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Vir Heroicus Sublimis (2018)Acrylic painting by Gerard Boersma
20.32 x 20.32 x 2.54cm (unframed)
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Original artwork description
Vir Heroicus Sublimis, Latin for 'Man, heroic and sublime', is Barnett Newman’s largest painting at the time of its completion. It's meant to overwhelm the senses.
Viewers may be inclined to step back from it to see it all at once, but Newman instructed precisely the opposite. When the painting was first exhibited, Newman tacked to the wall a notice that read: 'There is a tendency to look at large pictures from a distance. The large pictures in this exhibition are intended to be seen from a short distance.' Newman believed deeply in the spiritual potential of abstract art.
Materials used:
Acrylic on masonite
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20.32 x 20.32 x 2.54cm (unframed)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#vir heroicus sublimis#looking at paintnig#abstract#woman#colorful#contemporary#red#pop art#people#figurative#realism#photorealism#hyperrealism#museum#looking at art#barnett newman
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Original artwork description
Vir Heroicus Sublimis, Latin for 'Man, heroic and sublime', is Barnett Newman’s largest painting at the time of its completion. It's meant to overwhelm the senses.
Viewers may be inclined to step back from it to see it all at once, but Newman instructed precisely the opposite. When the painting was first exhibited, Newman tacked to the wall a notice that read: 'There is a tendency to look at large pictures from a distance. The large pictures in this exhibition are intended to be seen from a short distance.' Newman believed deeply in the spiritual potential of abstract art.
Materials used:
Acrylic on masonite
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20.32 x 20.32 x 2.54cm (unframed)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#vir heroicus sublimis#looking at paintnig#abstract#woman#colorful#contemporary#red#pop art#people#figurative#realism#photorealism#hyperrealism#museum#looking at art#barnett newman
Gerard Boersma
Netherlands
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I create colorful and highly detailed works of art to express my love for the modern human as well as my concerns about contemporary society.
My hyperreal paintings are based... Read more