ANNE ESTELLE RICE

 

ANNE ESTELLE RICE

SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

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Anna Estelle Rice (1877-1959) was an America born a modernist painter. In 1899-1902, she studied sculpture and life drawing. She arrived in Paris (1905), just in time to see Henri Matisse, display his Fauvist paintings. She became a part of the Parisian avant-garde art scene. Initially, she began composing with Manet’s and Impressionists’ vivid colours palette and style of brushwork. But from 1910 she turned to pure primary and secondary colours, and lines in place of planes. As she said “the value of line to give energy and force” — “the value of doing juxtapositions to create life and movement in masses of colour”. Later she moved away from Cubism.

FAUVISM is a style of painting that flourished in Paris from 1905-1910. It uses vivid expressionistic and non-naturalistic colours. Matisse is considered a main exponent of the style. (fauve means “wild beast”.)

Anna Estelle Rice was a skilled illustrator and contributed for social magazines (Colliers, Harpers, and Rhythm) and theatres (designing sets and costumes) during the 1930s.

Rice’s art shows less concern for finish. There is no fine detailing, at places, raw canvas and under-drawing show through. No attempt was made to soften the outlines, and the contours are left boldly as literal lines.

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JAN HENDRIK VERHEIJEN

 

JAN HENDRIK VERHEIJEN

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

Jan Hendrik Verheijen (1778-1846) was of Utrecht, a Dutch painter. He was primarily known as a painter of city scenes of Utrecht. He made landscapes, church interiors and portraits. He favoured 17th-18th C houses, medieval churches or city gates. He was extremely accurate (skill gained as a draftsman) and used warm colours. He used sunlight to bring in certain warmth, not just by colours but by including human activities, which often turned out false. He often began with on-site architectural sketches, partly fantasizing with own input for human figures, their dresses and paraphernalia.

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