Photos

Back at the beginning of the year when I started this blog, I commented on the subject of photos and their place in the art of painting.
I ran across a book that was something of a revelation to me. It showed how many well known and well respected artists have used photos as a basis for their paintings. I won't say any more. See for yourself... a small sample:

The Eiffel Tower by Robert Delaunay..from photo





Dog by Francis Bacon from a Muybridge photo


Drawing of Renoir by Picasso..from photo


Bather by Cezanne....from photo.


Nude by Edvard Munch...from photo.


Francis Bacon's wrestlers from photo by E. Muybridge


Francis Bacon used a still from the film Potemkin as a basis for his Pope portrait.

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Early and final stages of a portrait.

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