Sentences with phrase «of draughtsmanship»

The centerpiece of the stunning new exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, Leonardo da Vinci: Treasures from the Biblioteca Reale, Turin, is «Head of a Young Woman,» which Bernard Berenson, the renowned authority on Italian Renaissance art, called «one of the finest achievements of all draughtsmanship.»

He was a great admirer of the draughtsmanship of Jean - Auguste - Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867), saying «Ingres couldn't draw without inventing... A line, any single line, of his drawings is worth looking at».

To avoid this sort of stupidity, the Lynn Painter - Stainers Prize — now holding its third exhibition at Painters» Hall — confines itself to «creative representational painting» displaying «the skill of draughtsmanship».

Sparse and sensuous drawings by Huguette Caland are brought into three - dimensional form by three costume and mannequin works the artist made during the 1970s and 80s — her economy of draughtsmanship is breathtaking.

Created in 2005 by The Worshipful Company of Painter - Stainers and The Lynn Foundation, the open competition continues to champion the skill of draughtsmanship and figurative painting.

The RBA seeks submissions of work displaying the highest standards of skill, expression and concept of draughtsmanship.

The First Prize, awarded to Gary Lawrence for his detailed ballpoint pen drawing, Homage to Anonymous (2011), acknowledges the traditional medium of draughtsmanship.

Noble may be a little too sexual, scatological and indeed soulless for some tastes, but I personally enjoy both the intricacy of his draughtsmanship and the magnitude of his Bosch - like vision.

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Another reason is that the very uniqueness of his drawings has distanced them from the popular idea of fine draughtsmanship which is seen as extending from the Italian Renaissance via Ingres and Degas.

Emancipated from the realm of illustration, or using diaristic entry, Paladino commands a large space with his outstanding draughtsmanship.

It focuses on the chronological development of Ward's work, his precise draughtsmanship and the emotional drama in his paintings, and also considers the impact of his election to the Royal Academy.

Sendor's work is characterized by a meticulous draughtsmanship that serves to illuminate his ongoing engagement with the interrelation of photorealism and the evolution of the moving image.

A triumphant demonstration that far from brilliant colour and fine brushwork eclipsing draughtsmanship in Venetian art, you can trace a continuing tradition of drawing from Bellini to Canaletto.

In their scale and meticulous draughtsmanship they appear to reach even further back into the past, to suggest the fanciful and monumental architectural drawings of the Renaissance.

Her prints are a wonderful mix of superb draughtsmanship, childish play and printmaking techniques.

Bringing together portraits from three decades, this exhibition shows the remarkable range of characters that Neel portrayed in paintings that demonstrate a rare combination of painterliness and acute draughtsmanship.

Showcasing the outstanding art graduates of 2016, selected from across the country by members of the Federation of British Artists, the exhibition will be a mix of degree shows and newly made paintings, sculptures and original prints, all exploring contemporary figuration and ideas of representation and draughtsmanship.

His technical draughtsmanship is superb, but ultimately, and especially in the animated spaces of the Turner Prize exhibition, the drawings appear quite lifeless.

[3] Despite having left school with no formal qualifications, he managed to gain employment as an apprentice working at an electrical components firm, where he discovered an ability for draughtsmanship and began to do painting at evening classes [4] at Saint Martin's School of Art and at the Westminster School of Art.

The exquisite tones and draughtsmanship of these paintings set up an emotional tension with the unfolding tragedy, the horseman going from unbalanced to unseated to freefall in horrifying slow motion — this freeze - frame catastrophe evocative of more than just one of last year's major political events.

This autumn, Pallant House Gallery is giving you the rare opportunity to see Dame Paula Rego's preparatory drawings for her paintings, providing an insight into her remarkable draughtsmanship and the development of her ideas.

Reid's use of single tones, and a palette that is as far removed as is possible from what we would consider naturalistic, at once emphasises the draughtsmanship in his work and brings his sculptures into the realm of the abstract.

In the words of the gallery Victoria Miro, «his paintings deftly combine representation and abstraction, linear draughtsmanship and colouration, minimalism and gesturalism».

His extraordinary draughtsmanship and mastery of chiaroscuro (light and shadow), allied to his affinity for still life colour and composition undoubtedly make him one of Europe's top contemporary artists.

Ingres would perhaps be the most apt comparison for this, for it has the same sensitive and lucid draughtsmanship, but in colour, atmosphere, and, above all, quality of paint, arguably it surpasses anything which Ingres ever did.

William Roper - Curzon is a British artist whose work is an exemplar of traditional draughtsmanship in the hands of a fresh, emerging artist.

His first works from this period consist of refined draughtsmanship, pastel colors, and subtle tonal nuances, evoking childhood and adolescent memories, particularly those pertaining to sexual initiation and fantasy.

A strong believer in solid draughtsmanship, Kelly paints in a Realist (or Pre-Impressionist) style, focusing on coastal scenes and rural views within his local area of North Dublin, although - in keeping with his conviction that a true artist should be able to turn his hand or brush to anything - he continues to experiment in all the genres, and travels regularly within Ireland and parts of Europe in search of suitable subjects.

In the catalogue for his 1978 Arts Council, Hayward Gallery exhibition, an art critic wrote: «in spite of the excessive piling on of paint, the effect of these works on the mind is of images recovered and reconceived in the barest and most particular light, the same light that seems to glow through the late, great, thin Turners... an unpremeditated manifestation arising from the constant application of true draughtsmanship.»

MacCormick, Bernadette Portraiture with breathtaking draughtsmanship, full use of chiaroscuro, and great soul.

Paul Noble transfers the draughtsmanship and humour of his meticulous graphite drawings of the fictional city, Nobson Newtown, to an aerial view of villa joe (2008) formed of intricate woven stitches.

It seems to me that neither Newman, Rothko nor Pollock was possessed of remarkable natural facility, yet each went on to achieve far more than, say, Adolf Gottlieb, William Baziotes or Robert Motherwell, whose adept and characterful draughtsmanship and feel for their materials made the process of invention a less urgent and precipitous task.