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Lady Godiva (2016)Mixed-media painting
by Benedicte Gele
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Original artwork description
Art painting of Lady Godiva.
"Lady Godiva was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants."
::: Medium: watercolor, pastels, black chalk and gesso on paper on canvas (without frame), finished with a varnish, signed on front, sent rolled in a tube. Painting done on stretcher but I remove it for the sending to reduce cost.
::: Size: 23.6 x 23.6 in / 60 x 60 cm
::: Year: 2016
Materials used:
watercolor, black chalk, gesso
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 60 x 60 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#city#london city#equine art#legend#horse art#horse painting#horse drawing#equestrian artist#dressage horse#lady godiva#horse piaffe#baroque horse
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Original artwork description
Art painting of Lady Godiva.
"Lady Godiva was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants."
::: Medium: watercolor, pastels, black chalk and gesso on paper on canvas (without frame), finished with a varnish, signed on front, sent rolled in a tube. Painting done on stretcher but I remove it for the sending to reduce cost.
::: Size: 23.6 x 23.6 in / 60 x 60 cm
::: Year: 2016
Materials used:
watercolor, black chalk, gesso
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 60 x 60 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#city#london city#equine art#legend#horse art#horse painting#horse drawing#equestrian artist#dressage horse#lady godiva#horse piaffe#baroque horse
Benedicte Gele
France
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For Bénédicte Gelé, painting horses has never been about representation. What drives her is what the animal brings to light: raw emotion, inhabited silence, inner resonance. The horse becomes a... Read more