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Description: | We do not know who this gentleman is or who the artist was, it is an interesting picture because it is left incomplete. This picture shows how a portrait painter works. Many portrait painters would have their subjects sit for them. After a few sketches they would begin painting the sitter's face on the canvas while the sitter is in front of them. This allows the artist to use the correct skin tones and be able to show the sitter's character. This would be very difficult if the sitter is not present. The artist returns to the studio to paint in the details like clothing. The artist would take notes when with the sitter or later have one of his assistants wear an outfit from the studio and pose for the portrait. With this work the artist did not get much beyond the initial painting of the sitter's face.
Incomplete oil painting of a young Georgian gentleman. Only initial painting of the gentleman's face and a suggestion of shoulders have been completed. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Individual portraits Portrait painting Fine arts Men Oil painting Oil Paintings Painting Adults Georgian period People and roles Paintings Portraits People Art collections | Temporal: | 1740
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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