Drawing titled "Mississippi" by Michel Guillet, Original Artwork, Pastel

Mississippi Drawing by Michel Guillet

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Original Artwork Drawing, Pastel on Paper

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 19.7in, Width 25.6in
Categories Figurative

Le premier vapeur destiné à naviguer sur le Mississippi vit le jour en 1811. Il s'agissait du S. S. New Orléans, un bateau d'une conception encore si boiteuse qu'il allait s'avérer incapable de remonter le courant.

Il fallut attendre cinq ans pour que le Washington fasse son apparition. Doté de deux ponts et de deux hautes cheminées noires, il était un splendide vaisseau muni d'une roue à aubes fixée à l'arrière. Il allait servir d'inspiration pour quelques milliers d'autres vapeurs: les «steamboats».

Ces bateaux à aube étaient de somptueux palais de bois à plusieurs étages, entourés de galeries-promenade. Ils transportaient les riches planteurs vers le nord. D'autres bateaux à vapeur étaient à la fois des bateaux-théâtre avec des orchestres de jazz ou des établissement mal fréquentés. Les voyageurs passaient le temps à regarder le paysage, à danser ou à converser dans des salons » so british » aux canapés luxueux.

La vitesse de ce nouveau moyen de transport, excessivement lente, demeurait un problème. Actionnée par un moteur alimenté au bois jusqu'au millieu du XIXe siècle, puis au charbon, la roue à aubes avait tendance à se prélasser dans l'eau du fleuve.
On remplaça alors les vieilles chaudières par des chaudières à pression, mais les matériaux utilisés dans la confection de ces dernières n'étant pas de première qualité, de multiples explosions s'ensuivirent.
A la fin du XIXe siècle, le train s'était imposé à travers tout le continent, et les plus célèbres vapeurs, tels le Natchez, le Robert E. Lee ou le Chaperon (qui mesurait plus de 37 mètres de long et 8 mètres de large) appartinrent bientôt à l'histoire et cette splendide flotte de vapeurs fut reléguée au niveau du transport des différentes marchandises à travers le pays.
Pastel réalisé sur la base d'une photo ancienne :«La rivière Mississippi en 1906 : arrivée des bateaux à vapeur à Vicksburg»

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Pastel

Drawing made with a colored stick. It consists of pigments, a charge and a binder. A distinction is made between dry pastels (soft or hard) and fatty pastels (oil or wax).

Figurative

Figurative and colorful painting having taken the liberty of including all forms of art without border of cultural genre and geographic origin, without hierarchy of values between high and subculture.

Technic Drawing

Drawing is a technique of visual representation on a flat support. The term "drawing" designates both the action of drawing, the resulting graphic work, and the shape of any object. It is also a representation on a surface of the shape (and possibly the light and shadow values) of an object or figure, rather than their color. There are a large number of drawing techniques: “Linear drawing” represents objects by their outlines, edges and some characteristic lines; beyond this limit, the drawing develops by representing the volume by shadows, often by means of hatching, incorporates colors, and joins, without clear transition, the painting.

Related themes

Mississipi

Michel Guillet

France

Michel Guillet, versatile artist, has been a figurative pastellist since January 2010. He is an active member of the “Pastel en Dauphiné” association. His artistic passion leads him to explore a multitude of varied motifs without being confined to a specific theme. Whether portraits, landscapes, still lifes or reproductions of works of art, Michel Guillet likes to capture the diversity of the world around him through his pastels.

What particularly sets Michel apart is his commitment to sharing his art with the public. During exhibitions, he engages in live demonstrations, offering visitors an insight into his creative process. He enjoys interacting with “admirers” of his work, informing them about his techniques and sometimes inviting them to actively participate in his demonstrations.

Michel Guillet is self-taught, but he prefers to consider that each of us has artistic talents that are just waiting to be revealed. He believes in everyone's ability to explore their creativity and let their talents flourish with a little practice and support.

Since his retirement in Aix-les-Bains at the beginning of 2012, Michel Guillet has enjoyed the time necessary to discover the splendors of the Alps and devote himself fully to his two passions: pastels and photography, where he excels as a 'amateur. His art reflects his love for the diversity of the world and his desire to share his creativity with the public.