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Old man from Baluchistan. The moment I s...: Subject: Old man from Baluchistan. The moment I saw this old man, I just noticed how warm the flesh tones were. He also had this interestin...
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Old man from Baluchistan. The moment I saw this old man, I just noticed how warm the flesh tones were. He also had this interesting detached gaze on his face which I tried to show in this painting. For the turban ( I think I am getting better at painting white material ) I tried to mimic Laszlo's brushwork.
I just stumbled upon a great website about Philip de Laszlo, the early 20th century Hungarian portraitist whose name and works are missing from many 20th century art history books, and that sure is a pity! When we were taught art history at Art School, we were told all about modernists from Gaugin to Mondrian, from Pointillism to Dada and everything in between. I for one was convinced that representational painting had come to a halt on the turn of the century, or that modern style was the only pathway to take. Now as I study more about masters like Sargent, Serov, and Laszlo I tend to believe that such names were purposely censored; I hope this all about me being paranoid and that there has never been a scenario to cut a whole chunky chapter out of art history books.
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