About this artwork
Konstantinos Parthenis made this ‘Still Life’ with oil on canvas. It's an image that feels very internal, but I think that comes from the artist really thinking about what it means to make a picture. The textures are so interesting, very pale blues and earth tones that give the image a kind of washed out look. When I look closely at the blue lines defining the jug, they remind me of those pencil lines kids use for tracing. But instead of a clean, crisp outline, these lines are fuzzy and a little bit awkward. There’s this sense of the artist feeling his way through the space, testing it out as he goes. The whole piece feels like a really open-ended process. It makes me think of Cézanne, but with a Greek twist. Like he took Cézanne's recipe for turning life into paintings and added his own special ingredient. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t have to be about perfection, it can be about the adventure of seeing and discovering.
Still Life
1930
Konstantinos Parthenis
1878 - 1967Location
National Art Gallery (Alexandros Soutzos Museum), Athens, GreeceArtwork details
- Medium
- drawing, paper, photography, pencil, graphite
- Dimensions
- 48 x 90 cm
- Location
- National Art Gallery (Alexandros Soutzos Museum), Athens, Greece
- Copyright
- Konstantinos Parthenis,Fair Use
Tags
still-life
drawing
painted
paper
photography
oil painting
geometric
pencil
graphite
modernism
Comments
Be the first to share your thoughts about this work.
About this artwork
Konstantinos Parthenis made this ‘Still Life’ with oil on canvas. It's an image that feels very internal, but I think that comes from the artist really thinking about what it means to make a picture. The textures are so interesting, very pale blues and earth tones that give the image a kind of washed out look. When I look closely at the blue lines defining the jug, they remind me of those pencil lines kids use for tracing. But instead of a clean, crisp outline, these lines are fuzzy and a little bit awkward. There’s this sense of the artist feeling his way through the space, testing it out as he goes. The whole piece feels like a really open-ended process. It makes me think of Cézanne, but with a Greek twist. Like he took Cézanne's recipe for turning life into paintings and added his own special ingredient. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t have to be about perfection, it can be about the adventure of seeing and discovering.
Comments
Be the first to share your thoughts about this work.