November 12 Art Film:
Double Feature: Grandma Moses
and Arcimboldo (each is 30 minutes)
November Art Film: Double Feature: Archimboldo & Grandma Moses
On November 12th Tuesday at 7:00 P.M. in the Vineyard Center, the Villages Arts and Crafts Association will present Arcimboldo: Nature & Fantasy (2010), produced by the National Gallery of Art. This will be followed by Grandma Moses (1950) from The Museum of Modern Art Library. With the first, we conclude our 2019 art film year and with the second we give a glimpse into our upcoming 2020 American Artist series.
Both of these artists have a hint of the festive in their work. High Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a favorite of Hapsburg and Holy Roman Empire rulers Maximillian II and Rudolph III. Arcimboldo poked fun at these high court subjects in his allegorical portraits. Each showed scientifically accurate foods, botanicals, animals, tools and insignia assembled into each person's likeness. He was wildly popular for 35 years until his death and then forgotten. In 1920s he was rediscovered. Picasso and Salvador Dali were influenced by Arcimboldo's work. In 2011, the Louvre reported his exhibit received the most visitors.
American Primitive artist Grandma Moses speaks for herself, in this one-of-a-kind recorded interview. Anna May Robertson Moses began painting at the age of 78 because her arthritis prevented her from doing farm chores. She painted 1,500 canvasses showing loving scenes of rural farm life.
At the start of your holiday season, we hope Arcimboldo will give you a chuckle and Grandma Moses a smile.
by Pam Oliver-Lyons
Art Films are free to all Villagers and their guests. The films and the A/V charges are paid by The Villages Arts and Crafts Association to give back to the community and to continue making Art a vital force in The Villages.
All films are shown at Vineyard Center on second Tuesdays at 7 pm. Pamela Oliver Lyons is the Volunteer Art Films Coordinator for Arts & Crafts.