The painting I have chosen is on Display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is named Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff, painted in 1859 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter of Germany. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Winterhalter was trained to paint in Germany, he went on to paint many European Aristocrats. He painted the 24 year old Countess, wife of Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff. In her lap is a book of poetry, which was inspired by Winterhalter to pain because her father was a translator. The choice of dress was inspired by his upbringing by sitters." So basically the portrait that he painted was of a wealthy woman to commemorate her beauty.
The chosen paint of this particular portrait is Oil, and is painted …show more content…
Of course since this is a portrait of a beautiful woman, the artist would want to paint her in a way that makes her look gentle and kind, refined and fresh. If you pay close attention, there is a texture created by the paint on the chair and the blanket, and both of those create the illusion of actual furniture. The color scheme and textures used in the portrait work well together. It gives off the feeling of realism, like this is a setting you could walk out your front door and see (although not really because this is back in 1859 in Europe.) The media works well with this portrait, because of it being so realistic the oil gives off the feeling of a realistic piece of work, and is easily blend-able, which would help the artist be able to blend and make the piece look real. The canvas would be great to use for the paint, because it would allow the paint to move easily, and give off the proper color you're using. The artist purposefully used the colors and paint, because he knew it would give the countess a soft, gentle, warm, kind view. Just by looking at this painting, you would think that she was in real life a sweet, gentle, kind person. I think that's the look they were going for. I had also read in his bio on the Metropolitan Museum of Art, that Winterhalter often painted his sitters and others in their best wardrobe and positions. SO he would purposefully paint people to make them look great and beautiful, in their best
The chosen paint of this particular portrait is Oil, and is painted …show more content…
Of course since this is a portrait of a beautiful woman, the artist would want to paint her in a way that makes her look gentle and kind, refined and fresh. If you pay close attention, there is a texture created by the paint on the chair and the blanket, and both of those create the illusion of actual furniture. The color scheme and textures used in the portrait work well together. It gives off the feeling of realism, like this is a setting you could walk out your front door and see (although not really because this is back in 1859 in Europe.) The media works well with this portrait, because of it being so realistic the oil gives off the feeling of a realistic piece of work, and is easily blend-able, which would help the artist be able to blend and make the piece look real. The canvas would be great to use for the paint, because it would allow the paint to move easily, and give off the proper color you're using. The artist purposefully used the colors and paint, because he knew it would give the countess a soft, gentle, warm, kind view. Just by looking at this painting, you would think that she was in real life a sweet, gentle, kind person. I think that's the look they were going for. I had also read in his bio on the Metropolitan Museum of Art, that Winterhalter often painted his sitters and others in their best wardrobe and positions. SO he would purposefully paint people to make them look great and beautiful, in their best