Old oil portraits

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Old Portraits, Academic Art, Cute Canvas, Textured Canvas Art, Oil Portrait, Simple Acrylic Paintings, Old Woman, Sketch Painting, Mini Canvas Art

The scattered light on this model's weathered face exemplifies the teachings of the Royal Academy faculty, who urged their students to reduce the basic harmony of their paintings to soft, shadowy trays, relieved only by sharp and colourful details in the highlights. Modelling was an established profession for many locals in Munich. Elderly peasants were favoured by students, since their aged features provided more character and fine detail. Looking back on studying elderly models and tonal…

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