{"id":10137,"date":"2019-11-20T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/?p=10137"},"modified":"2019-11-20T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:26:24","slug":"pastel-painting-exhibition-touching-the-color-the-renewal-of-pastel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/en\/pastel-painting-exhibition-touching-the-color-the-renewal-of-pastel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastel painting exhibition; &#8220;Touching the color, The renewal of Pastel&#8221; (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been waiting for an exhibition like this since.\u2026always!<\/p>\n<p>It was a great opportunity to be able to see all these amazing pastel paintings beautifully arranged, all together in one single place. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionmapfre.org\/fundacion\/es_es\/exposiciones\/sala-casa-garriga-nogues\/\">\u201cCasa Garriga Nogues\u201d, in Barcelona<\/a>. A selection of dozens of different works; Original pieces from artists of the last 2 centuries, from Renoir and D\u00e9gas to Millet, Mary Cassat, Paul Cesar Helleu or Boldini among others, and also, so diverse approaches to this technique, that I felt deeply moved and very emotional at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Since I am not a curator or an art historian I decided to include all the original texts of the exhibition. I think that it is a very interesting approach to this wonderful medium and a way of rethinking pastel.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the mid 18<sup>th<\/sup>century, in a friendly comedy of the time \u2013 Le Retour de l\u00b4ombre de Moli\u00e8re by the Abb\u00e9 of Voisenon- a character asks himself:<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you believe that Michael Angelo or a Rafael a Titian or a Veronese should situate the works of a pastel painter in an immortal place?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our gaze today is accustomed to all audacities, all the liberties, all the carefree mixtures of techniques and materials, and we only see the pastel as a medium like any other; neither more or less legitimate than tempera, oil, or watercolor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10178\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10178\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10178\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-4-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-4-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-4-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul-C\u00e9sar Helleu, \u201cPortrait de Mathilde S\u00e9e\u201d, 1886, \u00a9photo by Bogra art<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We believe the decision to turn to one technique or another is determined by the artist\u00b4s free will forgetting much too quickly that a hierarchy of techniques existed \u2013and still exist, if not to a lesser degree- much like a hierarchy of themes also existed for a long time. The entire history of pastel is profoundly marked by that lineage that determines both our judgment and the artist\u00b4s decision to utilize this medium, or not.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10179\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10179\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10179\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-6-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-6-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-6-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul-C\u00e9sar Helleu, \u201cHellen Helleu&#8221; Detail, 1893 \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10175\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10175\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10175\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu--804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu--804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu--235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Paul-Cesar-Helleu-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul-C\u00e9sar Helleu, \u201cHellen Helleu&#8221;, 1893 \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thus, this exhibition aims to analyze pastel\u00b4s place versus the venerable oil painting, as well the reasons that led several artists from the 19<sup>th<\/sup>and 20<sup>th<\/sup>centuries to rely on this medium and champion it. Without attempting to be exhaustive, but with an international perspective, the show highlights the main eras and top figures of the \u201crenaissance\u201d of the pastel in the first modern age: a period that converted this technique into an art form of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Saunier. Exhibition curator.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10144\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10144\" class=\"wp-image-10144 size-large\" title=\"\u201cPastel painting exhibition\u201d, \u201cTouching Color\u201d, The renewal of Pastel, photo by \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-1-645x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-1-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-1-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastel painting exhibition, Charles L\u00e9andre &#8220;La femme au chien&#8221;, 1889, photo by \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>A Feminine Art Form?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our collective consciousness, pastel is an art form intrinsically and somewhat hastily associated to the work of women artists. In fact, the practice of Pastel attracted several female creators from the 18th century onward, with Rosalba Carriera at the helm, in part because it would be difficult for them to prevail in the dominant disciplines. Instead, Pastel would be considered an apt choice as it is a less expensive and complex medium tan others considered as \u201cmajor\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10146\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10146\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10146\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-5-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-5-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-5-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles L\u00e9andre &#8220;La femme au chien&#8221;, detail, 1889, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10145\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10145\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10145\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-4jpg-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-4jpg-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-4jpg-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-4jpg.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles L\u00e9andre &#8220;La femme au chien&#8221;, 1889, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10147\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10147\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10147\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-bis-2-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-bis-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-bis-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Charles-Leandre-bis-2.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles L\u00e9andre &#8220;La femme au chien&#8221; detail, 1889, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Without abstaining from the practice of oil painting, mane women have exceptional careers as pastel artists: Belgian artist Berthe Art participated in the founding of the Belgian Circle of Watercolor and Pastel Artists; her compatriot Louise de Hem achieved a Gold Medal at the 1901 Paris Salon; for her part, American artist Mary Cassat son comprehended the value of this medium; her pastels, with their vigorous strokes and audacious colors, modernized the genre of portraiture and the motif of maternity which is recurrent in her oeuvre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10198\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10198\" class=\"wp-image-10198 size-large\" title=\"Mary Cassat, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-small-0291-839x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-small-0291-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-small-0291-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-small-0291.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Cassat, &#8220;Mother and son&#8221; 1900-1914 \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10197\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10197\" class=\"wp-image-10197 size-large\" title=\"Mary Cassat, Detail \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-0293-small-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-0293-small-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-0293-small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mary-Cassat-0293-small.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Cassat, &#8220;Mother and son&#8221;, detail \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During much time, resorting to pastel might have passed as a default choice until a great resurgence of the technique occurred in 1880. Nevertheless, the power of prejudice would force it to remain a refuge for conventional and pleasant themes throughout the entire century, one in which women are granted a role opposite to that of the creator: the model.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10139\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10139\" class=\"wp-image-10139 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Abbema-897x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Abbema-897x1024.jpg 897w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Abbema-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Abbema.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise Abbema, &#8220;Portrait d\u00b4une fillette au ruban bleu&#8221; 1885, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10163\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10163\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10163\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-2-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-2-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-2-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Tissot, Portrait of Madame Baele, 1880, photo by \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10164\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10164\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10164\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-4-713x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-4-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-4-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-James-Tissot-4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Tissot, Portrait of Madame Baele (detail), The renewal of Pastel, photo by \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the time, depictions of women proliferated in which the leisurely nature of their occupations (as can be seen in <em>The Woman with the Dog <\/em>by Charles L\u00e9andre or in <em>The Black Cat<\/em>by Louise de Hem) rival elegant poses and luxurious garments used by the bourgeoisie to emulate an idealized nobility.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10169\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10169\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10169\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem-2--1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem-2--1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem-2--300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem-2-.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise de Hem 1866-1922, \u201cLe chat noir\u201d detail 1902, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10168\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10168\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10168\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem--1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem--1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem--300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Louise-de-Hem-.jpg 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cPastel painting exhibition\u201d, Louise de Hem, \u201cLe chat noir\u201d detail 1902, \u00a9photo by Bogra 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To be continued&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been waiting for an exhibition like this since.\u2026always! It was a great opportunity to be able to see all these amazing pastel paintings beautifully arranged, all together in one single place. The \u201cCasa Garriga Nogues\u201d, in Barcelona. 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