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Rembrandt van Rijn1606 - 1669 |
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Starting from Rembrandt's drawings and etchings,
we propose to highlight his method to study and work with
the hope that it will benefit people who study and practice
drawing and engraving and more generally people practicing
an artistic creation activity.
In his documentary "Le mystère Picasso" (1955) (extract),
Henri-Georges Clouzot tries to penetrate the creative
process by filming Pablo Picasso drawing and painting. He
was trying to answer the question: what happens in the brain
of a creator when he is working?
We still have enough drawings and etchings by Rembrandt for us to be able to understand his method of studying and grasping a subject he wanted to tackle. Rembrandt had a very precise method to study and work. He was gifted with an extraordinary imagination and memory which enabled him to tackle a theme for several years without ever giving the impression of weariness. He had a great sense of humor, derision and was a provocateur. He was a work titan but above all a researcher, and thanks to these two qualities he was able to survive the material misery in which he found himself, the jealousy of his fellow painters from Amsterdam and the maliciousness of great number of his fellow citizens after the bankruptcy he had to face and the sale of his house and his press in 1658. For more than ten years, until his death in 1669, he kept on developing his research in painting.
Rembrandt
was first and foremost a free man and we will show how this
freedom is found in his drawing line and his way of building
his studies. He was a researcher who continuously developed
his engraving and painting techniques. He was particularly
attentive to the perception and representation of the
volume. All his research had the unique purpose to translate
and render the emotions of the characters, animals, scenes
or landscapes that he represented. We propose to study how
all of this can be seen into the construction of his work. Rembrandt had
a very strong personality which is reflected in his works
and their observation allows to discover and identify the
features.
Finally, it should be noted that Rembrandt's works have a universal and timeless character which means that at any time they can be considered modern.
Jacques Roland
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