Who painted the most beautiful human body oil painting "The Goddess Athena", but did not get out of the haze of being left out?

When I was looking through an album of Western classic oil paintings in the university library, I was surprised by an oil painting, which was "The Goddess Athena" by Gwede.

In the picture, the goddess Athena’s exquisite facial features exude incomparable beauty, her black eyes burst out with dazzling light, and her plump and tall figure vividly expresses the unique body of young women. Curvy and youthful skin. "The Goddess Athena" has a stunning appearance and form, showing an unparalleled image of the goddess. This is the most beautiful oil painting depicting the goddess Athena among the Western oil paintings I have ever seen.

John William Gueverroe (1861-1922) was the most famous aesthetic realist painter of the British Victorian era and an important representative of neoclassicism.

As the most loyal disciple of Raphael and Giorgione, the masters of classical aesthetic realism, Gwede has been unswervingly pursuing the artistic concept of aesthetic realism throughout his life. Gweed is best at depicting female figures and female bodies in oil paintings. Most of the women in his paintings are fair-skinned and beautiful, with bright smiles, plump bodies, and gorgeous clothes, all showing the style of a goddess. Among them, the "Goddess Athena" series of oil paintings is especially famous.

Gorgeous, noble, gorgeous and eye-catching is a major feature of Gweed's oil paintings, and it is also an important reason why Gwede's oil paintings are loved by people. But not only that, Gweed's oil paintings also have a great highlight, which is the ultimate depiction of marble and women's clothing. In Gwede's oil painting, the marble seems to be placed in front of you alive, and every wrinkle of the woman's dress and skirt is clearly identifiable. One has to admire the painter's meticulous observation and superb painting techniques.

Among the famous neoclassical aesthetic realist painting masters from the 19th to the early 20th century, if Ingres’s aesthetics is reflected in elegance and solemnity, Bouguereau’s aesthetics is reflected in the ideal extreme. , then, the beauty of Gweed is reflected in its gorgeousness. Gweed's "Athena" has amazed countless people.

Some people say that Gwede is the British Bouguereau. I agree with this view. Gweide is another important representative and master of Western classical aesthetic realistic oil painting after Bouguereau.

Gwede's beautiful oil paintings, which fully display the graceful grace and charm of women, were highly sought after by people for a period of time, and he also enjoyed the aura and glory of the master for a time. However, because his painting style has not changed in any way and he has always been obsessed with the deliberate or even exaggerated depiction of women's clothing and marble, he has also been criticized by critics. Especially at the beginning of the 20th century, impressionist oil painting was in the ascendant, abstract oil painting was rising, and realist oil painting was declining. At this time, Gwede was still "ignorant of current affairs" and still persisted in his inherent creative concepts and ideas. style. It is conceivable that the criticism of him at this time has turned into an outpouring of criticism.

Gwede suffered an unprecedented blow in his artistic career. His oil paintings plummeted, from being sought after to being widely ignored. Gweed was dissatisfied at the beginning and then tried to change himself, but he found that the artistic concepts and styles he had formed for a long time were difficult or even impossible to change. Gweed felt like he had been abandoned, he was entangled, he was in pain, he was suffering, and he was depressed.

One day in May 1922, after finishing the last body painting of his life, "Girl on the Beach", Gweed sat quietly in the studio for a long time. More than two hours later, he committed suicide by drinking a bullet. Gweed was 61 years old this year.