#pastel on paper

[webrelic]

Francisca Feuerhake

[weirdlookindog]

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865–1953) - La Sorcière, 1897

pastel on paper

© Paris, Musée d’Orsay

[garv-painter]

Lindsey harald wong. Pastels on paper

[from-a-spiders-web]

Seated Bather, 1899 Edgar Degas

[lolapaints]

Oil pastel sketches i've been doing between classes <3

[fyblackwomenart]

Red Flowers by Inna Medvedeva

[marejadilla]

Nathalie Venant, “Nuage” 2023, pastel on paper. b. 1960, Saint Doulchard, France.

[lionofchaeronea]

The Detective, József Rippl-Rónai, 1923

[galleryofart]

Etretat, the Needle Rock and Porte d'Aval, the Cap d'Antifer (Cliffs at Etretat)

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)

Date: About 1885

Medium: Pastel on paper

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

Monet produced this work on the Normandy coast at Etretat, famous for its unusual rock formations such the Porte d’Aval (shown here), the Porte d’Amont and the Manneporte. Brought up in nearby Le Havre, he was familiar from childhood with these dramatic limestone cliffs and returned to the area at various times over his long career. Etretat was fast developing as a tourist site, but this picture was produced at a time when Monet had abandoned modern, urban subjects in order to focus on natural phenomena and repeated motifs executed on the spot. He produced several versions of the Porte d’Aval, mostly in oil, seen from different viewpoints. Drawn from a high view point, the scene has a stark simplicity, the use of muted tones of blue, cream and brown signal the onset of evening.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) "Japanese boy with headband" (1901) Pastel on paper Impressionism

[webrelic]

Jinhee Lee (2022)

[artsandculture]

Waiting (1882) 🎨 Edgar Degas 🏛️ The J. Paul Getty Museum 📍 Los Angeles, United States

A young ballet dancer bends forward to massage her foot, while her somberly dressed older companion sits silently beside her on a bench. They appear to be waiting, perhaps for an audition or its outcome. The two figures are a study in contrasts: The athletic dancer dressed in a dazzling costume reflects the glamour and artifice of the stage, while the shabbily dressed, bent figure represents the drabness of everyday life.

Edgar Degas painted modern life; his subjects, including laundresses, milliners, nightclub singers, horse races, and the ballet, reflected contemporary Parisian occupations and diversions. From the 1860s onward, Degas frequented the Paris Opéra, where he made numerous studies of performances, rehearsals, and backstage scenes. Later, he would refine and combine these motifs in his studio, in exercises of daring technical skill and compelling psychological subtlety. Here he demonstrated his complete mastery of the pastel technique. Delicately blended strokes are combined with bold hatching and emphatic slashes; pink, blue, and creamy tones describe the dancer in contrast to the dark, severe form of the older woman.

[fyblackwomenart]

Lupita by Inna Medvedeva

[artemlegere]

Orpheus

Artist: Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

Date: ca. 1903-1910

Medium: Pastel on brown paper

Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Description

Drawn in vivid layers of pastel crayon, this work depicts the head of the poet and musician Orpheus. The story of the god of music, whose music carried on after his death through his lyre and head, fascinated Redon, who related to Orpheus's dedication to his art. The subject also aligned with Redon's broader interest in dreams and spirituality around this time and he represented Orpheus several times throughout his career, in various media. Here, the god's head floats as if in stasis while Mount Parnassus - the home of Apollo and the Muses - soars from behind.

[lionofchaeronea]

Portrait of a Young Girl, Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757)

[galleryofart]

The Yellow Sail

Artist: Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)

Date: c. 1905

Medium: Pastel on paper

Collection: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Description

Symbolist artist Odilon Redon created images that suggest mental states or spiritual realms rather than imitations of the visible world. While Redon was fascinated by recent scientific discoveries relating to the sea, this glowing pastel may have a more mystical inspiration. Does it refer to the final journey of the soul, symbolized by the gems, across the divide between life and death? The two women could be spiritual presences who attend the soul as guardian figures.

Redon's art was part of a broader European current that included Sigmund Freud's analysis of dreams and the founding of modern psychology.