Zurbarán
Americannoun
noun
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Where David’s painting captures the eternal exasperation of modern life inherent in “My Year,” the Zurbarán fools us into expecting a different novel altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
In art, I am a bit of a sucker for a lemon painted by Zurbarán or an orange by Manet, and I don’t mind coming across the occasional bunch of bananas.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2021
The project drew inspiration from the work of the Baroque Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán, who made images of meditating monks, their faces obscured by the shadows from their hooded robes.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2017
Zurbarán is by far my favorite painter of all time, along with Picasso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2015
Zurbarán attends to the details: the folds in the saint’s robes, his monastic insignia, the rough fiber of the ropes that bind his wrists.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2013
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