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"Mais non! A forgery? Impossible!"

Here is a link to the article about the forgery display at the Freeland Library:
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/entertainment/114830849.html

The following is another "forgery" in the library display, this one by Rebecca C.

A Side Canyon, Grand Canyon Arizona, 1905

Thomas Moran

Forgery Display at Freeland Library

There will be a "forgery" display at the Freeland Library during the month of February. The Froggwellian has organized a display of about 15 paintings by local artists, primarily from his personal collection.

In addition, Anne B. will present "What Makes Great Art Great?" at 2:00 pm Sunday, February 20 at the Freeland Library.  She will discuss some notable past and present forgers, along with painting techniques and art interpretation.

For more information, see the article "Mais non! A forgery? Impossible!" in the current issue of The South Whidbey Record (January 29, 1011).

Included in the display will be the following "forgery" by Anne B.

 

Symphony in White #2: The Little White Girl, 1864

James Whistler

Another Declaration

Cary J. has just notified the Institute that she will be painting:

Randall Davey

• Henri Julian Rousseau, La bougie rose
• Paul Cezanne, Woman With a Rosary
• Randall Davey

Back to Some Inspiration

More French artists to inspire you:

Paul Gauguin, Words of the Devil

Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903

            Faa Iheihe, oil, 1898

            Under the Palm Trees (Sous le palmiers), oil, 1891

            Words of the Devil (L’Espirit du mal), oil, 1892

Still Life with Head-Shaped vase and Japanese Woodcut (fleurs sur un fond Jaune), oil, 1889

            Head of a Tahitian Man (Tete d’homme), black and red crayon, 1891-93

            Femme accroupie, watercolor

            Femme et enfant, watercolor

            A la source, monotype and watercolor, 1891-93

            Nature morte, 1888

            Tahitian Scene (Promenade au bord de la mer), oil

            Bois Scupte, 1892

            Joys of Brittany, zincograph, 1899

Edouard Manet, Bullfight

Edouard Manet, French 1832-1883

            Portrait

            Bullfight, oil, 1866

            Portrait of Miss Mary Laurent

            Still Life, oil

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Algerian Girl

Pierre Auguste Renoir, French 1841-1919

            L’ombrelle, 1878

            Algerian Girl (Algerienne assise), oil, 1881

            Peonies (Pivoines), 1882

            Dans le jardin, oil, 1884

            Elise

More Declarations

Hopkinson, Three Girls

Anne B. will be painting two works:

• Charles Hopkinson, Three Girls
• Charles Henry White, The Condemned Tenement

Jonnie V. is doing a Walter Pach etching, Renoir's "Liseuse."

And both Sue T. and Dave G. claim to be doing an Alexander Archipenko sculpture.  Hopefully not the same one.

This Just In

Artists are letting us know what they are working on.  As The Frogwellian says, they are making "a declaration of intent to forge."

Rebecca C. is doing the following:

Keller, Wisdom and Destiny

 

 

• Claude Monet, Le bassin aux nympheas
• Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, After the Bath
• Pierre Auguste Renoir, Algerian Girl
• Henry G Keller, Wisdom and Destiny
• Karl Anderson, The Apple Gathers

Karen T. is painting a Walter Francis Kuhn, The Mime, and a Robert Henri.

Stay tuned--the next post will include more "declarations of intent."