#varnishing day

[galleryofart]

The Artist's Wives

Artist: James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902)

Date: 1885

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Description

This oil on canvas painting depicts an outdoor scene/restaurant where artists and their wives have gathered, celebrating "le vernissage," or Varnishing Day. This day is on the eve of the official opening of the Salon; participating artists traditionally gathered to view the exhibition privately and put a final coat of protective varnish on the paintings. One of the wives, in a maroon print dress, looks directly at the viewer.

[laonuba]

A red buoy | Una boya roja

Mr. Turner, 2014, de Mike Leigh, interpretado por Timothy Spall

#williamturner #Helvoetsluys; the City of Utrecht, 64, Going to Sea

[sohktv]

Mr. Turner film clip (2min): Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy

Description: Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy, when the painters (all men) put the finishing touches to their work, now hung in position for the Annual Exhibition.

Turner (Timothy Spall) scuttles about, enjoying friendly banter with various colleagues. He shares a taciturn exchange with John Constable, whose ‘Opening of Waterloo Bridge’, all bright reds and scarlets, has been hung next to Turner’s predominantly grey seascape, ‘Helvoetsluys’. For a jape, Turner paints a startling red blob slap in the middle of his piece, and after a few minutes’ consideration by all present, culminating in Constable’s leaving in a huff, Turner returns to convert the red blob into a life-buoy. Much amusement all round. 

Written and directed by Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner is in UK cinemas on October 31st. 

A very British film of epic beauty, Mr. Turner is a sublime portrait of a great artist, profound and spiritual. 

"The Sun is God!"