Monday, April 13, 2009

Edgar Maxence: Medieval + Mythical art




The Soul of the Forest.

Edgar Maxence studied under Gustav Moreau and you can see that influence in the last image. I was unable to find very many samples of his work online.

14 comments:

  1. What are those fabulous hats called that are tall and pointy? I love the head gear from this era.

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  2. Both lovely, but I epsecially love the top image. It is exquisite! The lighting, the detail, the muted but rich colors..all perfect :-)

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  3. Those are called henins. Spectacular but probably not too practical:)

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  4. Ro, he also has one portrait of a woman in profile with peacock feathers:)

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  5. Wow...the lighting in the first shot makes it look quite photorealistic...I had to look twice to make sure it wasn't a gorgeously styled photo!

    In which case, we would both have to steal their headgear ;)

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  6. His style is so varied between these two paintings, but both rather PRB influenced.

    Yes, to stealing the headpieces.

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  7. These are just beautiful. Thanks for posting them!

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  8. so beautiful, i had not come across him before. the bottom painting is breathtaking, i love it. thank you!

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  9. Margaret & Ruthie.
    I wasn't familiar with this artist either and found the bottom image in a book on Celtic Mythology.

    Glad you enjoyed them as much as I did the discovery:)

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  10. Thank you for sharing these, I'm not familiar with this artist either.

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  11. Hi Cat, and welcome. This artist was a very pleasant surprise for me too.

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  12. They top one looks so real. I love it!

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  13. Beautiful. I especially love the first two nuns
    and their exquisite gowns.

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  14. These are both beautiful paintings, I'm another who hasn't come across his work before. You can see the PRB influence especially in the second one but I think the first is my favourite, there is something very tranquil about it, I feel I could sit and just look at it for a long time.

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