что я не видел - 4
(c) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Рик Вутерс (Rik Wouters, 1882-1916)
The Lady in Red, 1912
Oil on canvas, 80 cm x 100 cm x 2.1 cm
"Following the Siege and Fall of Antwerp in October 1914, Wouters fled to Holland where he died in exile. This was a tragic end to a life full of promise; he had painted exuberant works inspired by Impressionism. His favourite subject was his wife Nel in their home. After 1911 he used more sombre colours and a tighter compositional structure., After 1910 Rik Wouters’s Impressionism became more and more pronounced in colour and form. In 1912, the year Wouters painted this picture, he and his wife visited Paris, where they saw work by such artists as Cézanne, Picasso and Matisse. Particularly Cézanne’s compositions had a major infuence on the colours and surfaces in Wouters’s paintings."
Ms. Wouters sitting by the window of the house on the Derde Kostverlorenkade in Amsterdam, c. 1915
Watercolour on paper, 51.3 cm x 47.3 cm
‘… Dearest Nel, it always seems to me that I haven’t yet shown you just how much I really love you the way you deserve.’(Rik Wouters in a letter to Nel 3 October 1914)
Rik Wouters’s favourite subject was his wife Nel. Even when illness made it difficult for him to work in 1915, he still made watercolours like this one of her.
Portrait of Edgard Tytgat, 1910
Bronze, 23 cm x 39 cm x 19 cm
When he embarked on his career as a painter, Wouters was known primarily for his sculptures. He was regularly invited to take part in Salon Exhibitions in Belgium. When he could he sent bronze fgures, but often they were plaster casts. Edgard Tytgat modelled for a number of statues, among them this fgure ‘The Man from Bruges (portrait of Edgard Tytgat)’.
"Edgard Tytgat, drawing Figures", c. 1912
23.5 cm x 29.5 cm, Pencil, pen and brush and India ink
"Wouters and Tytgat visited one another regularly and also made portraits of one another. Tytgat, in particular, frequently helped Wouters by modelling for his sketches and figures. In this pen-and-ink drawing Tytgat poses while he himself draws a figure on the table. Rik and Nel Wouters helped Tytgat, who was often short of money, by looking for buyers for his work among their contacts."
Эдгар Титгат (Edgard Tytgat, 1879-1957)
Le réveil du printemps (1921)
Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 60 cm
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Нэл
В зале, с краю — ты и черёмуха,
Свет-черёмуха, бьёт без промаха.
Под стеклом пуленепробиваемым
Быть страстями обуреваемым.
Вот — ещё: ты у столика, чайный прибор,
Деревенский дом, затенённый двор,
Шелестит ветерок, начинается день,
Опьяняюще пахнет сирень.
Я терзал акварель, офорт и литьё,
Но не сразу понял: это — твоё,
А иначе не стоит марать холста,
Это хуже, чем нищета.
В центре зала — бронза. Плечи, грудь —
Их укроет патина когда-нибудь,
Но пока ещё нежен, чист и весом
Населённый тобой объём.
Для меня ты сама заменяла свет:
Нет тебя — и пространства за рамой нет,
Это мир неочнувшейся темноты,
И его освещаешь — ты.
Вот ты с чашкой, с книгой, вот с утюгом,
В полосатом, в малиновом, в никаком,
На холсте, на картоне, в масле, в угле,
Вся из воздуха, вся на земле.
Я тобой заполняю не первый зал,
Нет меня, но кто-то это собрал,
Кто-то всё-таки за меня успел —
И теперь ты повсюду, Нэл.
(с) raf_sh, 26.05.2011
(https://raf-sh.livejournal.com/786351.html)