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The drawing is related to the etching B095 : Study for Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver: c. 1628-1629?? Private collection: The drawing is related to the painting W23 : Standing Beggar in Lost Profile: c. 1628-1629: Pen: 29.4 x 17 cm: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: The drawing is related to the etching B162 : Self-portrait with Open Mouth: c ...
Automatic drawing – Blind contour drawing – this action is performed were the artist looks at the object and does not look at the canvas or sketch pad; Contour drawing – Chiaroscuro – using strong contrasts between light and dark to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body.
The horse appears less frequently in modern art, partly because the horse is no longer significant either as a mode of transportation or as an implement of war. Most modern representations are of famous contemporary horses, artwork associated with horse racing, or artwork associated with the historic cowboy or Native American tradition of the ...
Horse racing became a popular pastime in 19th century France under Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III. Degas began admiring horses while visiting friends in Normandy. Over the course of his career it is reported that he created 45 oils, 20 pastels, 250 drawings, and 17 sculptures related to horses. Degas was eager to know horses in anatomical ...
Bonheur painted 'The Horse Fair' from a series of sketches of Percherons, and other draft horses, which she had made at the Paris horse market on the tree-lined Boulevard de l'Hôpital, near the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, [3] which is visible in the background to the painting. She attended the market twice weekly for a year and a half from ...
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Anderson had an interest in horses and drawing. When he wasn't out riding horses, he was drawing them, taking great interest in their bone structure and conformation. Anderson started his career by illustrating for other authors, but eventually began developing texts to accompany his realistic and lively black and white drawings.