Acis and Galatea (after Claude Lorrain)
1975
64.0 x 76.0 cm
Museo de Arte del USC Fisher
This mezzotint was modeled after the 1657 painting Coastal landscape with Acis and Galatea, by French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain. Anderle found much inspiration in the paintings of the Renaissance masters. Both Lorrain and Anderle paint a landscape depicting the Greek myth of the lovers. Although, Anderle does not merely copy the composition of the original painting; he introduces a new narrative with his inclusion of a grotesque figure watching over the scene. Due to the political climate at the time, it appears this voyeuristic moment between the lovers and the figure could represent the sentiment Czechoslovakians would have felt for sexual privacy, as they were the only moments of private freedom they truly had at the time. [Sabrina Piña-McMahon, wall text in
Jiří Anderle (1936 –)
Jirí Anderle (1936-present) es un pintor y grabador checo reconocido por su estilo expresionista, uso vibrante del color y profundas exploraciones de la mitología y la condición humana. Sus obras se exhiben en museos prestigiosos como el Pompidou.
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Sobre esta obra
- Título: Acis and Galatea (after Claude Lorrain)
- Artista: Jiří Anderle
- Año: 1975
- Dimensiones originales: 64.0 x 76.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Museo de Arte del USC Fisher
- Color predominante: Putty
- Brillo percibido: balanced