…emphasize[s] a sense of loss, of unreachable hope, her isolation, and the absence of any means of help.
Delacroix was an interesting artist. One of my absolute favorites, tied only perhaps with Manet or Degas. His relationship with Ingres was peak drama at the time, and is a point of historical intrigue, imho.
Huh didn’t know the fat over lean rule eh?!
Beautiful painting otherwise
Huh didn’t know the fat over lean rule eh?!
I still don’t now it lol . What is it?
If you don’t follow the rule and paint fat oil paint, and on top of that, you paint thinner paint, the top layer will solidify quicker, and then when the underlaying layer solidifies it will move and budge and you get cracks in the top layer (like in the beautiful painting, it could be other reasons, I’m no expert).
And you can’t really get around it as oil paint can take crazy long time to “dry” (it’s more some chemical process), Van Gogh used so much paint it’s a whole pain to move his paintings because they are still not dry…
That’s interesting! Thanks for sharing :)
I don’t know why, but I am naturally drawn to this painting. To me, she seems to have emotionally checked out of reality by accepting terrible fate and is confused because she is in a position she has never experienced, so she is looking to someone or something for direction.
I think the shading on her face, eye, and hair is particularly impressive because it conveys her emotional disposition and is quite realistic. The artist must have had considerable experience with individuals going through severe hardships to be able to reproduce such a look.
