National Museum of Fine Arts

The museum of fine arts holds many different exhibitions showing off the artworks of different artists, being paintings or sculpture. This specific exhibition is sculpture made of mainly stone and some in metal type material.

 

Antonio Sciortino(1879-1947)
Les Gavroches    1907
Bronze

Sculpture made up of mainly rough textures and many folds in clothes to show movement. 

This shows a small group of children as they are lead by the eldest of the three.

He looks rather excited about something, like he is leading his friends/siblings to a mysterious location.

The other two children look rather confused as they do not know where they are going. Especially the youngest one who seems to be holding back as he is unsure of  what is about to happen.

 

 These children are probably from a poor/low class as they are in rather ragged clothing.

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Young Girl
Joseph Maria Genuis 1934-1970

 This shows the smooth features of a high class young females face. A full face, a rather large nose and slightly puffed lips.

Rather having a straight face, seems like she was sculpted in a serious manner, showing the maturity of a young generation.

Seems like a woman of a higher class then the sculpture above as not even a hair seems to be out of place as its pulled back then flows to the side.

 

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Woman with Long hair
Frans Galea 1945-1994

Unlike the image above, this female looks older as the face seems more adult, and what used to be features of youth like puffy cheeks are lessened. 

This woman seems more casual in a sense that her hair is down and flowing randomly infront and behind. 

She seems to have a certain look about her that makes it seem shes thinking about something, lost in thought.

 

Personally i prefer this sculpture then the one of the younger girl, as this seems  to have had more effort put in, more detail, yet being more casual. With careful sculpting for exact features.

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Man In Uniform
Vincent Apap 1909-2003

This what looks to be a hollow wooden sculpture is of a man of authority, of an army of some sort.

This material made the artist make use of the texture it creates when making the eyebrows and some curles/folds of the hair.

 

The immense detail the artist went into was truly worth it as it is indeed an impressive piece of work as the pure detail of this mans uniform is overwhelming as it shows of this mans superiority.

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Title and artist

This sculpture is rather amusing in a good way to me. Looking amazing yet reminds me of a head teacher about to talk to a student in her office.

Being a woman of elegance, the detail of her outfit is astonishing aswell as the glasses on her face. They arent  done seperatly as they are just hinted by being attached to her face.

The most impressive part i believe are the hands. So exact in the bends of the fingers. I might just find them amazing because i cant really draw hands, but oh well!

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Man with Tie

Vinvent apap 1909-2003
 

  

Detail in the face shows this man is of age due to the wrinkles near his eyes and forehead.

Smart clothes show that he is a middle or higher class gentleman as he is not only wearing a tie and jacket but a vest too. The engravings in his hair and beard make it more believable that it is actually hair as it is not simplified as much.

The most impressive part to me is his eyes. The eyes of an experienced and aged man have a beauty of their own as they show the knowledge that he could have.