Submitted by StarraPriestaf on 7 October 2015
Upcoming Exhibition: From Drawings to Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt
When: September 18, 2016 – January 2, 2017
Where: West Building, Ground Floor, Outer Tier, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Overview: Dutch landscapes, still lifes, and scenes of daily life painted in the 17th century possess a remarkable immediacy and authenticity, giving the impression that Dutch artists painted them from life. However, these subjects—as well as biblical and mythological subjects—were actually painted in studios, often using drawings as points of departure. Some 100 drawings and paintings by such renowned golden age artists as Jan van Goyen and Rembrandt van Rijnwill reveal the many ways Dutch artists used preliminary drawings in the painting process. The exhibition will include sketchbooks, broad compositional drawings, individual figural motifs, counterproofs, and carefully ruled construction drawings. It will also examine the drawings artists made on their panel and canvas supports before painting their scenes.
For more information : http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2016/from-drawings-to-pain...