Since it was Mothersday yesterday, I thought I'd do a post about a picture of one of the most famous mothers in art: Anna Whistler. Or better known as James Abbott McNeill Whistlers Mother or "Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1" from 1871. It also hangs in the Musée d'Orsay at the moment as is one of my favorites!
This very atypical portrait was actually created almost by mistake. From letters we know, that the original model who Whistler was supposed to paint that day failed to show up. Whistler then suggested that he'd paint his mother. But because of her old age she failed to take the originally intended standing pose and Whistler painted her sitting and in profile. A lucky change of events! The "Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1" is the most famous painting by this otherwise less known american painter and founder of Tonalism.
(Tonalism describes an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s in the US where the artists painted landscapes in one overall toned athmosphere and mist)
Ok, so this is the famous mother I thought of, but I also enjoy very much the oncoming summer and warm weather and overall colorfulness and playfullness of the current season, which isn't very well represented in this painting - as it is called "Arrangement in Grey and Black". So when I checked on one of my happy-feeling-artists i found this:
My favorite Balloon-Artist Larry Moss did a replica of the original - but with balloons!! This is way more in the spirit of how i'm feeling these days. All happy! But no, seriously, Larry Moss started out as a streetartist in New York and is obviously amazing and he recreates famous paintings in art history with balloons. He's great if you want to check him out! He doesn't only do art-replicas but also alot of different balloon-art and -objects. Yay!
And I also want to mention my own mom, who is wonderful, lovely and amazing and should also have her own portrait made into balloonart! Happy Mothersday!
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