tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post8425293221501367851..comments2024-03-22T03:10:02.053-07:00Comments on THE BLUE LANTERN: The Late Flowers Of Leon DaboJane Librizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-22431282889376286612013-05-07T10:57:12.219-07:002013-05-07T10:57:12.219-07:00We make connections with art from our experiences,...We make connections with art from our experiences, naturally enough. Critics like to call it reception theory, which I think is overdoing the obfuscation. There's something to be said for Aby Warburg's affinity atlas. At times, there's something that many artists are attuned to without an obvious explanation or collaboration. Did Redon influence Dabo's flowers? Was it just a contemporary mood? Or is the connection one that we make? Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-57524345412267304462013-05-05T06:56:27.599-07:002013-05-05T06:56:27.599-07:00It is interesting how our environment shapes our &...It is interesting how our environment shapes our "eye." Dabo, as you say, may have been influenced by Manet. You clearly remember your mother's copy of "The Last Flowers of Manet." Not only did it shape your mother's eye, but all these years later, it becomes apparent that it also helped shape your eye. There is a Max Weber still life (1942) coming up for sale at the LA Modern Auction which establishes the connection from Manet, to Dabo, to Weber. The continuum of the deep fabric of the art world is apparent in all of these and "The Blue Lantern." Frank Gosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244363149311067823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-20668213440374876332013-05-02T07:53:08.442-07:002013-05-02T07:53:08.442-07:00If Dabo exhibited his flowers from financial nece...If Dabo exhibited his flowers from financial necessity, that's understandable. He may not have intended to exhibit them when he made them. He may have privileged oil painting over pastel as a medium, given his successes with oil.<br />Redon was criticized - and sometimes is, still - for (re)turning to color after his impressive run of black and white works. What the artist wants to do and what the public wants from the artist, even for a successful artist, are not always the same. <br />For me, Dabo's pastel flowers are more impressive than his oil paintings of flowers. It looks like the challenge of a different medium excited him. I'm glad we get to see them, now, so thank you. Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-81977141165964890782013-05-01T15:35:38.486-07:002013-05-01T15:35:38.486-07:00I appreciate your review of the "forces behin...I appreciate your review of the "forces behind the force" with respect to Dabo and the influence of Manet and Redon. Dabo would have been almost 70 when he showed the bulk of his florals at Knoedler. It was the middle of the depression and not hard to imaging why Dabo would have presented florals vs. his trademark dark landscape. Why would a celebrated landscapist, switch so cavalierly to the charms of still life paintings. Why would he forsake nearly 45 years of "branding" when he exhibited the new floral work? Frank Gosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244363149311067823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-45910212709610050922013-04-30T10:36:17.948-07:002013-04-30T10:36:17.948-07:00Gerrie, thanks for the pointer. "The Last Fl...Gerrie, thanks for the pointer. "The Last Flowers of Manet" was one of my mother's favorite books. As she grew up in Essex County, New Jersey and visited the Montclair Art Museum, she may have seen their Leon Dabo landscapes. I like to think so.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-61946403408185344002013-04-30T09:33:08.400-07:002013-04-30T09:33:08.400-07:00These are great, thank you for pointing. I showed...These are great, thank you for pointing. I showed Manet's "Last Flowers' some time ago in my blog: http://gerrie-thefriendlyghost.blogspot.nl/2011/01/eduard-manet-last-flowers.html. After that I discovered the flowers of contemporary American Stanley Bielen. You should have a look. Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.com