Musidora
Musidora c1825 by American Painter Asher Brown Durand (1796 – 1886); deen Deel vun der Romantik Art Movement war a war en Diplom vun der Hudson River School. Dem Asher säin Haaptfokus war op Landschaftsmolereien.
Dëst ass eng beautiful nude portrait engraving of a young woman in a lush forest that has removed all of her outer garments, which included her hat, scarf, and dress.
She is partially covered by sheer garment that is falling off her right shoulder and that is covering the front of her waist and right leg as it falls to the floor; and that she is holding in place on the front of her waist with her left hand.
She has laid her cloths at the base of a tree that is not to far behind her as she looks off into the distant sky that is illuminating her, as she is positioned slightly turned to her left; while she leans on a medium sized boulder with the palm of her right hand that is by an embankment of a large pond.
By the embankment are an assortment of flowers and plants, as well as smaller trees; and in the distance is a dense concentration of tress, and water flowing to an arched opening in the trees where we can see light illuminating the area.
Musidora vum Asher B. Durand is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available for purchase online as a rolled canvas art print.
Info Ënnen Vun Wikipedia.org
Durand was born in and died in Maplewood, New Jersey (duerno Jefferson Village genannt). Hie war den aachte vun eelef Kanner, a säi Papp war e Auermaacher an e Sëlwerschmidt.
Den Durand war an engem Gravure geléiert aus 1812 an 1817 a spéider eng Partnerschaft mam Besëtzer vun der Firma agaangen, Charles Cushing Wright (1796 – 1854), deen him gefrot huet de New York Büro vun der Firma ze managen.
Hien gravéiert der Deklaratioun vun Onofhängegkeet fir John Trumbull während 1823, déi dem Durand säi Ruff als ee vun de schéinste Graveuren am Land etabléiert huet.
Durand gehollef der New York Zeechnen Association organiséieren während 1825, which would become the National Academy of Design; he would serve the organization as president from 1845 an 1861.
Asher’s engravings on bank notes were used as the portraits for America’s first postage stamps, den 1847 series. Along with his brother Cyrus he also engraved some of the succeeding 1851 issues.
His main interest changed from engraving to oil painting about 1830 with the encouragement of his patron, Luman Reed. During 1837, he accompanied his friend Thomas Cole on a sketching expedition to Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks Mountains and soon after he began to concentrate on landscape painting.
He spent summers sketching in the Catskills, Adirondacks, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Honnerte vun Zeechnungen an Ueleg Skizzen ze maachen, déi spéider a fäerdeg Akademie Stécker agebaut goufen, déi gehollef hunn d'Hudson River School ze definéieren.
Den Durand gëtt besonnesch erënnert fir seng detailléiert Portraite vu Beem, Fielsen, a Blieder. Hie war en Affekot fir direkt aus der Natur mat sou vill wéi méiglech Realismus ze zéien. Durand geschriwwen, “Loosst [de Kënschtler] akzeptéieren wat och ëmmer [Natur] presentéiert him bis hien soll, an engem Grad, si mat hirer Onendlechkeet intim ginn ... loosst him ni hir Hellegkeet profanéieren duerch e bewosst Ofwee vun der Wourecht.”
Wéi aner Hudson River School Kënschtler, Den Durand huet och gegleeft datt d'Natur eng onerklärbar Manifestatioun vu Gott war. Hien huet dëst Gefill a seng allgemeng Meenungen iwwer Konscht a sengem Essay ausgedréckt “Bréiwer op Landschaftsmolerei” am Crayon, eng Mëtt vum 19. Joerhonnert New York Konscht Zäitschrëft. Durand geschriwwen, “[T]Déi richteg Provënz vun der Landschaftskunst ass d'Representatioun vun der Aarbecht vu Gott an der sichtbarer Schafung ...”
Den Durand ass fir säi bekannt 1849 Molerei Kindred Spirits déi Matbierger Hudson River School Kënschtler Thomas Cole an Dichter William Cullen Bryant an enger Catskills Mountains Landschaft weist. Dëst gouf gemoolt als Hommage un Cole beim Cole sengem Doud während 1848, an als Kaddo fir Bryant.