Visiting the Louvre, part 2
After going see the Monalisa first, we spent some time on the Italian paintings.
Sketch faces from Sketchbook
A couple faces drawn and painted from the my sketchbook. Mostly gouache, pencil and charcoal.
The Scream
Following the news of this pastel version of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch sold recently by $120 Million, check out this nice promo of the auction by Sotheby’s.
“I was walking along a path with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.” (more…)
Visiting the Louvre, part 1
Two years ago I had the opportunity to visit the Louvre Museum.
The Louvre is the biggest museum of the world and hold one of the most rich, historic important and vast art pieces ever produced by mankind. Every living artist should visit this place at least once in a lifetime.
A castle turned into a palace turned into a museum, the history of the Louvre blends with the history of Paris, France and Europe.
My wife and I arrived earlier at the Musee du louvre station so we had time to walk through the jardins de tuileries up to the obelisque and a bit of the champs elisées.
10 Most expensive paintings ever sold
The list uses wikipedia as source and is based on inflation adjustment by consumer price index as of December 2011 USD.
1-The Card Players by Paul Cézanne $250M (Millions)
Painted in 1892, sold in 2011 by George Embiricos and purchased by Royal family of Qatar in a private sale.
More on the card players here.
RIP Moebius
Today Jean Giraud (aka) Moebius the great master of comic book passed away at 73. Known for the “Blueberry” among other works in movies like Alien, Tron.
Bernini on judgement of work
“There are two devices which can help the sculptor to judge his work: one is not to see it for a while. The other… is to look at his work through spectacles which will change its color and magnify or diminish it, so as to disguise it somehow to his eye, and make it look as though it were the work of another” -Gian Lorenzo Bernini
RIP Ralph McQuarrie
Legenday Ralph McQuarrie passed away at 82. Ralph was the concet artist behind Star Wars movies. Via CNN.
