṇtretñ n pârfl nâ az ɖe wr mr ɖn 400 yirz ago. Y wl b trnsfixt bî ɖer sîc̣lojicl depʈ n imījsi.

Ɖs z ɖ frst comprihnsv xibišn v ɖ ātist’s wrc in ɖ YC. W hv ṣlctd nt onli hiz rmāc̣bl pwtrits bt olso hiz lsr-nôn rlijs wrcs, ẇč wl b šôn sîd bî sîd. Amñ ɖm wl b nvr-bfr xibitd ōltrpìsz fṛm ɖ črčz v Berġmo n pêntñz md fr prîvt dvošn ɖt rflct ɖ ny rlijs îdiylz v hiz tîm.

Moroni’z pwtrits dpict ɖ ppl v ɖ wrld n tîm in ẇč h livd, fṛm elignt men n wimin v hî ssayti šôn in glitrñ dres t membrz v ɖ midl clas ingejd in ɖer trêd. Wn sč wrc z Ɖ Têlr, az hîli prezd in its tîm az it z nâ (reṿlušnri – Joṇʈn Jônz, Ɖ Gādịn). Ẇt ol v hiz wrcs šer z a stātlñ načṛlizm n vîtaḷti, rerli mačt bî uɖr ātists v ɖ pirı̣d n antisipetñ ɖ riylistc stîl v Caṛvajio n, lêtr, Mane.

Incumṗsñ hiz intîr c̣rir, ɖs xibišn z a loñ ovrdy seḷbrešn v an ātist ahd v hiz tîm n rîp fr rīdiscuvri.”

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