Man with flowers

by Sterling Gold

Title

Man with flowers

Artist

Sterling Gold

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

Title: Man with flowers
Painted circa 1988,
Inspiration: Jean-Paul Sarte's novel "The age of reason" set in bohemian Paris of the late 1930s.
Painting shows philosophy teacher Mathieu bringing flowers to his lover Marcelle.
Artist notes: From memory, "I was so taken with the feeling of the novel, I grabbed the nearest board and paints". It was done "Alia Prima" in oil on cardboard.
(No pre drawing was ever done, the painting was done in one continuous session)

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August 12th, 2012

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