Homage to Eugène Durieu’s Seated Female Nude – 02-08-22 Painting

Prestudy in Graphite Surely it is time to pay homage to Eugène Durieu, especially his photograph of a seated female nude. First I made a study in graphite pencil last year. By clicking the link you can read on the who and the why, otherwise I would introduce him twice. As for now, since the completion of my Risque Series I am selecting multiple drawings from the recent past. Some posts ago I explained that from last February on I am converting my drawings into oil. There are simply too many good ones to ignore, some better than others of course. Straight Cubist Planes This time I found it was time to return to straight cubist planes after the latest anaglyphical experiment. My initial cubist styling was all straightly lined up, roundism came later. I don’t know why I would like to return to that initial styling again. Maybe it was that some time back I finished Ode to Tamara de Lempicka – 31-03-22 and I liked the result. In the back of my mind I kept the intention to do another one of the kind shortly. Deviation It is what I am used to do with different sub-styles I developed through time. Furthermore, the task I set myself was simple: Display the female form in the cubist style and for the rest give it some kind of realist look. It is a slight deviation from my first cubist paintings such as Cubist Nude 01 (2013). The latter has much more color saturation and it was time for me to turn a different corner. I used slightly less strong colors in order to match with a more realistic look. See if I could get away with that.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:27.6 W x 39.4 H x 0.4 D in

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