Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Renoir: The Body, The Senses

A lovely Saturday spent with a friend at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The special exhibit featured Renoir: The Body, The Senses.  As a young lad growing up next to the Louvre, he spent hours studying the old masters. By the late 1880s/ early 1900s, his impressionistic style gathered raves or guffaws. Critics were divided.

This exhibit featuring his nudes and studies of the human form is fascinating. He constantly evolved. He often thinned his paint and then used layers and layers to create the translucent effect. His blending of colors on the bodies - blues, purples, yellows, etc. added a glow to skin. I stood in the middle of the gallery and gazed about - the figures just popped from the canvas. I especially liked the above portrait - Blonde Beauty 1881 - ethereal and filmy.

Go check out the latest at a museum near you. Renoir and his cohorts are waiting for you to admire (or criticize) their works.
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  1. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comNovember 20, 2019 at 12:54 PM

    Beautiful. I like the soft colors. I also like how you keep finding cultural gems in a state that I don't think of as "cultural."
    Cheers to you and Ray for that.

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    1. JoanneNovember 20, 2019 at 4:16 PM

      thanks. Where there's money, there's art Robyn. These museums are all thanks to some very rich folks who collected awesome art. Thanks to oil, gas, and financial stuff - they were rich! And generous to share now with the public.

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  2. nashvillecats2November 20, 2019 at 1:56 PM

    It's a beautiful picture Joanne, at my age I won't look like that again.....lol.

    Yvonne.

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  3. Susan KaneNovember 20, 2019 at 4:02 PM

    Seeing paintings by Renoir must have been awe inspiring!

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    1. JoanneNovember 20, 2019 at 4:17 PM

      They are just so lovely. That whole Impressionist period is a fave of mine

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  4. Pat HattNovember 20, 2019 at 4:45 PM

    Sure could capture everything in his paintings

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  5. Powdered Toast ManNovember 20, 2019 at 8:04 PM

    Are they also scratch and sniff?

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    1. JoanneNovember 21, 2019 at 6:49 AM

      and that's why you aren't allowed in this museum. Try science down the street, perhaps?

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  6. UnknownNovember 21, 2019 at 6:22 AM

    Hi Joanne - how fabulous to be able to visit - gorgeous woman in the picture! Lovely ... I'm off to see George Stubbs and his pictures at the weekend in an out of town gallery ... Whistlejacket the horse being the main one ... cheers Hilary

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    1. JoanneNovember 21, 2019 at 6:49 AM

      That should be excellent - Stubbs and his horses are famous

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  7. Susan Flett SwiderskiNovember 22, 2019 at 7:38 AM

    What a marvelous painting! Isn't it fascinating how attitudes about the female form have changed over the years? Today, the woman in that painting would be regarded as "fat." (I'm not overweight... I was just born in the wrong century!)

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  8. ConnieDecember 1, 2019 at 8:37 AM

    Beautiful painting. Sounds like it was time well spent at the museum.

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    1. JoanneDecember 1, 2019 at 9:08 PM

      always a good time spent - a feast for the eyes and then lunch

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