Background
Ackerman, Gerald Martin was born on August 21, 1928 in Alameda, California, United States. Son of Alois M. and Eva L. (Sadler) Ackerman.
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The Bargue-Gerome Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course. It contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature. Consequently it is a book that will interest artists, art students, art historians, and lovers and collectors of drawings. It also introduces us to the work and life of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue. The Drawing Course consists of three sections. The first consists of plates drawn after casts, usually of antique examples. Different parts of the body are studied in order of difficulty, until full figures are presented. The second section pays homage to the western school of painting with lithographs after exemplary drawings by Renaissance and modern masters. The third part contains almost sixty academies or drawings after nude male models, all original inventions by Bargue, the lithographer. With great care, the student is introduced to continually more difficult problems in the close observing and recording of nature. Practiced professional artists will see at once the problems of representation that are approached by Bargue, and they will delight in his solutions. Figure painters will copy the plates to keep in tune; so to speak, much as pianists practice the exercises of Czerny before performing Beethoven. Art students will find it a practical and progressive introduction to realistic figure drawing. Art historians can learn by studying these drawings just what was prized in late 19th century figure painting. They will recognize the reliance upon tradition by the use of antique sculptures as models in the first part: Antiquity is here used, not to impose a classical style, but as an aid in seeing the structure of the human body with clarity and intelligence. The result is a convergence of Classicism and Realism. There are no numerical proportional charts, perspective boxes or geometrical schemata to memorize. All the techniques and schemata are developed out of and for the object or person in view. The drawings are splendid; beautiful; not simply products of assiduity, but of careful observation and the wish to transcribe and communicate the beauty of nature and light, as well as the manifold appearances of the human body. These are objectives that will touch and move any careful reader of drawings, and the figurative arts. Charles Bargue started his career as a lithographer of drawings by hack artists for a popular market in comic, sentimental and soft-porn subjects. By working with Gerome, and in preparing the plates for the course, Bargue was transformed into a spectacular painter of single figures and intimate scenes; a master of precious details that always remain observation and never became self-conscious virtuosity, of color schemes that unified his composition in exquisite tonal harmonies. The last part of the book is a biography of Bargue, along with a preliminary catalogue of his paintings, accompanied by reproductions of all that have been found and of many of those lost.
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Gerome has become a popular artist. More and more young people are showing interest in his work, and collectors world-wide are hunting down pieces of ever increasing value. Lost works are appearing on the market, and galleries are showcasing all they own. This volume is a condensed presentation of his monograph together with a catalogue raisonne, available within the collection 'Les Orientalistes'. It comprises a complete overview of Gerome's life and long career.
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Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course HardcoverGerald M. Ackerman (Author) , Graydon Parrish (Editor), Charles Bargue (Drawings)
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Between 1843 and 1922, American artists travelled to the Near East and North Africa, painting all that they discovered. Edwin Lord Weeks and Frederick Bridgman are amongst the most famous but there was also Francis Bacon, Samuel Colman, Swain Gifford and many others who specialised in Oriental compositions. Through their biographies, activities and travels, the author has endeavoured to let the artists speak for themselves, narrating their adventures and explaining their objectives, aided by correspondence, travel journals and various articles and books.
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The Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course.
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This monograph spans the entire life and work of Jean-Leon Gerome and is composed of two parts: a biographical appreciation and a catalogue of his paintings, prints and sculptures. The study of the artist's life is based on three ancient monographs, the perusal of the contemporary press and the recollections of students and friends. This catalogue is the result of 25 years of research. Approximately 700 paintings and 70 sculptures have been inventoried through archives, old State documents, catalogues and correspondence with collectors.
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A complete overview of Gerome's life and long career.
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consultant art historian author
Ackerman, Gerald Martin was born on August 21, 1928 in Alameda, California, United States. Son of Alois M. and Eva L. (Sadler) Ackerman.
Bachelor, University of California-Berkeley, 1952; postgraduate, U. Munich, Germany, 1955-1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1964.
Instructor, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, 1960-1964; assistant professor, Stanford University, California, 1964-1970; associate professor department art, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1970-1975; professor, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1975-1989; department chairman art, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1972-1982; professor emeritus, since 1989. Fulbright professor of University Leningrad, 1980. Professor Florence (Italy) Academy Art,1996-.
(This monograph spans the entire life and work of Jean-Leo...)
(Between 1843 and 1922, American artists travelled to the ...)
(The Bargue-Gerome Drawing Course is a complete reprint of...)
(The Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course is a complete reprint of...)
(Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course Hardc...)
(A complete overview of Gerome's life and long career.)
(Gerome has become a popular artist. More and more young p...)
