Guarisco Gallery 2012

118 Jean-Baptiste Olive he noted marine and landscape artist Jean-Bapiste Olive was born in Marseilles, a beautiful and recurring subject in his works. The sea, regarded by many artists as the most difficult subjects to paint, held the fascination of Olive for most of his career. Considered a master of marine painting, he had an unerring ability to convey to the viewer the strength and movement of the sea in an Impressionistic manner. The infinite variations of color that are found in the waves of this enduring subject were rendered with wonderful effect by Olive. His harbor and coastal scenes are often bathed in a luminous Mediterranean light. [ Museums: Musée du Louvre, Paris; Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Palais du Luxembourg; Art Mus. of São Paolo, Brazil] live was one of the most successful artists to bridge the gap between the Academic tradition and Impressionism. His compositions were traditional in color and perspective and were thus recognized by the official Salon, but his mastery of natural light and bravura brushwork were adapted from the Impressionists. Olive masterfully depicted diffused color and light with soft brushwork to achieve atmospheric effects and yet was equally able to paint with academic precision in areas of the composition where he wished to convey crispness and detail. O T