Be an Art Critic ... Sargent
John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer or Young Lady in White, 1889-1890
Oil on canvas, 75 1/8” x 45 1/8”
Labels: Be a Critic, FAC
posted by Fine Arts Center at
10:00 AM
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
3 Comments:
Each time I visit the FAC, I usually spend a lot of time looking at Elsie Palmer's portrait. Her eyes and her poise is mesmerizing. The artist captured his subject on canvas.
I love the colors the artist chose. It was very lifelike; almost as if you were in her parlor to visit.
You can see she was well educated, was raised with high standards and extremely privileged.
I love the FAC. I always find something new that I havent seen before in each art object. Thanks to the past CEO, Dr. De Marsche,
he recreated a fantastic museum and brought it back to life that the Springs will always cherish.
Been looking at this painting for a few years when it was in the off the back porch inside and it's a great painting. Sargent's mastery of stroke and palate is something you can only really appreciate in person and getting your nose close to the individual strokes to see how he pulled it all together. The pleats of her dress are laid down with complete confidence that something so simple can be so convincing and elegant. And even though one eye is bigger than the other it's painterlynessness is it's charm. I love this kind of art. More Sargent, Schmid, Fechin, Silverman Repin please.
According to my knowledge the art looks very realistic.It looks like as though someone has taken a picture of a girl who sitting there but it wont look like it is art. It's just fantastic art with each notable strokes and the colors are so mild and brings peace to mind.
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Angel
Addiction Recovery Colorado
Addiction Recovery Colorado
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