Friday, December 28, 2012

Painting the Invisible




Giuseppe de Nittis, The Sea during a Tempest, 1877.
Attilio Pratella, Fisher boats on the sea by Capri.
Giovanni Fattori, Storm.
Pietro Fragiacomo, Nocturne.

These Italian marines first struck me as slightly boring in their simplicity, but the more I looked at them, or into them, the more evocative they became.
The main subject of the composition seems to be just a boat or a bush, but the real subject of each painting is something less concrete: the power of a storm, the stillness of a shallow bay, the marine wind on a deserted beach, or the soothing wonder of moonlight on water.
These invisible inner qualities make a painting great.

6 comments:

Katherine Kean said...

Yes! Well said and shown.

Seip Fine Art said...

Love that, 'Painting the Invisible', (that's my secret wish as a painter) and so true with the pieces you selected! As always, lovely post and thank you!!

Unknown said...

Hi Seip,

I am agree to with you, wonderful Landscape Oil Paintings, its look like really naturally!!!

Thanks

jeronimus said...

Thanks for commenting folks. All the best for 2013.

Xóchitl said...

Muchas Gracias, estaba buscando pinturas del Mar y tu sitio es mejor incluso que el tiene la BBC ;)
Gracias y saludos !!

jeronimus said...

Gracias Xochitl.