Today im going to look at Maurice de Vlaminck artworks and how he used colours. Vlaminck was a French painter (1876 - 1958). The first thing which catched my eye was the contrast between colours. What is interesting is that in 1900 Vlaminck shared his workspace with another artist Andre Derain ,they are created the“School of Chatou” . Bright colours ,bold brushstrokes were their significant sign (Metmuseum.org, 2019). Colourful artworks makes me more happy compared to sadly ,dramatic black works. I want look at Vlaminck works to look at his colour pallete because I want to create paintings inspired by his colour technique.
The first painting I look at is Bougival painted by oil on canvas ,below I leaving this painting.
Vlaminck .,M Bougival (c.1905)
Bougival painted by Vlamnick characterised by divided colours to fours sides. The green with lighter and darker tone are placed on the left side in opposite green is converting into the yellow to red at the end. Moving to the top Vlaminck used a white and blue colour. Light ,bright colours and composition characterised this artwork. Looking at Vlaminck technique I found information that his inspiration was Van Gogh and he squeezed paints straight onto the canvas. (collections.artsmia.org, n.d.) I never before think about it to squeeze the colour onto the canvas, it’s another new thing in my “pocket” additionally I will experiment with it in nearly future.
Next painting I going to look at is Les régates à Bougival, the reason why I chose that is painting is Vlaminck used similar technique to previous painting. I want to learn more about this technique and see more paintings where he used it.
Vlaminck .,M Les régates à Bougival (1905)
Moreover the technique of applying paint is similar I also see the similarity in structure of colours, that’s mean light colours transferring to blue are on left bottom corner moving on to tones of green and blue again on the top of the painting.
Looking for Vlaminck technique I found information that in Houses at Chatou “His lively, linear brushwork creates a sort of rhythmic pattern across the canvas” (The Art Story, n.d.) looking depth I discovered and learnt more which gives me ideas and inspirations.
Vlaminck was a good chose as an artist research I learned a new techniques of applying paint, composition of how he placed the colours on artwork and more! I can’t wait to start creating my paintings after this lessons.
Reference list:
Metmuseum.org. (2019). The Seine at Chatou. [online] Available at: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/490034 [Accessed 28 Apr. 2025].
collections.artsmia.org. (n.d.). The Blue House, Maurice de Vlaminck ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art. [online] Available at: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1415/the-blue-house-maurice-de-vlaminck [Accessed 28 Apr. 2025].
The Art Story (n.d.). Maurice de Vlaminck Paintings, Bio, Ideas. [online] The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/vlaminck-maurice-de/ [Accessed 30 Apr. 2025].
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