Bernard Vere
Biographic Data
| ID | 3088115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernard Vere |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Vere |
| SIGNATURE | VERE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sotheby's Institute of Art |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Picasso’s Balancing Act
Immediately after Henri Pélissier won the Tour de France in 1923, Pablo Picasso sketched over a photograph of the winner and his wife, Léonie, turning them into antique figures. This work is placed in the context of modern sport in the lead up to the Paris Olympics of the following year and cultural reactions to that. Art in France was in the throes of a classical revival at this point, which Picasso himself was spearheading. This parallels the c…
Entering the Field of Play
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This essay examines three paintings of sporting cyclists completed within 18 months of one another: the German Expressionist Lyonel Feininger's The Bicycle Race; the French Cubist Jean Metzinger's At the Cycle-Race Track; and the Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni's Dynamism of a Cyclist. Although near-contemporaneous, the works are notable for their spread across Europe. Professional cycling developed as a distinct facet of modernity. Races were …
Oversights in overseeing modernism
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Oversights in overseeing modernism
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This essay examines three paintings of sporting cyclists completed within 18 months of one another: the German Expressionist Lyonel Feininger's The Bicycle Race; the French Cubist Jean Metzinger's At the Cycle-Race Track; and the Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni's Dynamism of a Cyclist. Although near-contemporaneous, the works are notable for their spread across Europe. Professional cycling developed as a distinct facet of modernity. Races were …
Entering the Field of Play
Picasso’s Balancing Act
Immediately after Henri Pélissier won the Tour de France in 1923, Pablo Picasso sketched over a photograph of the winner and his wife, Léonie, turning them into antique figures. This work is placed in the context of modern sport in the lead up to the Paris Olympics of the following year and cultural reactions to that. Art in France was in the throes of a classical revival at this point, which Picasso himself was spearheading. This parallels the c…
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