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a painting of a bottle and block of cheese

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an ink drawing of vases and bottles on a table

Giorgio Morandi made etchings at a time when etching was a sort of specialized art. Etching dominated the process of printing images, illustrations in books and other publications, as well as sculptural and architectural works. With the development of modern printing, etching lost its practical value, so with its popularity, but it evolved into the use of metal, ceramics, and other media. It is to Morandi et al, that the art continues to occupy a distinct place in the world of art through…

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three different colored bottles sitting next to each other

Giorgio Morandi Still Life 1956 oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery Painting Sometimes you feel like painting, but you don’t know exactly what. Then, just when you least expect it, the idea comes to you from somewhere. It’s an idea that comes in colours, and so you set about painting. Almost immediately, problems start arising and you stop. And then another idea occurs to you that seems even more important than the previous one, and so you carry on, with the same passion as always…

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two white bottles sitting on top of a wooden table

Giorgio Morandi is one of my favourite still-life artists. I love the pared down simplicity of some of his paintings, and the way his work always starts with the intense observation of a carefully arranged selection of objects. In order to get down to the description of the object's essential form, Morandi used to paint his bottles and pots in a solid colour. This means that the artist is not distracted by labels, and won't get way-laid by the fiddly, transparent effects of glass. I painted…

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