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Orphan Girl at the Cemetery by Eugène Delacroix (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/traditional_art

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...emphasize[s] a sense of loss, of unreachable hope, her isolation, and the absence of any means of help.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know why, but I am naturally drawn to this painting. To me, she seems to have emotionally checked out of reality by accepting terrible fate and is confused because she is in a position she has never experienced, so she is looking to someone or something for direction.

I think the shading on her face, eye, and hair is particularly impressive because it conveys her emotional disposition and is quite realistic. The artist must have had considerable experience with individuals going through severe hardships to be able to reproduce such a look.

[–] Valmond 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh didn't know the fat over lean rule eh?!

Beautiful painting otherwise

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh didn’t know the fat over lean rule eh?!

I still don't now it lol . What is it?

[–] Valmond 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you don't follow the rule and paint fat oil paint, and on top of that, you paint thinner paint, the top layer will solidify quicker, and then when the underlaying layer solidifies it will move and budge and you get cracks in the top layer (like in the beautiful painting, it could be other reasons, I'm no expert).

And you can't really get around it as oil paint can take crazy long time to "dry" (it's more some chemical process), Van Gogh used so much paint it's a whole pain to move his paintings because they are still not dry...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That's interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Delacroix was an interesting artist. One of my absolute favorites, tied only perhaps with Manet or Degas. His relationship with Ingres was peak drama at the time, and is a point of historical intrigue, imho.

[–] hellofriend 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Her face reminds me of the hot fish from Shark Tale

EDIT: See, look

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

lol, I don't see it, but maybe it's the angle

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a shame she's an orphan... but I would be her daddy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think she's hot too, but given her emotional disposition, being romantic seems like inadequate timing and creepy. Something feels off about that. It reminds me of Will Ferrell's character in Wedding Crashers where he picks up women at funerals. It would probably be a more helpful idea to allow her to recover before coming in with those intentions at the least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's why you gotta wear a fake moustache on the initial approach, strike out hard, and then slink away, remove the 'stache, and come back and be like, "So what's the deal with that guy, right?"

And then you're solid.