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Artist Peter Paul Rubens
- Rubens & Women, a major exhibition of the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), will unite over 40 paintings and drawings from the artist's career.
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2023/september/rubens-women/
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Jun 28, 2016 · Rubens treatment of the curvaceous female body was remarkable, marked as a distinct woman central to his legacy. A reflection of the time and in line with the popular Baroque tradition, Rubens’ woman was plump in size and sexual appeal, giving rise to the term “Rubenesque.”
Rubens rarely painted companies of men; he does seem to have preferred the company of women. Rubens’s mother was the formative influence who turned him into a champion of the female sex.
- Laura Gascoigne
Painted in the Baroque tradition of depicting women as soft-bodied, passive, and to the modern eye highly sexualised beings, his nudes emphasise the concepts of fertility, desire, physical beauty, temptation, and virtue.
Sep 27, 2023 · The women painted by Rubens – from his family members to the Archduchess Isabella, to Marie de' Medici of France to the Virgin Mary, to the Goddess Diana – radiate distinctive individuality through his artworks. What Ben and Amy uncover is that Rubens did not objectify women. Instead, he captured the sense of being in their presence.
Oct 2, 2023 · Peter Paul Rubens is so famous for painting voluptuous nudes that his name has become an adjective to describe them. A new exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London aims to show that bare flesh is only part of the story of Rubens and Women.
Nov 14, 2023 · “Rubens and Women” shows just how far from the caricature of the tongue-lolling voyeur he really was. It is an exhibition that sets out to demonstrate that his attitude towards women – real and imaginary – was as full of nuance, respect and tenderness as of physical appreciation, and it succeeds.
