"The Battle Of Montmirail" by Horace Vernet, 1822
Hello everyone, just a very quick post today. For the simple reason being I left my laptop charger at the office on Friday so I have very limited access(my battery only lasts about 2 hours unplugged now!).
Every since I saw this painting by Horace Vernet, about to years ago in The National Gallery in London, I have never forgot it's epic-ness and sheer detail. Down to every soldier's face, every horse's hair and the way to gunshot smoke looks so realistic. You MUST enlarge the image to really appreciate it.
Normal blogging will resume shortly, while I have no computer I will be doing some new sketches of some furniture I have been designing(in my head). I will also be starting a new illustration this week, another adaptation of a well know painting.
That is a bit of an epic painting...
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Just so you know, when you click on it it doesn't really enlarge much . . . or at all, but the painting really is great. The colors, the light, and yes, the details, just amazing! Looking forward to a new illustration too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know about the enlarging problem. To anyone else who notices this, I will sort this out tomorrow, be sure to check back for the bigger picture
ReplyDeletethat is indeed an epic picture
ReplyDeleteMy battery now lasts less than an hour... ANNOYING! I've been wanting to pop into the National Gallery for some time now, just to have a look at some specific pictures. This will go on my list, the details are astonishing and I would really like to see 'the real thing'.
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely painting, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI saw this painting in person a few weeks ago and was amazed by it! the detail is so intricate and the smoke looks really realistic!
ReplyDeleteExcited to see your furniture designs hopefully!
It truly is a beauty! The national gallery has so many goodies on offer... I must pay it another visit!
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My artistic abilities are near zilch, so I'm always fascinated by how artists paint such amazing works of art! Must pop into the National Gallery sometime soon again.
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Drats! That happened to my battery too and had to replace it. Ebay has great generic ones that work well haha. The painting is very stunning btw. There are so many elements that I really needed quite some time to take it all in.
ReplyDeleteI too have seen this at the National Gallery, one of many fantastic epic paintings, always inspiring. I draw a lot of inspiration from military styles and accessories.
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looking forward to seeing your new work. You have got to love the old school, it's amazing to thing that because there were no camera's they had to paint battle's and people and place's. I love picture's of Elizabeth and if you look at the global's that are usually at the bottom (during the golden age) half the world is missing, we have came a long way. Art is also our eye's into the past, look at cave man drawing's etc....
ReplyDeleteIt's sad in a way that now kid's can just take picture's with their camera phone's, drawing has started to take a back set :(
I think there was alway's something magic about seeing or holding a painting or drawing. I look foward to when my son can draw, not sure it will be Epic but it will make it into my Gallery wall.
I love the National Gallery and was lucky enough to win ticket's to see a private viewing of the Vermeer collection ...just stunning.
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Truely amazing. The National Gallery is one of my favourite spaces!
ReplyDeletei wish i could see it up close! there is nothing better than being face to face with an awesome painting. photographs will never capture brushstokes anywhere near as brilliant.
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