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alla prima

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alla prima

Method of painting in which colour is applied in one session, with no later changes or additions being made to the painting. In an oil painting, any preparatory drawing would, therefore, be completely covered by the first and final layer of paint.



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In Wilhelm Sasnal's Forest, 2002, painting alla prima reveals itself through its rapid gesture and simultaneously blocks out every image that could be hidden in the background.
Wilhelm Sasnal: Kunsthalle Zurich by Reust, Hans Rudolf / Artforum International
They also say he didn't draw, but of course he did draw, only with paint, alla prima.
Smoking mirrors: the photographs of Miguel Rio Branco by Strauss, David Levi / Artforum International
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