TALK | NEILL SLAUGHTER ON JOAQUÍN SOROLLA, JOHN SINGER SARGENT AND ANDERS ZORN

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The three Musketeers. The magnificent trio. Aptly, The Triumphant triad indeed. My all time favorite painters who changed painting.

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It is an artists job in portraiture to “ improve and enhance the subject. No model wants to see themselves” as they are”. Sargent was brilliant at this.

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Another interesting note is Velasquez is the innovator and originator of the ultimate painting styles the trio incorporated and made famous. Few people put this fact together. Velasquez had so many requests to paint. Mainly, the king ( Louis) at the time, he need to “ shortcut” his technique. As a result he painted “ impressionistically” or loosely if you will, to complete the works. Plus he realized the paintings would be viewed from above at twelve to fifteen feet away from the viewer. At that distance details could be “ indicated” and still seem finely painted. The fact that Sargent and Sorrola copied Las Maninas shows his interest. Study the portraits of Velasquez and see the comparisons.

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At the outset You mistakenly said “ El Jaleo by Sorrola. It was painted by John Sargent

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Many wrongly assume the finished painting one sees was painted “ on the spot” so to speak. Most great artist did many drawings and paint studies to work out composition and construction before the final work. Especially multi figures outdoors. Also there is documentation that Sorrola when painting children at the seashore would ‘change out’ a waterlogged child with another when necessary.

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The Creme de la Creme … the real deals.

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Shows himself mostly. Some small bad reproductions. Ego first. Too bad.

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What?? Are you saying that the paintings should be shown instead of the speaker? I agree.