Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our American art collection, currently on view
Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our American art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.Marsden Hartley occasionally painted imaginary portraits of historical figures such as this one of John Donne, the seventeenth-century English metaphysical poet and dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. The solemn portrait is based on an engraving of Donne’s carved tomb effigy that was the frontispiece for a collection of his sermons. The shrouded body is presented in a palette of blues and whites, cool colors evocative of death, while the striated pattern of folds approximates the hard, carved stone of the tomb. Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943). The Last Look of John Donne, 1940. Brooklyn Museum -- source link
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