A Graduate of Pomona
IN2 Detail of upper portion of copy of William Henry Hunt's watercolor, Blowing Bubbes
Here the boy's eyes are almost devoid of expression in their vacant stare. And his eyes do not clearly focus on the bubble.
The thumb and finger do not convincingly pinch together and the other three fingers are ambiguously painted --the two in the middle look like sky slopes and do not convincingly seem to upply pressure or support. The little finger is especially strange -- itis either looped around in an impossible hooked position, or, if it is short and merely bent, there is an unintelligible portion of a didget to its immediate left (viewer's right)
The bubble is perfectly round, almost as if it is blown glass which is unaffected by gravity. The reason for this shall become apparent in due course.
And what is that object to the left of the bowl? It looks somewhat like a cut piece of fruit. Or is it the remnants of a bar of soap which has been placed on some sort of soap dish? Regardless of the answer, it is not nearly as convincing as the soap shown in the authentic Hunt.
While somewhat less obvious, whoever painted the background of this watercolor does little more than stipple in a fairly dull, uniform brown wall, with a few wxceptions. Hunt is usually very free in his background painting, providing a lot of variety and visual stimulation. While his loose and sometimes wild brushwork is clear upon close viewing, it typically is blended by the viewer's eyes at a distance. the variety of Hunt's stippling and loose brushwork can be seen throughout the background of the authentic Hunt watercolor.
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IN2 Detail of upper portion of copy of William Henry Hunt's watercolor, Blowing Bubbes
Here the boy's eyes are almost devoid of expression in their vacant stare. And his eyes do not clearly focus on the bubble.
The thumb and finger do not convincingly pinch together and the other three fingers are ambiguously painted --the two in the middle look like sky slopes and do not convincingly seem to upply pressure or support. The little finger is especially strange -- itis either looped around in an impossible hooked position, or, if it is short and merely bent, there is an unintelligible portion of a didget to its immediate left (viewer's right)
The bubble is perfectly round, almost as if it is blown glass which is unaffected by gravity. The reason for this shall become apparent in due course.
And what is that object to the left of the bowl? It looks somewhat like a cut piece of fruit. Or is it the remnants of a bar of soap which has been placed on some sort of soap dish? Regardless of the answer, it is not nearly as convincing as the soap shown in the authentic Hunt.
While somewhat less obvious, whoever painted the background of this watercolor does little more than stipple in a fairly dull, uniform brown wall, with a few wxceptions. Hunt is usually very free in his background painting, providing a lot of variety and visual stimulation. While his loose and sometimes wild brushwork is clear upon close viewing, it typically is blended by the viewer's eyes at a distance. the variety of Hunt's stippling and loose brushwork can be seen throughout the background of the authentic Hunt watercolor.
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