Rembrandt at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris...
5:00 a.m.
02/09/17 - Another city, another museum, another artist, another
exhibition, same title. In the previous post we discovered Renoir's intimacy.
Now, we'll see Rembrandt's. Casually, at the same time, two exhibitions work on the same
concept to explain a new aspect of these artists. In Paris, the town house that used to belong to Nélie
Jacquemart and Edouard André, today a public Museum, presented "Rembrandt
Intime".
The key of this exhibition on the Dutch artist
(1606-1669), is to see past his paintings with the help of today's technology.
Thus, the tour begins with a video explaining an algorithm that was created to
determinate the distance between the eyes and other features of the face which
are constantly repeated throughout Rembrandt van Rijn's paintings. This pattern
allows to truly identify the artist in the many artworks usually attributed to
him.
The exhibition itself is displayed along 8 rooms, in chronological
order, where drawings and paintings blend to dazzle visitors. As part of
his creative process (although Rembrandt preferred to work directly on the
canvas), to capture the feeling of a particular moment, or to learn the
technique of another artist, Rembrandt drew with one-of-a-kind virtuosity. At
age 23 he dominated the technique and its ability to capture the psychology of
his subjects. Three years later he was recognized by the Court as
portrait-painter to Amsterdam's nobility.
During those glorious years, Rembrandt developed at least
four different ways to approach the portraits: official, commissioned, intimate
and imaginary. As time went by, his strokes became looser, focusing on what was
essential to him: the relationship between subject, color and light. As result,
he created very true impressions of life.
With 20 works and more than 30 sketches borrowed from
different museums, including the three artworks belonging to the collection of
the previous owners of the house, this exhibition focuses on Rembrandt's
intimate creative process throughout the years. Once again, photography was not
allowed inside.
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