vendredi 13 juin 2014

Ravi Varma And Jon Mcnaughton Paintings

By Darren Hartley


Ravi Varma paintings were most remembered for their portraits of sari-clad women portrayed as shapely and graceful. They became an important motif at the time, with reproductions found in almost every middle class home. Ravi is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art.

The creation of Ravi Varma paintings in oil started during Ravi's stay at the royal palace in Thiruvananthapuram. His stay in the palace, during his formative years, offered Ravi many opportunities to discover and learn new techniques and media in the field of painting. His later years were spent in Mysore, Baroda and other parts of the country.

Ravi Varma paintings are striking case studies of academic art in India. Ravi was described as the greatest artist of modern India and a national builder showing the moral courage of a gifted high-born who took up the degrading profession of painting.

Jon McNaughton paintings were paintings from the heart rather than drawings from photographs. This is primarily because Jon found, on his physical returning, that nostalgic places from his past are not as lovely as he remembers them in his mind. He preferred to look at the world through rose-colored glasses, so to speak.

Because the artists from the French Barbizon School of painting drew during the 19th century, few artists today follow in their footsteps. However, Jon McNaughton paintings drew their inspiration from these Barbizon artists. Artists such as Monet, Pissarro, Van Gogh and Renoir actually made frequent references to these artists so Jon was not alone in his conviction.

Jon McNaughton paintings are products of a belief that only the basic elements of a beautiful painting exist in nature. What actually creates the highest beauty of a landscape painting lies in the sentiment and feeling that flows from the mind and heart of an artist.




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