Looking at Animals: A Getty Exhibition Blog - painting tag

Oudry's Mystery

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:19:00 GMT

I have been investigating the paintings in Oudry's Painted Menagerie for the artist-at-work demonstration series this summer at the Getty Center and have just completed a study of Oudry's Male Leopard...

Painting Oudry

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:48:00 GMT

I have been studying Oudry's painting and drawing methods both for my own research as a painter and as part of the Artist-At-Work Demonstration series that I have had the opportunity to present at the Getty Museum this summer. One drawing in particular pulls everyone in...

Oudry—Animal Portraitist

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:24:00 GMT

It has been fascinating to see how people respond to the animal "portraits" in Oudry's Painted Menagerie. I deliberately emphasize that the animal paintings in this show are portraits, because they are, in my mind, renderings by a formally trained people-painter of specific animal individuals...

Making Oudry's Lion Whole Again

Thu, 24 May 2007 22:59:00 GMT

When I stand back and look at the completed restoration of a painting that I worked on, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Our work as conservators should be invisible and appear effortless, so in the end it's hard to believe that you put in all those hours to get to that final point. That describes how I feel when I look at Jean-Baptiste Oudry's Lion...

Art and Science in Oudry's Animal Portraits

Tue, 01 May 2007 16:00:00 GMT

I keep going back to animals. They're a subject with great potential. Our interactions with them include fear, awe, respect, reverence, food (which can go both ways), transportation, companionship, pest, guide, and subject. Often, I'm just thrilled by their beauty and want to capture that quality...