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The Heavenly Photos of a Surreal Painter – Fixed Montald
"On the Belgian artist Fixed Montald, in some ways a typical decadent painter, following avant garde and artwork nouveau tendencies, nonetheless his journey to Italy and the issues he noticed there influenced him rather a lot, and in most of his works, he used the visible language of antiquity, inside his personal distinctive taste." from the video introduction
Fixed Montald (1862 – 1944)
"Fixed Montald is likely one of the key figures in Belgian Symbolism. This Symbolist Panorama, virtually sq., with many verticals, is an ideal illustration of the approach developed by the artist. The restricted vary of muted colors takes its inspiration from Primitivism and fresco portray, however this portray is enriched with metallic particles illuminating the canvas.
The characters are portrayed within the countryside, in what seems like a Backyard of Eden. Within the background, two bare males are planting a tree. Within the foreground, a classical heroic nude, carrying a crown of golden laurel, seems to interrupt off a department.
The 2 teams, in the way in which they’re located within the area, appear to be taken from the central part of the primary ornament by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) created for the Musée des Beaux-arts de Rouen: Between Artwork and Nature. Elsewhere, the calm and orderliness of Montald's composition are paying homage to one other piece of labor by Puvis de Chavannes: The Advantages of Peace. This iconographic similarity suggests a relationship between this illustration and the political state of affairs in Belgium on the time. Symbolist Panorama was an attraction for settlement on the time when the reign of Léopold II (1835-1909) was coming to an finish in opposition to a background of accelerating poverty, social unrest and more and more violent colonial upheavals.
Symbolist Panorama is the primary portray by Montald to enter a French museum. It finds its pure place alongside the work of the opposite Belgian Symbolists of the time, Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) and Jean Delville (1867-1953)." from the article: Constant Montald (1862 – 1944)
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