The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts toward Infinity, 1882, Odilon Redon, lithograph on chine collé. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wallis Foundation Fund in memory of Hal B. Wallis. Image: www.lacma.org
For 19th Century French Artists, ‘Noir’ Was The New Black
In the 19th century, French artists started getting creative with black materials— chalk, pastels, crayons and charcoal — some of them newly available. Now, a show called Noir at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles celebrates the dark….
….Artists reflected these shadowy changes. In 1827 Eugène Delacroix drew a demon — Goethe’s devil Mephistopheles. The lithograph shows him flying over a dark city, the incarnation of evil with his claw-like nails and his grinning leer….
Read more at NPR: HERE
See info at the Ghetty: Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings and Prints
The Vampire, 1855, Charles Meryon, etching on laid paper. Courtesy of Richard A. Simms
They Spruce Themselves Up, 1799, Francisco de Goya; etching, aquatint, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin on laid paper. The Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasadena, California
“A Way of Flying,” 1864, by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, on view in “Noir: The Romance of Black” at the Getty Museum. (Pomona College Collection)
The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts toward Infinity, 1882, Odilon Redon, lithograph on chine collé. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wallis Foundation Fund in memory of Hal B. Wallis. Image: www.lacma.org
Yes, saw this when I was in LA earlier this month and found it a wonderful exhibition. I suggest planning extra time for your visit, as the garden and grounds of the museum are also quite beautiful and offer fantastic views.