Pocket Guide -> Media -> Wax -> Sick Boy
Sick Boy
by Medardo Rosso · Italian, 1858 - 1928
| Creation Date: | 1893 |
| Media & Support: | Wax |
| Dimensions: | 9 3/8 inches high |
| Credit: | Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund |
Medardo Rosso may have had no direct knowledge of the French Impressionists, but he shared their interest in capturing the fleeting effects of light, color, and atmos- phere. In 1883, he invented a novel method of modeling wax over a plaster core to explore the softly reflective surface of the wax. He discovered he could give the malleable surfaces of wax a texture that resembles the broken brushstrokes of the Impressionists. Here, Rosso has captured a transitory moment of light on a boy’s head.
