A painting to find?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:55 pm
A description from a painting in some gallery:
The newer, brightly colored tableaux may seem different from the earlier figurative works, but they continue the humor and project it even more. In the "Were You Invited?" tableau, based on Renoir's "Boating Party," Mr. Johnson shows one of Renoir's models seated next to Renoir's friend, painter Gustave Caillebotte.
I can almost hear the sculptor chuckling when he describes his work in the catalog: "I have her shoe kicked off, and she's running her foot up his leg. My humor comes in the third dimension."
The newer, brightly colored tableaux may seem different from the earlier figurative works, but they continue the humor and project it even more. In the "Were You Invited?" tableau, based on Renoir's "Boating Party," Mr. Johnson shows one of Renoir's models seated next to Renoir's friend, painter Gustave Caillebotte.
I can almost hear the sculptor chuckling when he describes his work in the catalog: "I have her shoe kicked off, and she's running her foot up his leg. My humor comes in the third dimension."