Jan Gossaert

Today I visited the Jan Gossaert exhibition which looked at the northern renaissance painters ability to create a startling reality. In are group we are looking to achieve a more painterly picture, looser and more abstract never the less his work can be of inspiration. I was interested in how the painter often used etchings by other artists such as Durer to use as inspiration for his paintings, he would often use figures animals or scenes and re-make them. Are group I feel is very much about reinventing or describing previous paintings for example we made new drawings from a Daniel Richer painting which shall be uploaded soon. Gossaert also used some very strong colours which at times seemed psychedelic for example in the adoration of the kings painting, on the contrary he was able to paint very dark melon-conic paintings.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/jan-gossaerts-renaissance
adoration of the kings
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, an example of his more darker paintings, note: when viewing this painting in life the background was less visible varnish on the painting makes it harder to make out, I believe also this photo may have been edited to enhance the subtitles to a more contrasted visible depiction.... if that makes sense!

post by Jake