Artist challenge -- Giorgio Morandi

[kali]

thanks for your votes , it is always a pleasure to host my favorite challenge,

i like to interpret artists who are not necessarily photographers, so I have selected the Italian painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi (1890- 1964 ) to be our muse this time. So Your challenge is to either copy as closely as you can a particular work or take inspiration from his style and subject matter.

Morandi is best known for his natura morta ((stillife ) paintings of bottles , i find it interesting that he lived his whole life in the same house and had his collection of bottles that he used time and again in one room, . He did also paint landscapes around his village, and his prints were etchings,.

there is a quick slideshow of his work here on youtube Morandi

This is a basic overview of his style link

a selection of works from various periods link

A video about an exhibition of his work from the 1930s link

trailers for an Italian documentary with English subtitles 1 2

discussion of particular works link

Please link to any particular work that inspired you in your description

tag your entries ac-morandi

the challenge starts now and will end on Tuesday the 20th of September

Hope you enjoy this!

[kali]

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[kali]

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[Louis A. Sousa]

Will give it a run, thank you! Beautiful work.

[kali]

@mona65 @pistache not forgetting you ladies...

[Brigette]

@kali66
How very cool! I visited the Estorick gallery of Italian art in Islington 2011 and it featured his works!

[Walks @ 7]

How fun. Thank you. I have a few ideas

[kali]

@brigette be amazing to see them in person, they are not very large are they

[Jacqui Jay]

@kali66 Can you please add me to the list for future Artist Challenges? Thank you.

[Nenormalna]

Thank you for adding me on the list for artists challenges, this is a really interesting theme i will try my best.

[Tamara Cartwright-Loebl]

Thank you for the tag, this looks fun!

[Brigette]

@kali66 yip not that large

[kali]

@irisr sure Jacqui, have fun

[kali]

@nnenormalna @mvonsaatz glad you will try it girls

[Gerasimos Georg.]

seems interesting and challenging!i will give it a try,thank you for including me in the challenge and letting me know about it

[Domenico Dodaro]

Will give it a try, compatibly with my own self-imposed themes, Morandi is very close to my taste...

[LTaylor]

bottles of elegance shades of wonder

[kali]

@domenicododaro and you can listen to the documentaries about him that are in Italian!

[kali]

@365projectltaylor :)

[Tamara Cartwright-Loebl]

@joglenister @franny34 @timf2009 may like to play?

[Jo]

@mvonsaatz looks fun..

[vonski]

Will give it a go today

[Granagringa]

@kali66 Thanks for doing this, interesting choice. As I do the challenge, I realize the subtlety of the artist's work more and more and work harder myself. Really enjoy it. Thanks.

[Kathryn]

Wow...it's hard to make it look simple. Here's a terrible first attempt...

[Fernando]

thanks for adding me to this challenge

[jackie edwards]

[Lockarec]

@jackies365 That is lovely.

[jackie edwards]

@evalieutionspics thank you!

[Robyn]

@kali66 Challenging! I'll give it a look-see! I do have an older photo that I took in Italy that has bottles in it, even, and I posted it on 365 when I was doing the challenge the first time around. I'll see if it applies (tho it's not a current photo....)

[Lynda]

Thank you. I do enjoy these challenges.

[Joan]

I'd love to be included in these Artist Challenges! This will be my first go. :-)

[kali]

@jetr anyone can play, you are welcome!

[Jerome]

@kali66
Can you please add me to the list for Artist Challenges?

Very nice the idea to interpret certain artists. You prepared beautifully - with the links and your introductory thoughts!

[kali]

@jerome ok have added you, thankyou, have fun

[Joan]

Here's the result of my inspiration:

[Jennifer Eurell]

I've tagged my entry ac-morandi - is that all I have to do?

[kali]

@jeneurell yes I can see it with all the others, great entry!

[Jennifer Eurell]

@kali66 Thanks Kali. It is a nice topic so I thought I'd give it a try - I rather like Morandi.

[Jo]

i have had a go, can i be added to the list please?
i have called it Fake Georgio Morandi, but not sure how to actually enter

[Tamara Cartwright-Loebl]

Just slipped in under the wire. Thank you for setting this, it's well out of my comfort zone and I've really enjoyed musing on it for almost too long!