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Inspiration from Artists Wk 223 Featuring Artists : Jean- Victor Bertin and Charles Heaphy
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Welcome to this weeks inspiration thread , apart for some good artwork let’s hope it’s a much cooler week . The featuring artist this week are:
Jean-Victor Bertin and Charles Heaphy ,I will start the week with my introduction to Charles-Victor Bertin , Sandra will introduce us to the work of Charles Heaphy on Wednesday , due to the time difference her artist will feature on Wednesday morning our time .
Jean-Victor Bertin 1767-1842 was a French painter of historical landscapes, inspired by Italy and know for his minute details of his classical style.
Born the son of a wig maker he was born in Paris where he became a pupil of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes . He entered the Academy Royal in 1785 as the pupil of Gabriel-Francois Doupen , between 1785 and 1793 he participated in several Concours d emulation Competitions. From 1793 until his death he regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Bertin was the master of several well known artist of his time including Michallon, Cogniet, Bossilier, Corot and Enantier.
As I said earlier his work is in the classical style, seen now as being old school and not particularly in favour anymore, but take a close look at the quality of his work and the magnificent details. Old fashioned or not there is no doubting the skill and talent, so much to see and learn in his artwork.
I hope you enjoy my selection the last one is my personal favourite.
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Charles Heaphy, 1820-1881
Born in London, Heaphy was the son of a professional painter and inherited some of his father’s artistic skills. At 17 he was appointed as resident Artist and Surveyor to the New Zealand Company. He arrived in Port Nicholson (Wellington) in late 1839. His portraits of Māori chiefs, and various landscape paintings, provided an important record of this early European contact period. Landscapes from this time were important for showing what this new place was like, and his work was used by the Company in its publicity campaign to attract more migrants.
The Company struggled to provide adequate land for new settlers. Heaphy informed the directors of the prospects of exploration into the South Island interior. In 1846 he and Thomas Brunner spent 560 days journeying from Nelson down the Buller and the West Coast to Arahura. The Heaphy Track in the north-west corner of the South Island is a permanent reminder of this epic journey. (I’ve hiked the Heaphy Track, 5 days not 560! I doubt many people settled in that part of the South Island interior).
Heaphy’s contribution to New Zealand art history is the body of topographical watercolours, portrait studies, charts and coastal profiles of the time, which he produced, mainly in the service of the New Zealand Company.
Wellington harbour.
Mt Egmont (now called Mt Taranaki)
Whangaroa harbour
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The pink and white terraces. Natural silica formations once considered the eighth wonder of the world and NZ's first tourist attraction. Destroyed on the night of June 10, 1886, when Mount Tarawera erupted, over a period of six hours, killing 150 people, and burying a large part of the area in hundreds of tonnes of ash. Below is Heaphy's painting of the white terrace (the larger of the two), and a lithograph of the eruption.
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Thank you Sandra for your very informative introduction to this artist . His work is very interesting and is typical of the artist who went out expeditions , to NZ, Australia , and all the southern hemisphere countries. They were the photographers of their day recording as accurately as possible everything that was in front of them and of course the great events of the time . Amazing that so few Europeans has seen landscapes like he has so beautifully depicted in his paintings, must like today space explorers sending back pictures of a planet, but even then we would receive the images in a very short time . Back to his work sadly his watercolour will have lost so much of the vibrant colours that he probably use original, I recall you saying when we were chatting a while back how the light is quite different and takes it’s toll on painting particularly watercolour . We need to once again forget that they are old fashioned looking and remember when they were painted and the conditions that they have undergone since they were created . The detailing is quite amazing, just look at some of the distant objects in his work , I don’t know what size they are but it’s a safe bet thst it’s between our modern A3and A4 . I will have a closer look at his work as I find it fascinating from the historical perspective as well as the artwork.
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Another good selection of artists, Dixie and Sandra.
I too like the watermill painting, a classic image which is timeless. I also like the paintings where people are carrying out their daily tasks, a favorite here, the ladies washing clothes within the river.
After reading your post about the silica formations, Sandra, I had to go and find out more, another interesting read from your choice of artist. Made me wonder how many wonders nature has created and destroyed over the history of the earth.