Le Marie. Seoul, Coree 1950
pauljacoulet
print, watercolor, woodblock-print
portrait
asian-art
ukiyo-e
watercolor
woodblock-print
naive art
costume
watercolour illustration
Paul Jacoulet made 'Le Marie. Seoul, Coree' with what looks like watercolour, or maybe woodblock printing. A patient, painstaking technique. I bet this artwork came into being slowly, shifting, and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I can imagine Jacoulet, hunched over his work, delicately applying each layer of colour, line by line. What might he have been thinking when he made it? Maybe of his passion for Japanese art or his upbringing in Asia. The colours here – muted browns and reds, the occasional flourish of green and purple – all subtly shape our experience of the painting. And look at the fine lines of the patterns on the character's robes! They communicate a feeling, an intention, or a meaning. I mean, it certainly got my attention! It reminds me a little of Utamaro in its sensitivity, and maybe a little of Hokusai in its formal daring. Artists are in an ongoing conversation, you know, an exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. And painting is a form of embodied expression, it embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations.
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