Drapery Study for "A Venus" ca. 1868 Albert Joseph Moore This sensitive study of semi-translucent drapery falling over the back of a chair relates to Moore's painting "A Venus" (1869; York Art Gallery). In the latter, a similar arrangement appears at left placed next to an idealized nude woman who stands before flowering branches and next to two vases. The artist was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement whose proponents believed subject matter to be less important than beautifully arranged forms and harmonious colors. When preparing a composition, Moore made studies of figures, draperies and det
Drapery Study for "A Venus" ca. 1868 Albert Joseph Moore This sensitive study of semi-translucent drapery falling over the back of a chair relates to Moore's painting "A Venus" (1869; York Art Gallery). In the latter, a similar arrangement appears at left placed next to an idealized nude woman who stands before flowering branches and next to two vases. The artist was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement whose proponents believed subject matter to be less important than beautifully arranged forms and harmonious colors. When preparing a composition, Moore made studies of figures, draperies and details which reveal how his ideas developed. His choice of rough brown paper to serve a support for studies was taken up by James McNeill Whistler who used it for pastel Drapery Study for "A Venus". Albert Joseph Moore (British, York 1841–1893 London). ca. 1868. Black and white chalk on brown paper. Drawings
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