Johannes Vermeer has only a few peers and, I think, no superiors in the history of painting. Here’s an excellent web site that explores his work and times. It’s not very fancy, but keep clicking; there’s a lot of material and it’s all worth looking at.
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The guy who runs that site is a pretty good painter in his own right.
I does very interesting remakes on Vermeer’s. -
Jeff,
I agree, although I found it amusing that he thinks that acrylic primer is the best ground to use if you want to “paint your own Vermeer” with a close approximation of Vermeer’s materials and methods.
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Given Vermeer’s visionary qualities, I wouldn’t be surprised if time travel was also one of his talents.
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I have sniffed (nose up) at the acrylic grounds and underpainting. I confess that , in spite of my disdain, I have done a few pieces just that way. I was working on a tight schedule and planned to charge less than $iooo, for the pieces. (See my head hanging down in shame.)
Recently, I heard that this technique may last only 25 years and, in an article, an expert said something like, "I think it is sound, but there hasn't been enough time."Any real data? I would never be so careless with a major work. In fact, What I have started doing is to coax more variety of painterlyness out of the acrylics, using them without any addition of oil. ( I'll find a photo as soon as I figure out how to add one.)
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Erin,
I don't like to paint on acrylic grounds, but it's not a horrible sin, either. There is not a lot of real data at this point indicating that painting on acrylic primer is an awful thing to do.
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