The Samovar Inspired by Matisse by k Madison Moore Pennsylvania Artist

The Samovar

Inspired by Matisse

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11 x 14 Interior Oil Painting on canvas

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One of my collectors purchased a painting I 

did inspired by Matisse that had this unusual

element in it. I have seen Matisse use it in many

of his paintings and even though I didn't know

what is was I still used it as I liked the shape.

I assumed it was some kind

of heater and he obviously liked them.

My collector took the time to research it for me

when I told him what I thought it was but wasn't sure.

I wasn't too far off. It is used to make tea and is called

a Samovar.

Matisse being a French artist and this being mostly

Russian must have had a special reason for using it

so many times in his paintings. I wonder what that 

was?

In this painting I did my take on one of Matisse's

ladies, his window and the painting on the wall

in the reflection of the mirror. Love doing this kind

of work with mirrors and reflecting what is on the

other side of the room. Fun!

Enjoy

The Samovar

A traditional samovar consists of a large metal container with a faucet near the bottom and a metal pipe running vertically through the middle. The pipe is filled with solid fuel which is ignited to heat the water in the surrounding container. A small (6 to 8 inches) smoke stack  is put on the top to ensure draft . After the water boils and the fire is extinguished, the smoke-stack can be removed and a  teapot placed on top to be heated by the rising hot air. The teapot is used to brew a strong concentrate of tea known as заварка. The tea is served by diluting this concentrate with boiled water from the main container, usually at a ratio of about 10 parts water to one part tea concentrate, although tastes vary.

The samovar was an important attribute of a Russian household and particularly well-suited to tea-drinking in a communal setting over a protracted time period. The Russian expression "to have a sit by the samovar" means to have a leisurely talk while drinking tea from a samovar. 

In everyday use samovars were an economical permanent source of hot water in older times. Various slow-burning items could be used for fuel, such as charcoal or dry pinecones. When not in use, the fire in the samovar pipe faintly smoldered. As needed it could be quickly rekindled with the help of  bellows. Although a Russian jackboot  (сапог)  could be used for this purpose, bellows were manufactured specifically for use on samovars

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Original Nude Oil Painting Captivating by k Madison Moore

Captivating

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Emotions in Color Series

10 x 12 Nude Oil Painting on Canvas

Another Dramatic Nude Painting to add

to my new Emotions in Color Series.

There really isn't much to say about Nude paintings

so I try to ket the titles speak for themselves.

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Jesus Christ Oil Painting by k Madison Moore

Jesus

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24 x 30 Oil Painting on Canvas

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What can I say, I love painting Jesus.

 It's good for the soul!

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for the holidays.

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Color Me Kandinsky Interior Oil Painting by k Madison Moore

Color Me Kandinsky

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Painting with The Masters

24 x 34  Interior Oil Painting on Canvas

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I always just love working with Kandinsky and all his brilliant primary colors. Just had to do this one large format!

It's hard to believe how many paintings he did in black and white at one time in his career. See some of his black and whites at the link below - Kandinsky at MOMA.

I had a great time with all the details in his name

So much fun painting the glass on the table

Nothing better than high heeled Nikes to go with a Kandinsky!

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Color Me Kansinsky

Kandinsky Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Published in 1911, Kandinsky's book compares the  Spiritual life of humanity to a  pyramid - the artist has a mission to lead others to the pinnacle with his work. The point of the pyramid is those few, great artists. It is a spiritual pyramid, advancing and ascending slowly even if it sometimes appears immobile. During decadent periods, the  sou sinks to the bottom of the pyramid; humanity searches only for external success, ignoring spiritual forces.

Colors on the painter's palette evoke a double effect: a purely physical effect on the eye which is charmed by the beauty of colors, similar to the joyful impression when we eat a delicacy. This effect can be much deeper, however, causing a vibration of the soul or an "inner resonance"—a spiritual effect in which the color touches the soul itself.

"Inner necessity" is, for Kandinsky, the principle of art and the foundation of forms and the harmony of colors. He defines it as the principle of efficient contact of the form with the human soul. Every form is the delimitation of a surface by another one; it possesses an inner content, the effect it produces on one who looks at it attentively. This inner necessity is the right of the artist to unlimited freedom, but this freedom becomes license if it is not founded on such a necessity. Art is born from the inner necessity of the artist in an enigmatic, mystical way through which it acquires an autonomous life; it becomes an independent subject, animated by a spiritual breath.

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Kandinsky at MOMA

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