The Couch (after Leger)
Pairing:
Three Women by Fernand Leger
Image of three elderly men seated together
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 34" x 48"
Artist's Insights:
Q. The gentlemen seem very comfortable sitting on Leger's couch. The two images are so carefully intertwined. Was this a particular challenge?
A. My approach has always been not to alter anything in the original while removing elements, but in the case of this Leger, I had to do some altering in order to insert the men into the space and have them sit on the couch convincingly. I wanted all the feet to be seen. As it turned out, the heads line up as well as the feet. Also, notice the man's hands perfectly placed over the food on the little table.
I have to confess that I very nearly abandoned this work because I was having trouble with the chiaroscuro. The solution was a simple one â paint the suit jackets as Leger would have â as flat as a pancake. It worked!
Carol Everingham of The Advocate and Greenwich Time relates this work with my earlier painting entitled Picnic.
"An absolutely golden vein can be found in Sal Gulino's The Couch (after Leger). Here sits a nude Leger-stylized woman sharing a settee with three distinguished gentlemen, not unlike Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe, where elegantly dressed men sit picnnicking with a nude female figure. The Couch evokes myriad musings."
Print options available.
Three Women by Fernand Leger
Image of three elderly men seated together
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 34" x 48"
Artist's Insights:
Q. The gentlemen seem very comfortable sitting on Leger's couch. The two images are so carefully intertwined. Was this a particular challenge?
A. My approach has always been not to alter anything in the original while removing elements, but in the case of this Leger, I had to do some altering in order to insert the men into the space and have them sit on the couch convincingly. I wanted all the feet to be seen. As it turned out, the heads line up as well as the feet. Also, notice the man's hands perfectly placed over the food on the little table.
I have to confess that I very nearly abandoned this work because I was having trouble with the chiaroscuro. The solution was a simple one â paint the suit jackets as Leger would have â as flat as a pancake. It worked!
Carol Everingham of The Advocate and Greenwich Time relates this work with my earlier painting entitled Picnic.
"An absolutely golden vein can be found in Sal Gulino's The Couch (after Leger). Here sits a nude Leger-stylized woman sharing a settee with three distinguished gentlemen, not unlike Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe, where elegantly dressed men sit picnnicking with a nude female figure. The Couch evokes myriad musings."
Print options available.