Ask and ye shall find
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Doug De La Matter, a reader of this blog, sent me the answer to my question: Who painted the image I post in front of my computer. (See my post below.)
The artist is Evariste Vital Luminais, from Nantes, France (1821-1896), and the name of the painting is "Enervés Jumièges," which refers to an ancient and tragic legend about the sons of Clovis II.
Frankly, I don't really want to know what the painting represents because I've created my own story around it. What I do find quite interesting is the evolution of the work.
The first draft
The first study for the painting is of torture:
The second draftSecond image shows a boy grieving:
The finalThere are two versions of the final. The first, "The Sons of Clovis II," has a hopeless quality ...
... quite different from the second, which is the one that "speaks" to me. I like the way the man on the left stares into space. I like to think he's on the edge of waking, thinking ... thinking ... .
For more on these evocative paintings, see this article on Wikipedia. For more on the work of Evariste Vital Luminais, click here.
Thank you, Doug!
Sandra Gulland
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.
Doug De La Matter, a reader of this blog, sent me the answer to my question: Who painted the image I post in front of my computer. (See my post below.)
The artist is Evariste Vital Luminais, from Nantes, France (1821-1896), and the name of the painting is "Enervés Jumièges," which refers to an ancient and tragic legend about the sons of Clovis II.
Frankly, I don't really want to know what the painting represents because I've created my own story around it. What I do find quite interesting is the evolution of the work.
The first draft
The first study for the painting is of torture:
The second draftSecond image shows a boy grieving:
The finalThere are two versions of the final. The first, "The Sons of Clovis II," has a hopeless quality ...
... quite different from the second, which is the one that "speaks" to me. I like the way the man on the left stares into space. I like to think he's on the edge of waking, thinking ... thinking ... .
For more on these evocative paintings, see this article on Wikipedia. For more on the work of Evariste Vital Luminais, click here. Thank you, Doug!
Sandra Gulland
*****Website: http://www.sandragulland.com/Blog: http://sandragulland.blogspot.com/Fac... http://bit.ly/sgullandFacebookTwitter: http://twitter.com/Sandra_GullandTumblr: http://sandragulland.tumblr.com/
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