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'Lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.' Pablo Picasso 🎨

Picasso first encountered the enigmatic ‘Madame Moitessier’ by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at an exhibition in Paris, in 1921, and was enthralled. Over the next decade, he repeatedly referenced Ingres in his art and painted ‘Woman with a Book’, one of his most celebrated portraits, in homage to Ingres’s famous work.

For Ingres, a 19th-century French artist steeped in the academic tradition, the beautiful and wealthy Madame Moitessier represented the classical ideal. Wearing her finest clothes and jewellery, she gazes at the viewer majestically, the embodiment of luxury and style during the Second Empire. Picasso, born 100 years after Ingres, is famous for a very different, abstract style of art, but his inspiration is clear. The model for ‘Woman with a Book’, Picasso's then young mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, mimics Madame Moitessier’s distinct pose. The painting balances sensuality and restraint, striking a chord with the eroticism latent beneath Ingres’s image of bourgeois respectability.

Join us in the Gallery for our latest exhibition, ‘Picasso Ingres: Face to Face’, a unique opportunity to see these two iconic portraits, side by side, for the first time. Book your free tickets here: https://bit.ly/3fueiXh

Want to learn more? Order the 'Picasso Ingres: Face to Face' Catalogue to explore in depth the parallels and differences between the artists’ techniques and creative ambitions: https://bit.ly/3zqvFCG

Best Friends says it all ❤️

WESTDALE GALLERY

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

NANOOQ INUIT ART
Most of you know I have been the owner of Westdale Gallery since 1992. For the past 23 years, I have been offering contemporary fine art and art services to collectors in Canada and internationally. Inuit art has always been an important art form to me and many of my customers. After all, Julius Lebow - the founder of Westdale Gallery in 1958, was the first art dealer to sell Inuit art in Ontario. So, it has always been my objective to build upon Julius's legacy by continuing to offer this beautiful art form, to a growing number of collectors.

To create more Inuit art collectors, I am pleased to tell you I have partnered with a new online Inuit art gallery, Nanooq Inuit Art. Like Westdale Gallery, this digital gallery will continue to offer the finest Inuit art from the epicentre of the Inuit art world namely Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Four galleries featuring prints, carvings, original drawings and of course, the annual Dorset Print Collection, will all be on display at nanooq.ca. Please visit nanooq.ca and see for yourself. Browse the galleries and view the 56th Annual Dorset Print Collection.

Linda MacRae

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PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR NEW INUIT WEBSITE.
www.nanooq.ca - and view the 2015 Annual Cape Dorset collection of prints! They are g r e a t!!!

New site has been launched on April 3rd. Still much more to do. Keep watching as artists and images continue to be listed.

All 64 drawings (remainder to be listed at later date) viewed are available through Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario - 905-523-5156 or email: [email protected]

Below are 6 sections of one large acrylic on canvas painting by KATHRYN SMITH. I was not able to put these into one sized painting for viewing. However, I am still trying so stay tuned. The words/description below are by artist who has been living in Hawaii for a while but is due back soon. If interested please let me know and I will attempt to email entire painting in one piece. Thank you for your patience.

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