CheHoon Jeong9/10 Block B Art

Still Life Artists

Abraham Van Bey-erenIntroduction to Artist:

Place of Birth: The Hague (influen-tial significance)

The Hague was nearby a fishing village, which sea-animals were Abraham’s the primary subjects of art. The luster (light reflection) in sea life- animal’s was adequate for realistic observational drawing.

Sea-animals often appear in his still-life masterpieces

Was the founder of the “Painter’s Guild in The Hague

“Still Life With Fish” (date: --) by Abraham Van Beyeren.

The reflection that the fish has is drawn very well. The contrast transition with the reflection and the dark part of the fish is

very smooth (a small layer of lighter gray is drawn between it to create this effect).

Also the shadows are the darkest and the reflection is the brightest.

Abraham Van BeyerenTechnique of Artist:• Baroque Art:• Originated from the Catholic counter-

reformation (artist put more aspects of Christianity)

• Usually one source of light• Started to draw subjects more detailed

(realistic)• Usually have dramatic light and dark• Figures showing from dark shadows

(background)• Generally contains cloth• Put emotion and variety in their work.

Abraham was influenced by the baroque technique. There are evidence in his still-life art with traits of baroque art.

The use of baroque art is evident in this picture. It was inspiring to see how Abraham used the baroque

technique into still life. The one source of light is coming from the left, the objects are bright, which creates a dramatic difference with the dark back-

ground. Also the table cloth has a dramatic light and dark.

“still life with lobster” (date: --)by Abraham Van Beyeren

Personally, although there is not much “emotion” in

this, it was interesting how he put sea life-creature that makes me wonder if it is a different way of expressing emotion/interest/memory

within art.

Abraham Van BeyerenOther Information of Artist:

Abraham signed his work with canvases with the monogram: AVB, but failed to include the date. This is why it is hard to de-termine/know when was the art piece created.

Most of Abraham’s still life work is a “oil-on-canvas”.

Some of Abraham’s works contain similar features.

“Banquet Still Life” year 1667 by Abraham Van Beyeren

The background is ex-tremely dark, but the ob-jects are bright, it makes

the object really stand out. I really like how different

types of objects are used, this help the viewer spot

how different objects differ between each other depend-

ing on the shape, angle, “surface” type, media type

etc.

“Still life with fruits” date: -- by Abraham Van Beyeren

It is interesting how it is easy to recog-nize the similarity between two art-

works. The general layout of the picture is similar, with the background contain-ing a cloth in the upper left corner, the

table in a similar place and position. Also, there are many objects that are

same, such as the lobster and the fruits. (compare with left)

Paul CezanneIntroduction to the Artist:Paul Cezanne is recognized as a post-impressionist in modern day.Paul Cezanne was a French painter.He was influenced by Camille Pis-sarro, an impressionist.Paul Cezanne has both characteris-tics of impressionism and cubism.

He is quoted as “the solidifier of im-pressionism”.Pablo Picasso and Matisse quoted“[Paul Cezanne] is the father of us all”

Picture of Paul Cezanne

Paul CezanneTechnique of Artist:Impressionism (influential):• Include small, think strokes• The brush marks in the paint-

ing is visible• The painting is drawn only de-

tailed enough to express the nature of the object

• Does not contain much detail.• Colors are mixed as minimum

as possible. Instead, colors are placed side by side.

•Cezanne’s Technique:

• Cezanne broke down the ob-ject into simple, geometric shapes. (Sphere, cone, cylin-der).

• Use of primary colors

“Still Life with apples” by Paul Cezanne 1890

This is one of my favorite paintings of Paul Cezanne. Because, the painting shows how he was influenced by impressionism

and his technique clearly. For example, the brush strokes could be detected easily, and the colors are placed side to side, with only small mixing (especially in the apples). Moreover, I could clearly observe how he could break the objects into geometric

shapes.

Paul Cezanne

“Pyramid of Skulls” by Paul Cezanne 1901.“Compotier, Pitcher and Fruit” by Paul Cezanne 1892~1894.

It is fascinating how even though there is not much detail in the painting, the mes-sage could still be sent. For example, it

could easily be recognized that the curtain is a curtain, although there are only little detail. Also the color choice was brilliant, the bright apples and the red color make

the object seem to really advance.

The visible strokes help me understand on how he drew the painting. For instance, I

could see the downward strokes from the skull and could see that the background was drawn

swiftly, looking at the marks in the top left corner.

Comparison & Summary

“Chrysanthemums” by Paul Cezanne1896~1898“Still Life with Flowers” by Abraham Van Beyeren --

As you could see in this two different paintings which has the same object: flowers, you could spot the differ-ence between the two artists. As mentioned before, Abraham Van Beyeren focuses mainly on the foreground, and the background is usually dark. Moreover, Abraham expresses as much detail he could draw in the object. Finally, the contrast between dark and light is very dramatic, as you can see in the flower picture in the left (dark background, brighter object). On the other hand, Paul Cezanne has a very different style of expressing still life. Cezanne does not draw as much detail compared to Abraham, but only draw the general shape to express the essence of the object. It is clearly shown that Cezanne, instead mainly uses color to send across the message and to add details. For instance, the colors are placed side-by-side, and the contrast between the two colors create the three-dimensional effect (detail).

SourcesResources:

http://www.terminartors.com/artistprofile/Beyeren_Abraham_van

http://www.ehow.com/info_8152917_four-characteristics-baroque-art.html

http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/baroque.htm

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=61794;type=101

http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/artist/105

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=61794;type=101

Images:

http://www.topartprint.com/images/artists/Abraham_Hendrickz_van_Beyeren/paintings/beyeren034.jpg (Image)

http://www.topartprint.com/images/artists/Abraham_Hendrickz_van_Beyeren/paintings/beyeren014.jpg (Image)

http://www.kunstkopie.nl/kunst/abraham_van_beyeren_951/fruit_beyeren.jpg (image)

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne

http://www.ehow.com/way_5406089_cezanne_s-painting-technique.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/

http://www.online-artauction.com/blog/paul-cezanne-adapted-impressionist-technique/

http://www.paul-cezanne.org/

Images: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/