introduction to the show
Hello. My name is Lacey and I am the curator of this art show. I am so honored that I was chosen to put on a show at the famous Guggenheim museum. The works I have chosen all relate to a nature theme, because I think that the most beautiful art includes real references to the world around us. However, I’ve chosen very diverse works. When I originally began planning the show, I wanted to have Salvador Dali be one of the artists in the show. As I began looking at his works, there were several themes I could have chosen. He had a very beautiful landscape, so I chose to discuss nature. I have chosen a selection of landscapes and one seascape.
Landscapes first occurred in Greek times, but they didn’t really develop until the Renaissance. In the 17th century, Italy and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, landscapes were sometimes used as a symbol of national pride. During the 18th century, landscape became more important in Italy and Britain. In the 19th century there was more freedome when it came to landscape painting because the paintings were no longer expected to be completely accurate. This was due to the development of photography.
These works show different styles of depicting landscapes and seascapes and different types of landscapes that artists chose to depict.
Thank you very much for your time, and I hope you enjoy the show.
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Title: Cadaques
Artist: Salvador Dali
Date: 1922
Medium: Oil on Canvas
This was the first work that I chose for my art show. It is striking not only because of the beautiful landscape it depicts, but also because of how much it differs from Dali’s later works. It is a much more realistic work that incorporates blending. It is very Impressionistic, which makes sense because that is the style that he was originally trained in. When viewed closely, it almost seems as though he utilized pointillism when painting Cadaques.
It is based on a real place where Dali spent much of his time as a child. It is a city in the Catalonia community of Spain. Eventually he got a house in Port Lligat in Cadaques. The house is now a museum and a house.
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Title: Fisherman at Sea
Artist: William Turner
Date: 1796
Medium: Oil on canvas
Another artist that I really enjoyed learning about during art history was Joseph Mallard William Turner. This is another one of his seascapes which depicts the wrath of nature. He was most influenced by the Sublime, although he was involved in the Romantic art movement. This particular work shows just how insignificant man is in comparison to the huge, powerful ocean. This work depicts fishermen at sea enduring a storm. It occurs at night, so the only light source is the moon. The people on the ship and the seagulls in the sky are barely even visible in the dark, ocean scene.
J. M. W. Turner was one of only a few artists that was appreciated during his lifetime. Lord Alfred Tennyson called him the “Shakespeare of landscape.” He mostly did sublime seascapes. He was a very talented, but eccentric man.
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Title: View at Ornans
Artist: Gustav Courbet
Date: 1864
Medium: Oil on Canvas
This landscape is a part of the Realist movement. It depicts a rural landscape during Courbet’s time period. Several animals appear in the scene as well as a small residence to the left.
Gustav Courbet was extremely well known for his works integral involvement in the Realist art movement. Usually he painted things involved in every day rural or urban life. I was not aware, however, that he did several landscapes. This is a subject he painted several times. He painted this countryside from several viewpoints throughout his career. It meant a lot to him because it was where he grew up.
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Title: Wheatfield with Crows
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
Date: 1890
Medium: Oil on Canvas
This work depicts a wheat field with crows flying overhead. It is very foreboding from the dark sky overhead to the crows flying in the sky. It seems to refer to death because the path shown ends. It is a post Impressionistic work that has very bright colors and large brushstrokes.
What actually makes this work interesting is the fact that it was one of the last paintings that Van Gogh completed. In fact, the month that he painted this work, he went to this wheat field and shot himself. He ended up surviving for three days after that before passing on.
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Title: Order is a Necessary Counterpart to Sensuality
Artist: Tula Telfair
Date: 2010
Medium: Oil on Canvas
This landscape is shown from a viewpoint as though the viewer is above the landscape. It is an extremely picturesque landscape that appears as though it could have been from the 19th century. Roads and houses are barely visible in the painting.
While this painting is obviously based off of a real place, she has distanced herself from associating it with any specific area. The title does not allude to any particular location and the painting doesn’t really have any identifying characteristics. One of the reasons for this is the fact that she chooses to paint things from memory. Telfair traveled a lot during her childhood, but she ended up living in the United States for the majority of her life.
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Hopefully you enjoyed this diverse collection of pieces. If you have any questions or comments, feel free! Thank you so much for taking the time to view my show.
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