Drawn to Blue: Artists’ use of blue paper
The Courtauld Gallery The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, United KingdomThe Courtauld Gallery
This display will present a selection of drawings on blue paper from The Courtauld’s collection, ranging from works by the Venetian Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto to a watercolor by famed English Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. Made from fibers derived from blue rags, blue paper first appeared in Northern Italy in the 14th century. It became a popular drawing […]
Paper and Light
Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive, LOS ANGELES, CA, United StatesGetty Center
Artists have for centuries explored the interaction of paper and light. This exhibition of drawings charts some of the innovative ways in which the two media were creatively used together. Works include the Museum’s extraordinary 12-foot-long transparency by Carmontelle—essentially an 18th-century motion picture—which will be shown lit from behind as originally intended. Drawings by more […]