The late work by the Dutch master Rembrandt will star in a new exhibition which opens on 15 October at the National Gallery in London until January 18.
Composed of about 40 paintings, 20 drawings and 30 prints, “Rembrandt: The Late Works’ (Rembrandt: Latest works) shows that baroque painter (1606-1669) by no means lost power in his last creative phase but rather the opposite. increased creativity
Three and a half centuries after his death, Rembrandt continues to fascinate said Betsy Wiseman, curator of the exhibition will then travel to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. His technical innovations and deep knowledge of human feelings remain today as Disclosing and force as in the seventeenth century.
“We want to bring the viewer into the world of Rembrandt” said Wiseman. “So, visitors can reflect on art as Rembrandt created it.” According to the National Gallery, from the 1650s until his death Rembrandt was looking decidedly a new style that endow his works with more expression and depth.
The self-observation, manipulation of light and privacy, contemplation, conflict or reconciliation are clearly recognizable. The including several self-portraits , with the marked trace of age, seeks to demonstrate that Rembrandt himself was “extremely sincere.” Thanks to major loans, including the canvas ‘Jewish Bride’ from the Rijksmuseum, the exhibition illustrates the emotion and innovation in the work of Rembrandt.
When Vincent van Gogh saw the picture for the first time in 1885, he told a friend who will gladly sacrifice ten years of your life if you could spend two weeks looking at the picture with a piece of dry bread to eat.
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