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Charles, Prince of Wales

王子肖像

 

Title: Charles, Prince of Wales

Work: Acrylic on canves

Artist: Bryan Organ

Work Date: 1980

Style: Realism

 

Size:70 in. x 70 1/8 in. (1778 mm x 1782 mm)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London

 

Appreciation

 

The Prince of Wales sit in a relaxed pose, dressed in casual clothes in front of a green fence. Painted almost entirely of blue and green, only a few elements in the painting are not in these two colours - the Union jack, the prince's face, and his boots and shirt collar. Organ revolutionized the traditional approach to portraits of the monarchy. He has not chosen to depict his sitter with the pomp and ceremony associated with his position, but as an intelligent, aware and sensitive man who has just finished a friendly game of polo.

 

 

In the 1970s Organ was commissioned to paint the portraits of four members of the British royal family, three of which now hang in London's Nationl Portrait Gallery. A consummate draughtsman and insightful portrayer of character, Organ was also the first non - French citizen to be commissioned to paint a French President.

 

About the Artist

 

Bryan Organ (born 1935, Leicester) is an English painter.

He is mainly known for his work in portraiture, and has painted likenesses of many public figures. He is represented at the National Portrait Gallery, in London

標題:查爾斯,威爾士親王

工作:壓克力 畫布

藝術家:布萊恩 奧爾根

畫作時間:1980年

風格:寫實主義

尺寸:70英寸×701/8英寸(1778毫米點¯x1782毫米)

專輯:英國國家肖像館,倫敦

欣賞

在一個綠色圍欄前,查爾斯王子穿著休閒服,以輕鬆的姿勢坐著。

 

看得出畫家是特意將畫的佈局,前後左右遠近,都設計得近乎刻板的工整。綠圍欄佔了大部分的畫面,王子坐在圍欄的前方中間,圍欄上方透出一方藍天,英國旗在正中央。

 

畫面簡潔,沒有多余的細節。用色近乎單調,整幅畫“清二色”的藍和綠,只有很少的其它顏色,如:畫上方的英國旗,查爾斯的臉,襯衫領子和他的靴子。


不難猜到畫家獨具的匠心,他是想以此來象徵英國國家的秩序,井然有序。王子與庶人,貴族,上下議院階層等級界限清楚,冷靜而體面。上方的藍天和英國旗則表示,首相市長,宗派黨組,互相制約,互相監督。帝王制和新型國家管理階層,自由又民主,公平中見統一的治理這個國家。


寫實主義的畫風,但又不是照片般的精確。


畫家奧根,顛覆了傳統君主肖像的畫法,他沒有選擇去濃墨重彩的描繪王子的排場和他的權位,沒有描繪他的威嚴和功績, 而只是描繪王子的另一面形象,一個聰慧敏感,熱愛生活的人,剛剛打完了一場友好的馬球比賽。

 

奧根是一位如此有見地的畫家。

 

在20世紀70年代,奧根被委託為4位英國皇室成員畫肖像。其中有3幅掛在倫敦國家肖像美術館,其中包括戴安娜王妃的肖像,是奧根的另一幅著名畫作。


奧根是第一位以不是法國公民的身份,卻受法國總統的委託畫肖像畫的英國畫家。


關於藝術家

 

布萊恩·奧根是英國畫家,1935年出生於英國萊斯特。曾就讀於拉夫堡藝術學院和皇家藝術學院。

 

他擅長畫公眾人物的肖像,最著名的作品是皇室成員的肖像畫。

 

他還畫過牛津校長和前香港港督彭定康。