Art of Seeing

In Studio with Masters

Learning how to learn from masters: who are we going to study with?

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These are the masterpieces of painting the participants of the pilot program “The making of a great painting: Learning how to learn from masters” chose to study.There are fourteen participants in this pilot (or rather fifteen, since I am going to follow the program myself…) The works are ordered (more or less) in the reverse chronological order, spanning the whole epoch of post-Renaissance painting, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century (the eighteenth century isn’t represented, though). All in all, both the quality and the variety are staggering, aren’t they?

Marc Chagall. The clown Musician. 1957
Marc Chagall. The clown Musician. 1957
Henri Matisse. La Porte de la Casbah. 1912-1913
Henri Matisse. La Porte de la Casbah. 1912-1913
Joaquin Sorolla. Niña en la Playa. 1910
Joaquin Sorolla. Niña en la Playa. 1910
John Haberle. Torn in Transit. 1888-1889.
John Haberle. Torn in Transit. 1888-1889.
Paul Cezanne. Pine and Rocks. 1897.
Paul Cezanne. Pine and Rocks. 1897.

 

Paul Cezanne. Fruit and Jug on a Table. 1890-1894.
Paul Cezanne. Fruit and Jug on a Table. 1890-1894.

(Two people will be studying this painting!)

 

Vincent Van Gogh. Wheat field with Crows. 1890.
Vincent Van Gogh. Wheat field with Crows. 1890.
Vincent Van Gogh. L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux. 1888-1889.
Vincent Van Gogh. L’Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux. 1888-1889.
Vincent Van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889.
Vincent Van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889.
Vincent Van Gogh. Cafe Terrace. 1888.
Vincent Van Gogh. Cafe Terrace. 1888.
Mary Cassatt. Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge. 1879.
Mary Cassatt. Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge. 1879.
J.M.W. Turner. The morning after the deluge. 1843.
J.M.W. Turner. The morning after the deluge. 1843.

 

Rembrandt van Rijn. Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert. 1633.
Rembrandt van Rijn. Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert. 1633.
Rembrandt van Rijn. The return of the prodigal son. 1669.
Rembrandt van Rijn. The return of the prodigal son. 1669.

(This is a special addition to the program, because I have decided to follow it myself, setting myself the most impossible challenge I could possibly imagine…)