FRANCIS PICABIA

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

Francis Picabia, (1879-1953 French) was French Painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher and poet. As an artist, he moved from Impressionism, Dadaism. Abstract, Surrealism and back to Realism. He practised with as many mediums of art. He also experimented on different approaches and unorthodox materials.

Picabia, believed> ‘If you want to have clean ideas, change them like shirts.’ ‘These transparencies, with their pockets of obscurity, allowed me to express my innermost desires’.

His early works consist of architectural scapes and buildings. He worked with impressionistic strokes and pointillisme. At the same time he produced many portraits from unusual angels and daring expressions. He also worked in cubist dadaist modern art.

Few such experiments included, Transparent arts, between 1929-1932. The composition used selective overlap and involved responses, between solid objects as well as live beings. The overlaps imply and express very intense meaning. He exploits the multiple layered overlapping of form, colour, and texture, to discover the third dimension in the space of painting. His compositions are cent re-focused and do not rely on the side or background elements, but he leaves out several pockets of unexplained. These creations were pioneering works of the era.

 

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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE

 

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William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), was American Painter, of Landscapes (Plein air and Impressionist), portrait and Still-life.

In 1872, after initial studies in Indianapolis and at New York’s National Academy of Design, Chase chose to work in Munich, than in Paris. In Munich, he began to use intense dark colours, dramatic chiaroscuro effects, over the realist art.

But, once back in USA, he began to exploit the art with a lighter palette, looser brush strokes and impressionistic character. In addition to painting, Chase developed an active interest in teaching, and commercially highly lucrative portrait work. He was innovative in his art, using diverse ideas, effects and techniques for, genre scenes, portraits and still life.

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GERARD PORTIELJE

 

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Gerard Jozef Portielje (1856-1929) was born in Antwerp, son of Belgian Painter, Jan Portielje. His younger brother, was also a painter. He first attended a trade school until the age of 14 years, then moved to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp.

Portielje was also a professor of drawing at the Antwerp Academy. He specialized in genre scenes with mainly interior settings. The interiors represent the lifestyle and social customs of the era that was little earlier than his own times. His interiors were thematically filled in with details. 

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