I decided to try something I have always wanted to do. I found three paintings, all oil on canvas and all created around the same era. The background and figures definitely all go together!
Background: "Meadow in Bloom" ca. 1935 by Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947)
*Women: "Dancing Girls on Carmel Beach" ca. 1930 by Arthur Frank Mathews (American, 1860-1945)
Girl & duck: "Feeding the Ducks" 1912 by Elmer Livingston MacRae (American, 1875-1953)
*The painting of the girls dancing on the beach is, of course, in color and is quite beautiful. But I only had an image of the painting in black & white.
Lovely - saw a great Bonnard retrospective back in the 60's at the Tate. Glowing paintings!
ReplyDeleteYes, his work is glowing and I regret my background, found in an art magazine or catalog, is reproduced somewhat poorly. I just Googled the image of "Meadow in Bloom" and WOW.
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