Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Paintings Of Camille Pissarro And Jan Van Eyck

By Darren Hartley


Camille Pissarro paintings consider light and movement to be as important as the paintings themselves. Camille was a French member of the Impressionist group, less well known than Monet and Degas, but almost regarded to be the father figure of the group.

The aim of Camille Pissarro paintings was to accurately record the sensations experienced when one looks at nature. To achieve this, several different styles of working were tried. These differing styles are most evident in the Boulevard Montmartre and Boulevard Montmartre paintings, both completed from almost the same spot of the painting venue.

Two oil paintings among the Camille Pissarro paintings done in London was bought by Paul Durand-Ruel, an art dealer who subsequently became the most important of them all as far as the new school of French Impressionism was concerned. In 1890, Camille painted some ten scenes of central London during a visit to England.

Jan Van Eyck paintings showed mastery in the technique of oil painting, so much so, that Jan Van Eyck was often mistaken to be the inventor of oil painting. Of course, this is farthest from the truth since painting with oil dates back as far as the Indian and Chinese painters of the 5th century.

An excellent example of Jan Van Eyck paintings can be found in the oil panel painting of the Arnolfini Marriage Portrait. The sitters for the painting are assumed to be Giovanni Arnolfini and his pregnant wife. The painting was a representation of a bethrothal in the bedroom of their home.

The earliest surviving portrait among Jan Van Eyck paintings was the Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon. It presented many elements that were to become standards in Jan's portraiture style. These elements include the three-quarters view, dramatic directorial lighting and elaborate headdress. For single portraits, the framing of the figure within an undefined narrow space, set against a flat black background was the standard element.




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