Chapter 1 Flashcards
Portraiture
- Portraits are a way of expressing the sitter’s personality
- beginning of 19th century there was no photography
- it’s main objective was to identify the person with a specific social class
e. g. average farmer doesn’t get their portrait painted because it requires money
people dressed in their best clothes to get their portraits painted
- the members of the bourgeoisie and the senior members of clergy saw the portrait as a means of establishing and consolidating their identity and being remembered after death.
FRANÇOIS BEAUCOURT, FRANÇOIS MALÉPART DE BEAUCOURT EUSTACE-IGNACE TROTTIER DIT DESRIVIÈRES ET MARGUERITE-ALEXIS MAILHOT, ÉPOUSE, 1792-93. OIL ON CANVAS, 79 X 63.3 CM
Typical upper class Bourgeoisie
contrast between the texture of her bonnet, can see the dress through her bonnet satin
wealthy clothing shows their wealthy
fancy metal chairs
girls with leaves and flowers
woman is serving tea in a silver tea set (expensive
cool colours blue dark & grey , red on cheecks, chair and face
FRANÇOIS BEAUCOURT, PORTRAIT D’UNE FEMME HAÏTIENNE, 1786, OIL ON CANVAS, 69.1 X 55.6 CM., (McCord Museum, Montreal)
SLAVERY WAS COMMON IN QUEBEC DURING THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.
SLAVES WERE BROUGHT FROM THE U.S. BY THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
SLAVERY WAS FINALLY ABOLISHED IN THE CANADAS IN THE 1820S
WILLIAM BERCZY, THE WOOLSEY FAMILY, 1809
important in settlement of Toronto
subject leading businessman / officer and his family brother, brotherinlaws wife child mother
each figure drawn separately
put the drawings together into a composition
he is the tallest thus most important
fire place, mirror, nice view, tiled floors = wealthy
Genre Painting
- popular in Europe
- works of art that show ordinary people doing ordinary things
- they have a moral/meaning they try to teach you something
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF, FRENCH-CANADIAN HABITANTS PLAYING CARDS, 1848
paintings tell a story
painting - other side of life (not upper class the lower class or middle class)
painted genre scenes e.g. outdoor activities, sleds?
paintings were popular among the upperclass & sold to them meant to be humorous to the upper class
Landscape Painting
THOMAS DAVIES,FALLS OF ST. ANNE, 1790
became very important
first ones were painted in water coolers by men in the British Army/surveyors
painted in oil later
British Art styles were brought
British officers as surveyors
- Thomas came during the 7 years war
- spent a lot of time in Canada canoeing
OTTO JACOBI,FALLS OF STE ANNE, QUEBEC, 1865 (AGO)
1st person croatian
used oil & watercolours
photograph from notion studio
Falls of St. An
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, GREAT GLACIER OF THE SELKIRKS, 1891
interested in atmosphere/ how to create it
used cool colours - blue/greens
worked with Fraser
Rocky’s these paintings were the first shown in Toronto.
JOHN ARTHUR FRASER, A SHOT IN THE DAWN, LAKE SCUGOG, 1873, 40.6 X 76.4 CM. (NGC)
came from England
part of Nottman Studio
CPR hired landscape painters to paint landscapes while on the train
