Showing posts with label Natur-Elle Moderne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natur-Elle Moderne. Show all posts

Thursday, November 5, 2009

What's in the Water

One can easily discern a Gerome from an Ernst or a Bouguereau from Munier or even a better Lenoir. Kirby from Colan, no problem. A Monet is a Monet, a Renoir a Renoir, easy, but can anyone name the artist or make a distinction between these 5 paintings, done by 5 different painters. Is there a difference between this type of work and product licensing art depicting, say, Mickey Mouse or Winnie the Pooh. Several of the painters even use the same typeface for their signature.



What is the root of the school? Same teacher? Same influences? Large and active market? Narrowness of vision?



Love those head studies!





The style lacks a name, so I'm going to call it Natur-Elle Moderne, let's see if it takes.