Team (after Boucher)
Pairing:
Portrait of Madame Pompadour by François Boucher
Image of the 1901 University of Michigan football team
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 48" x 34"
Artist's Insights:
Q. The anachronism between the pairings is obvious here. The viewer sees the elaborately dressed 18th Century Madame de Pompadour posing in a vintage group photo with members of the Michigan University football team. Must we find meaning here?
A. To me, the painting means what it shows. There is no message apart from that. I'm more concerned with the tactile elements of the satin ruffles and folds of Madame Pompadour's voluminous dress as contrasted with the drab uniforms of the young men. The fact that the work is painted in gray tones and the title is Team might point to a certain assimilation among the elements but that was not my intent.
This painting was shown at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as part of an exhibit honoring the 100th anniversary of the Museum School and it won an award at the annual New England Exhibition at Silvermine (1972) juried by Dr. Evan Turner, the director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Print options available.
Portrait of Madame Pompadour by François Boucher
Image of the 1901 University of Michigan football team
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 48" x 34"
Artist's Insights:
Q. The anachronism between the pairings is obvious here. The viewer sees the elaborately dressed 18th Century Madame de Pompadour posing in a vintage group photo with members of the Michigan University football team. Must we find meaning here?
A. To me, the painting means what it shows. There is no message apart from that. I'm more concerned with the tactile elements of the satin ruffles and folds of Madame Pompadour's voluminous dress as contrasted with the drab uniforms of the young men. The fact that the work is painted in gray tones and the title is Team might point to a certain assimilation among the elements but that was not my intent.
This painting was shown at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as part of an exhibit honoring the 100th anniversary of the Museum School and it won an award at the annual New England Exhibition at Silvermine (1972) juried by Dr. Evan Turner, the director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Print options available.