![]() ![]() This is the French standard sizes for oil paintings canvases:īut in Modigliani everything goes by his rules, even the use of canvases goes with his own method (even when using standard size ones) In the back of Modigliani from the same day we see this image: Will this image be of the first months of 1916?ġ.- Is curious to see the treatment he does with the letters in "Beatrice" very similar to theĭiego Rivera portrait dated by the experts in 1914 and by Diego Rivera ( the original Diego, the sitter in 1916) So we have paintings hanging in the wall, we can see "Raymond" dated in 1915 and nearer to us " Beatrice Hastings with hat" dated in 1916 In this case it looks like paper but there is not an easel in his studio? based on the photos it seems not. He is punching to the wall a piece of paper? or canvas? or cardboard? (this image could possible be from 1915-1916) Modigliani liked to nail the fabric on the wall and then to paint, not in an easel, this famous photo of him: (that will be made in the gallery not in the studio or it will be similar to inflate the life jacket inside the plane) Then you have the roll in the studio and the stretcher armed so all you have to do is put the stretcher on top of the canvas fabric, mark it with the black paint and cut leaving a few spare centimeters in each side to nail it to the stretcher once painted and dry. (Great for those who like to see authenticity in counting the threads of the canvas) The most comfortable way of painting is to get a roll of canvas, now and then you could buy an already primed one. There is a black line that marks the 4 borders of the canvas.Īnd what is that little hole in the corner? I do not pretend to be a smart-ass but really who cares if I am. This painting named "young woman in a sailor blouse" is the perfect example: We can recognize this paintings with a very simple method: Than a truck full with 15 paintings that can suffer damage in the move. ![]() The explanation is very simple, if you have to take to your Galerie or courtier a bunch of 15 paintings is much more easier to carry a fat roll of canvases In his last years (1916-1919) and probably to make it easier for him to move the paintings he started to paint without stretcher. We can find some that are out of the normal, like a gross canvas or a reused one, but in general when we go to his last 6-8 years the canvas is mainly with industrial primers. Modigliani in his first years used pre-made canvases in a regular way, of course this is not a law as anything in art is out of "Prussian rules & laws". Nails, hammer and what in fine arts is calledĬompound primers (in general a mix of bone extracts, white primers etc.) they create their canvas to paint. Some artist do all the process they buy the fabric and the stretchers, then using He used to paint in pre-made canvas and Lefevre & Foinet was the most regular dealer. To understand what I'm talking about lets take a look to measures (down the page) but first some general explanation over his source: What is no so usual is the use he did with them. Canvas use in Modigliani is the more regular support (quite obvious) ![]()
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