After The Ball
After The Ball by Conrad Kiesel (1846 – 1921); joka aloitti kuvanveistäjänä, muuttui sitten taiteilijaksi, joka on erikoistunut maalaamaan yksityiskohtaisia idealisoituja naisten muotokuvia.
An elegant and beautiful portrait of two young women that are relaxing on a red couch after attending a mask ball.
One is a redhead wearing a white satin evening dress and a white fur shawl, holding a black face mask and brown gloves in her left hand; and the other is a brunette holding a large gold and black lace hand fan in her right hand and wearing a satin white and pink evening dress with an embroidered floral pattern.
They both are also wearing god bracelets and have bouquets of flowers on either side of them, that complement the colors of their dresses; while in the background behind the couch is a room divider with a floral and landscape design that connects with a large cherry red drape.
Tämä on retusoitu digitaalisen taiteen vanhojen mestareiden kopio julkisessa käytössä olevasta kuvasta, joka on saatavilla muodossa rullattu kanvastulostus verkossa.
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Kiesel was the son of the versatile artist and director Karl Kiesel (1812 – 1903) of the Royal High School of Alleestrasse in Düsseldorf.
He began his education studying architecture at the Royal Academy of Architecture and then trained as a sculptor under the mentorship of German Sculptor Fritz Schaper (1841 – 1919).
From there Kiesel then pursued painting in Berlin under German Painter Fritz Paulsen (1838 – 1898), and later studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art under the direction of German Genre Painter and art professor Johann August Wilhelm Sohn (1829 – 1899).
Sisään 1885 Kiesel moved to an settled in Berlin as a freelance painter and from 1870 forward was a regular exhibitor at the Berlin Academy’s exhibitions; later being accepted as a member of the academy and on his 40th birthday was appointed to the position of “o. Prof” or full professor.
Koko uransa ajan, Kiesel specialized in making portraits of young ladies that were elegantly dressed, often represented in rich lavish interiors pay special attention to the perfect reproduction of the materials in the scene, osoittaa paljon taitoa siellä esityksessä.
Kiesel oli kiistatta aikansa paras muotokuvamaalari, ja hänen teoksensa ovat voittaneet useita kultamitalia Berliinin akatemian näyttelyissä.
Hän oli myös edustettuna Düsseldorfin Akatemian näyttelyissä, Münchenin lasipalatsi, maailmannäyttely Pariisissa 1900, Wienin vuosinäyttelyissä 1872, 1891 ja 1892, Lontoon kuninkaallisessa taideakatemiassa vuonna 1909 ja maailmannäyttely vuonna 1911 Roomassa.