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Artists such as Pierre-August Renoir, Roy Lichtenstein, & Vincent van Gogh all the way back to Velazquez.

 

Quadruple Take of vanrijngo's

  

For each of these painting included in Quadruple Take, I've selected two works from my own collection that might seem to most not to be related.   On closer analysis, I have brought out to the viewers a couple of common elements in meanings, subject being mainly women, and the intensity of love of women, for instance in Renoir's La Liseuse (1877) and Lichtenstein's The Kiss (1962) both focus on the single women and  having independent looks, while the ones in private settings and presumably quiet moments, the one in a "larger than life" embrace is giving off the same feelings of emotions.  All paintings are voyeuristic in nature, with three clearly set in reality.  You can see the details of dress that is carefully rendered -- while The Kiss could be more of a fantasy. These works share similar compositional tactics by these artists while the figures hold the eyes of the viewers by the division of their respective backgrounds, of darker and lighter sections, meeting the subjects in all the canvases. And finally as we all see, they share similar color relationships in strong areas of reds and other colors used to demonstrate what is predominate in nature, while at the same time being  beautifully represented subjects of women and our desires.

  

  

Master artists meet in my own Exhibition of the artists below.

 

             

 

These pictures were borrowed from this article; http://doubletake.emplive.org/index.asp

 

Pierre-August Renoir
La Liseuse
25 5/8" x 21 3/8"
1877

 

Roy Lichtenstein
The Kiss
80" x 68"
1962
©Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

 

 Vincent van Gogh?

Thinking About A Kiss
From Bob Miller-vanrijngo collection

 

   Back of this painting which you might could call a Vincent van Gogh Drawing?

Velazquez portrait of himself and his Wife on wood panel.

Velazquez portrait of himself and his Wife on old drapery type material.

Velazquez & Wife from above.

Only a court painter such As Velazquez could or would be able to add gold flakes into his clear varnishes to create a gold flake paint back in the 17th century. He painted the same time period as Rembrandt painting in Holland.  Everything one can imagine was at the court painters disposal while painting for king Phillip forth of Spain. I could actually show you the Craqulars in the paint that actually take centuries to form unless you bake them in by a high temp oven, but I'm not going to right now.

 

An un-known supposed Spanish woman from a Velazquez book but I'd say she is a well reformed lady of the courtesan trade of Italian decent the same time period as Pope Innocent the X of Rome. 

Isn't It amazing how Powerful people can rewrite history?

 What marvelous journeys and trips these artists put us on, and especially Velazquez when taking his trips to paint important portrait for his King.  Women has always been the intriguers of men, all the way back to Eve.  It is like Pope Innocent the X of Rome saying about Velazquez's ways of painting,.... that he dare tell more about him than he wanted known.

 

I hope that you all have enjoyed this little trip that I've tried to put you on!

vanrijngo

7 of Steve Wynn’s most notable art purchases

By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz (contact)

Saturday, July 9, 2011 | 2 a.m.

Casino magnate Steve Wynn has purchased four 18th century Chinese porcelain vases at a London auction for $12.8 million to adorn his new Cotai Resort Hotel in Macau. It’s just the latest in his string of art purchases that have distinguished him as a bona fide art collector. Here are some examples of his taste in fine art:

“Fiori di Como” — rumored to be upward of $40 million

The Bellagio lobby is spectacular. Much of the ceiling is covered by the world’s largest glass sculpture, created by Seattle artist Dale Chihuly. It consists of 2,000 pieces of handblown glass flowers.

“Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat” — $47.5 million

Painted in June 1890, by Vincent Van Gogh, it shows a young woman in a yellow bonnet, sitting in front of the sort of wheat stalks Van Gogh went out among weeks later to shoot himself. Wynn, who bid on the painting at auction in 1997, privately acquired the work several months later from the unidentified buyer for an undisclosed, supposedly lower price. Kenneth Griffin acquired it in 2004 from Wynn.

“Le Reve,” French for “The Dream” — approximately $60 million

This 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso is of his much younger mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. Wynn acquired the painting in 2001 from investment fund manager Wolfgang Flöttl for an undisclosed amount, estimated to be about $60 million.

Wynn liked the painting so much, he once considered naming his resort, Wynn Las Vegas, after it. In 2006 he planned to sell it to Steven Cohen for $139 million, which would have been the highest price paid for any piece of art. But that fell through after he put his elbow through the canvas while showing it to guests.

After a $90,000 repair, the painting was estimated to be worth $85 million. Wynn sued his insurance company over the $54 million difference with the virtual selling price, possibly exceeding his own buying price. The case was settled out of court in April 2007.

J.M.W. Turner’s “Giudecca, La Donna Della Salute and San Giorgio” — $35.8 million

This work was sold to a mystery telephone bidder at Christie’s auction house in New York for $35.8 million. People familiar with the transaction, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the buyer was Wynn.

“Dancer Taking her Bow” for $12 million

This piece was acquired by Mirage Resorts in 1997, according to the company’s 1997 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wynn purchased the Edgar Degas painting from the resort in 1998, to display at the Bellagio.

Ming Dynasty vase — $10 million

In May 2006, Wynn set a world record for Ming porcelain when he purchased a rare underglaze copper-red Ming Dynasty vase for $10 million. The vase, dated to 1368-1644, was displayed in the VIP wing at the opening of Wynn Macau and then donated to the Macau government.

“Young Woman Seated at a Virginal” — $30 million

The painting by Johannes Vermeer was sold to Wynn for $30 million at a Sotheby’s auction in 2004. It was the first Vermeer painting to come on the market in more than 80 years. Wynn later sold the painting to a private buyer for the same price he purchased it for.

 

By Bob Miller (vanrijngo):  Well, I'm wondering why this painting below of Rembrandt was left out of his most noteable purchases.  Wasn't this painting purchased by Steve from Sotheby's a couple of years ago when it was sold?

                                         Before and after

Maybe I'm wrong, or possibly it was returned when it was noticed it was framed twice.

Vincent van Gogh drawing of Sien representing "Sorrow"

Amazing drawing by Vincent of the young woman he wanted to marry and save from working the streets as a protitute to support her mother, brother, and three iligitament children.  Vincent named this drawing Sorrow for exactly what it stood for, he as the visionary artist that he was. If I were to tell you that this drawing had a similar meaning to it as the painting of the mother and child below, I'd probably lose over half of you by you leaving this blog page and going on to other meaningless works of art by other artists.

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Well anyway I broke down and told you what can be seen if you will only look.