{"id":10211,"date":"2019-12-07T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T17:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/?p=10211"},"modified":"2019-12-07T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T17:11:34","slug":"pastel-painting-exhibition-touching-the-color-the-renewal-of-pastel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/en\/pastel-painting-exhibition-touching-the-color-the-renewal-of-pastel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastel painting exhibition; &#8220;Touching the color, The renewal of Pastel&#8221; (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 18<sup>th<\/sup>Century as a Mirror<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although pastel is a technique saw a formidable rise in popularity during the 18<sup>th<\/sup>century, to the pointed situating itself as an equal in comparison to other techniques, it never managed to fully conquer its legitimacy versus oil painting. Its intrinsic fragility and the fact that it is used as a tool for drafting placed it in an ambiguous position \u2013on the fringe- something that would paradoxically turn out to be its greatest value.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10154\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10154\" class=\"wp-image-10154 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy-3-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy-3-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00c9mile L\u00e9vy (1826-1980), &#8220;Portrait of Madame Charles Steeg&#8221; 1887, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10153\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10153\" class=\"wp-image-10153 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy--1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy--1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy--300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Emile-Levy-.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00c9mile L\u00e9vy, &#8220;Portrait of Madame Charles Steeg&#8221; (detail), 1887, \u00a9photo by Bogra, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When reviewing pastel art during the 19<sup>th<\/sup>and 20<sup>th<\/sup>centuries we encounter somewhat of a trend: allusions to the 18<sup>th<\/sup>century configure a true narrative discourse. This can be observed in an artist as late as Jean H\u00e9lion whose pastel self-portrait explicitly references a renown self-portrait by another pastel artist precisely from the 18<sup>th<\/sup>century: Jean Sim\u00e9on Chardin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10222\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10222\" class=\"wp-image-10222 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Jaques-Emile-Blanche--681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Jaques-Emile-Blanche--681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Jaques-Emile-Blanche--199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacques-\u00c9mile Blanche (1861-1942), &#8220;Elegant in Yellow Dress&#8221;, 1890 \u00a9photo by Bogra, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These echoes are not only a play on tradition. Pastel artists are conscious that they are suspected to practice a type of painting that is second-tier; thus their invocation of the 18<sup>th<\/sup>century becomes a means to appropriate some of the legitimacy acquired by their predecessors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10228\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10228\" class=\"wp-image-10228 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-1-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-1-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-1-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905), &#8220;Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot&#8221;, 1891, photo by \u00a9Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10229\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10229\" class=\"wp-image-10229 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Edelfelt, &#8220;Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot&#8221; (detail), 1891, photo by \u00a9Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10231\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10231\" class=\"wp-image-10231 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-4-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-4-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Edelfelt-4-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Edelfelt, &#8220;Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot&#8221; (detail), 1891, photo by \u00a9Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nevertheless, the homage to the prior century can also obey more specific aesthetics motives. 18<sup>th<\/sup>century pastels with their lightness, charm, elegance, and ease, constitute an invitation to free one\u00b4s self from the conventions and rules imposed by academic programs. Jules Ch\u00e9ret, for example, conveyed this notion by electrifying his compositions with energy that critics of the time defined as \u201cfanfare of colors\u201d and \u201cflashes of fantasy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Society of French pastel Artists: An Eclective Collective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1885, Roger Ballu, Inspector of \u201cBeaux art de France\u201d, create the French Pastel artists society, specifically charged to \u201cshow, develop, and encourage the art of pastel\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10157\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10157\" class=\"wp-image-10157 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni-991x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giovanni Boldini, (1842-1931), &#8220;Portrait of Gyp&#8221; ,1894, photo by \u00a9 Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10226\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10226\" class=\"wp-image-10226 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni.-4jpg-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni.-4jpg-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Giovani-Boldinni.-4jpg-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giovanni Boldini, (1842-1931), &#8220;Portrait of Gyp&#8221; (detail), 1894, photo by \u00a9Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a way, the creation of a structure dedicated to the protection of the pastel indicates that the legitimacy of the technique is still in question. In this sense, the first exhibition in 1885 of the society, which includes numerous works of the masters of 18<sup>th <\/sup>century, is an obvious sign; the pastelists, in pursuit of prestige and credibility, seek illustrious predecessors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10183\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10183\" class=\"wp-image-10183 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B-3--698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B-3--698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B-3--204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B-3-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Carrier-Belleuse (1851-1932), &#8220;Ballerina Tying Her Shoe&#8221; 1892, (Pastel on canvas) photo by \u00a9Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10182\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10182\" class=\"wp-image-10182 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B--683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B--683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B--200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Carriere-B-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, &#8220;Ballerina Tying Her Shoe&#8221; 1892, (Pastel on canvas) photo by \u00a9Bogra, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Society, attentive to the talent of its members, does not impose any aesthetic, so that its exhibitions are characterized by eclecticism and thematic diversity; the views of towns that make Jean Charles Cazin famous are rubbing shoulders with the landscapes of Alexandre Nozal while the serene and classic figures of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, contrast with the much more resplendent of Albert Besnard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10184\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10184\" class=\"wp-image-10184 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis--773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis--773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis--227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) &#8220;The model&#8221;, 1887, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10185\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10185\" class=\"wp-image-10185 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-2--725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-2--725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-2--212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-2-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) &#8220;The model&#8221;, 1887, Detail, \u00a9photo by Bogra, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10186\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10186\" class=\"wp-image-10186 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-3--725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-3--725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-3--212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Pierre-Puvis-3-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) &#8220;The model&#8221;, 1887, Detail, \u00a9photo by Bogra, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In his thirty years of existence, the French Pastelist Society manages to place this medium under the spotlights. However, recognition ceases to be imperfect since, in the absence of renewal, the society ages and isolates itself from truly innovative artists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10188\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10188\" class=\"wp-image-10188 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-2-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-2-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-2-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Besnard (1849-1934), &#8220;Woman with Parrot&#8221;, Pastel on paper, \u00a9photo by Bogra art, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10219\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10219\" class=\"wp-image-10219 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-3-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-3-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard-3-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Besnard (1849-1934), &#8220;Woman with Parrot&#8221;, Pastel on paper, \u00a9photo by Bogra art, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10218\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10218\" class=\"wp-image-10218 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard--679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard--679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Touching-Color-exhibition-Bogra-blog-Albert-Besnard--199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Besnard, &#8220;Woman with Parrot&#8221; Detail, Pastel on paper, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And the fact is that neither does it enter into the spirit of modern artists, how open they are to the unprejudiced use of different media, to adhere to a Society that defends one technique over another and continues to put the remote 18th century on the pedestal.<\/p>\n<p>(Texts from the exhibition; &#8220;Touching the color, The renewal of Pastel&#8221;, Casa Garriga Nogues, 2019.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 18thCentury as a Mirror Although pastel is a technique saw a formidable rise in popularity during the 18thcentury, to the pointed situating itself as an equal in comparison to other techniques, it never managed to fully conquer its legitimacy versus oil painting. 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