1. “I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies”
Jenny Saville
“I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies”

2. Background Born: 7th May 1970 Nationality: British, born in Cambridge
Education: Glasgow School of Art
Discovered by Charles Saatchi(art collector), who bought her entire Degree Show
Associated with Young British Artists
Painting “Strategy(south Face/Front Face/ North Face)” is cover of album for Manic Street Preachers, “Journal for Plague Lovers”

3. Style Traditional figurative oil painting
Painterly style compared to Lucian Freud and Rubens
‘Larger than life’ paintings
Her palette is very strong, which gives the skin of her models a very textured, intense look, which emphasises the mass of the body
Focuses mainly on the female figure and face but occasionally focuses on transgender people as well
Much of her research for her work includes photographs and sketches of trauma victims, deformity correction, diseases and transgender patients.
“Juncture” (1994)
Oil on canvas
11x6ft, 3.35x1.83

4. Influences Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Born in Germany
Old Masters, Baroque period
Known for painting full bodied women with vivid colours
Very popular, receiving commissions from royalty and nobility
“The Fall of Man” ( )

5. “Propped” (1992) Oil on canvas 7x6 ft, 2.13x1.83m

6. “Propped”(1992) Body far more prominent than the head
Looking down her nose at the viewer, hands clawing thighs
Exaggerates Saville’s size with a fish eye lense
Discoloured skin, making it look bruised and lumpy- bluish shadows emphasising this
Text is scratched onto the surface of the canvas but is backwards, mirrored:
“If we continue to speak in this sameness- speak as men have spoken for centuries, we will fail each other again”
Argues against society’s expectations and personal perspectives- correcting pervious painters and their image of women.

7. Choose a second Jenny Saville artwork to analyse and research.
“Reverse” ( ) Oil on canvas 7x8 ft, 2.13x2.44m
“Entry” ( )
Oil on canvas
7.88x6.27 ft, 2.4x1.9m
“Stare” ( )
Oil on canvas
10x8.21ft, 3.05x2.5m