19 April 2016

The Connoisseur of The Connoisseur


A work we knew of but had not seen in the flesh, "The connoisseur" by Bernard Hall, is one of the supporting works available for regard in the antechamber to the NGV's exhibition of

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1
Portrait de la mรจre de l'auteur
Whistler's Mother
at the NGV. 

The image below shows 
"The connoisseur" 
by Bernard Hall, 1890.



NGV Matrix Label Poem
] all a Matter of eMphasis (

(The connoisseur)
(c. 1890)
Bernard HALL

Medium :  oil on canvas
Measurements :  60.7 × 33.0 cm
Place/s of Execution :  (London), (England)
Accession Number :  2004.769
Department :  Australian Painting    
Credit Line :   National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 
                      K.M. Christensen and A.E. Bond Bequest, 2004
Gallery location :  17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery,
                            Level 2, NGV International

   
Later that night, having emptied the content(s) :
"The Drunken Connoisseur" by Judith Leyster, 1629.



Next morning, somewhat worse for wear, we renew our vow to start afresh : "The Young Connoisseur", An Arrangement in Grey and Black by Theatre of the Actors of Regard, 1952.
       
AAA_Art Archive Australia  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/ 
 someone looks at something...

 LOGOS/HA HA 
                              
     
 Post Script

 Later that night, "The Drunken Cubist" 
 by Haydos, Brisbane, 2016 ( listen here )