Gallery Visit: Art Gallery of Ontario, December 2022
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As part of Part 3, I visited the galleries to look at portraiture painting. Below are the pieces that jumped out at me, grouped roughly into ‘why’ they did.
Paint Application / Use of Colour
Luce, M. (1900) The Pile Drivers – The Yard. [Oil on Canvas] 73.4 x 92.2cm.Boberg, A. (1901) Sunlight and Showers. [Oil on canvas] 91 x 64 cm.Carlsen, E. (1915) The Fan. [Oil on Canvas] 46 x 46 cm.Duncanson, R. S. (1864) Seascape. [Oil on Canvas] 45.9 x 91.8 cm.Dix, O. (1922) Portrait of Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann. [Oil on Canvas] 90.8 x 61 cm.
Hands showing character
Reid, G. A. (1898) Mary Hiester Reid. [Oil on Canvas] 76.8 x 64.1 cm.
Naturalistic Figure
Mary Ann Rebecca Alabaster (1830) The Artist’s Painting Room. [Oil on Canvas] 84.5 x 70.4 cm.Harris, R. (1910) Helen McNicoll. [Oil on Canvas] 77.3 x 61.5 cm.John, A. E. (1919) The Marchesa Casati. [Oil on Canvas] 96.5 x 68.6 cm.Millet, J.-F (1838) Louise Jumelin, 1838. [Oil on Canvas] 67 x 50.2 cm.Hals, F. (1626) Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz Massa. [Oil on Canvas] 79.7 cm × 65.0 cm.Hamilton, R. (1990) He foresaw his pale body. [Photo-etching, aquatint and engravings on paper] 75.5 × 56.2 cm.van Dyck, A. (1630) Portrait of Michel Le Blon (1587 – 1658). [Oil on Canvas] 78.1 cm x 61 cm.Bruce, W. B. (1890) Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Caroline. [Oil on Canvas] 75.1 x 32.4 cm.
Clothing showing Character
attributed to Wybrand Symonsz. de Geest I (1624) Portrait of a Man. [Oil on oak panel] 133.4 x 88.9 cm.
Figure as Object
Hammershøi, V. (1904) Interior with Four Etchings. [Oil on Canvas] 74.7 x 63.6 cm.
Abstracting the Figure
Britton, H. (Unknown) Head of a Woman. [Oil on Canvas] 57.3 x 48.5 cm.Léger, F. (1921) Femme à genou. [Oil on Canvas] 92.1 x 60.3 cm.Baumeister, W. (1932) Maler mit Punkten. [Oil and sand on canvas] 83.5 x 67.5 x 2 cm.Picasso, P. (1926) Femme assise. [Oil on Canvas] 159 × 126.5 × 6.8 cm.Hofmann, H. (1961) Obeah. [Oil on Canvas] 152.4 x 135.1 cm.Hepworth, B. (1943) Two Figures. [Redwood, strings] 61.2 x 31.4 x 21.Blackwood, D. (1965) The Mirage. [Etching with aquatint] 60.7 x 35 cm.
