Comments on: R. H. Ives Gammell http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:01:21 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Frank Moraes http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/comment-page-1/#comment-856631 Frank Moraes Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:30:59 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/#comment-856631 I just got around to reading *Gammell and his Students*. It is a very informative article. Unfortunately, it is written by an artist and not a writer, so it is somewhat scattered and awfully dense without being packed with enough information to justify it. However, it is *really* worth a read. If you take the time, you will learn a lot. Having read "The Twilight of Painting", it doesn't surprise me that Gammell was the kind of teacher he was. What does surprise me is how little he thought of his own talent. Admittedly, artists like Allan R. Banks, who came after him, are better technically: http://www.allanbanks.com/Selection_of_Works.html But Banks reminds me a lot of William Bouguereau--who I really like, but it *is* over a hundred years later. I still think that Gammell was a more creative artist. I think he understood that you start with technique, but then you move from there. Gammell was not a portrait painter. What I love most about him is how he mixes the classical with the modern: Botticelli with Manet or even Magritte. That's the kind of stuff that will take me to a place where meditation can't compete. I just got around to reading *Gammell and his Students*. It is a very informative article. Unfortunately, it is written by an artist and not a writer, so it is somewhat scattered and awfully dense without being packed with enough information to justify it. However, it is *really* worth a read. If you take the time, you will learn a lot. Having read “The Twilight of Painting”, it doesn’t surprise me that Gammell was the kind of teacher he was. What does surprise me is how little he thought of his own talent. Admittedly, artists like Allan R. Banks, who came after him, are better technically:

http://www.allanbanks.com/Selection_of_Works.html

But Banks reminds me a lot of William Bouguereau–who I really like, but it *is* over a hundred years later. I still think that Gammell was a more creative artist. I think he understood that you start with technique, but then you move from there. Gammell was not a portrait painter. What I love most about him is how he mixes the classical with the modern: Botticelli with Manet or even Magritte. That’s the kind of stuff that will take me to a place where meditation can’t compete.

]]> By: Frank Moraes http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/comment-page-1/#comment-853871 Frank Moraes Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:39:47 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/#comment-853871 Success! They just changed the name of the file. Why they would do that, I cannot say. Plus, there is a whole process for doing this so that the search engines can know if a change is permanent or temporary. Google did not know about the change, for example. Anyway, here it is... http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2000/Gammell_and_his_Students/gammell.php I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I am looking forward to it. Thanks for letting me (us) know about it. Success! They just changed the name of the file. Why they would do that, I cannot say. Plus, there is a whole process for doing this so that the search engines can know if a change is permanent or temporary. Google did not know about the change, for example. Anyway, here it is…

http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2000/Gammell_and_his_Students/gammell.php

I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I am looking forward to it. Thanks for letting me (us) know about it.

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/comment-page-1/#comment-848921 Charley Parker Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:23:24 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/#comment-848921 Thank you. Fixed. Unfortunately, it looks like ARC has changed their platform and <em>all</em> of my links to ARC pages are now broken (probably hundreds, sigh). Thank you. Fixed. Unfortunately, it looks like ARC has changed their platform and all of my links to ARC pages are now broken (probably hundreds, sigh).

]]> By: Frank Moraes http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/comment-page-1/#comment-848874 Frank Moraes Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:35:21 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/#comment-848874 I just wrote a short article about the ACR (http://franklycurious.com/index.php?itemid=39)—nothing of much interest, just a little riff off "The Twilight of Painting". You might error-check this page. In particular, the "Gammell and his Students" link is broken. I will see if I can track that down on my own, but it would easier to just check back here. I just wrote a short article about the ACR (http://franklycurious.com/index.php?itemid=39)—nothing of much interest, just a little riff off “The Twilight of Painting”.

You might error-check this page. In particular, the “Gammell and his Students” link is broken. I will see if I can track that down on my own, but it would easier to just check back here.

]]> By: BStroke http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/comment-page-1/#comment-327394 BStroke Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:27:39 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/#comment-327394 I was lead to an article on form and nature: http://www.southwestart.com/document/1011 I was lead to an article on form and nature:
http://www.southwestart.com/document/1011

]]> By: PainterP http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/comment-page-1/#comment-168395 PainterP Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:48:16 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/09/21/r-h-ives-gammell/#comment-168395 Interesting classical work with such talent. How do you compare that to more modern works? Do you look at subject or do you look at what kind of medium the artist used? I think it would be interesting to compare with an artist that has a different body of work that ban be found at: http://www.southwestart.com/document/1047 Interesting classical work with such talent. How do you compare that to more modern works? Do you look at subject or do you look at what kind of medium the artist used?
I think it would be interesting to compare with an artist that has a different body of work that ban be found at:
http://www.southwestart.com/document/1047

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