La Révélation de Diadumène Drawing

My hypothesis;- In his painting ‘Diadumene’, Edward Poynter based the central figure on the classical sculpture known as the ‘Esquiline Venus’. In the photographs taken by Brassai in 1939, Henri Matisse positions his model in a very similar pose. Matisse would have certainly used plaster casts of classical figures for ‘life’ studies in his early artistic training and later, would perhaps have been aware of Poynter’s work. Although Matisses’s painting style is very different from that of Poynter, I have no doubt he would have admired Poynter’s meticulously painted lavish patterns. My drawing / painting brings these elements together in a pictorial essay. Drawing (graphite)/Acrylic painted combination on stretched canvas. Framed and varnished for protection and ready to hang.

Drawing:Graphite on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:32 W x 24 H x 1 D in

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