The painting of Pablo Picasso’s “Girl in the Chemise” was painted in 1905. It is portable sized oil on canvas portrait, measuring 60 x 72.7cm, which is currently displayed in the Tate gallery, London. The only subject in the painting is young woman wearing a white chemise. She is in a central position on the canvas; standing in profile, looking to the right, in the viewer’s perspective. She is in front of a dark blue background, and the picture plane is level with the observer.
Edouard Vuillard’s painting titled The Dressmakers Under the Lamp was executed between 1891 and 1892. He used oil on cardboard for the small finished piece sized approximately 9 x 10 inches. Vuillard was known for painting subjects in intimate settings therefore earning the style title of “intimist”. The scene depicted in this painting was of Madame Vuillard and Edouard’s sister doing their jobs as seamstresses under the glowing light in the Vuillard’s tiny apartment that doubled as a dressmaker’s salon. The dark brown and blackened background is subordinated by the warm golden glow of the kerosene lamp that is shared by the two weary women.
The pale white body of the woman in the foreground brings light to the painting by contrasting the light skinned body with the dark blue curtains and black background. The linear cool blue color of the curtains and warm yellow color of the drapery make the viewer’s eyes attracted to the painting and move their gaze toward the center focusing on the woman. The detail and lighting greatly accentuate a silky feeling of the curtains and blankets. The body of the woman in the painting has a soft outline of her body creating the sense of smooth skin and desire. The mass of the painting is dominated by the woman who adds length horizontally by the elongated pose of her body.
Oscar-Claude Monet- “San Giorgio Maggire at Dusk” My artist is Oscar-Claude Monet and he was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. When Monet started painting, he was studying at, Le Havre, with making charcoal paintings at the age of eleven. He would also sell his charcoal paintings in local areas. During Monet’s high school years, his art teacher was Jacques-Francois Ochard. Later on he met, Eugene Boudin.
In Four Dancers, Degas illustrates the graceful movement of four ballerinas, in Four Dancers. He places the dancers in an autumn-like setting with natural green, yellow and deep red hues along with cool blue. The sense of autumn can be observed through these rich earth tone colors and nourishing natural elements like trees, leaves and grass that surround the dancers. From the lines and direction of the clouds and the movement of the dancers it almost seems as if there might be a slight fall breeze in the air. The background of the painting holds a purple-blue-grayish value of a mid-afternoon to evening sky, maybe around the time that it begins to become a little windy and cool outside.
Jessica Revis Dr. Mary Donahue Art 1133 February 9, 2014 Formal Analysis of “The Starry Night” I did not have the opportunity to travel to a local art museum in person. So, I chose to The Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan through a virtual tour they offer though their website. After spending some time browsing the many pieces of art I came across an old favorite, Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” and chose it to explore though a visual analysis. Van Gogh created “The Starry Night” in 1889, at the age of 36, during the Post Impressionism Era. It is an oil painting on a 29” x 36” canvas.
Both paintings are depicting a scene from everyday life. Courbet shows the life of what appears to be upper class ladies out for a stroll in the country. Degas depicts a day in the life of the ballerina, more specifically what appears to be a break in rehearsals. The Impressionist painting allows you to see more than one specific subject. In the foreground there is a dancer at rest, in the middle a couple of dancers chatting, and in the background there are more dancers resting as well.
Even her body though hidden under a wonderfully flowing wooden dress is slender and beautifully detailed. She sits unmoving with perfect posture and composure. The ever ruffled dress that Peggy will forever wear while she sits in her chair seems as though it is white even though it maintains the colors of the pickled poplar and cedar that she was sculpted from. Even though her dress is meant to reach her ankles as she sits her slender legs can be viewed while her feet gracefully float inches above the ground. The chair itself adds
EXAMPLE: Field Trip Assignment Bill Schenck’s Gone with the Gunsmoke I decided to visit the Tucson Museum of Art on Friday, the fourth of March. The work of art that I chose to evaluate was Bill Schenck’s Gone with the Gunsmoke. Bill Schenck was raised in Columbus, Ohio, but spent summers in Wyoming. These summers produced a fascination with the West in Schenck, and out of this fascination he created works such as Gone with the Gunsmoke. Gone with the Gunsmoke is a serigraph print that Schenck created in 1996, and the one on display at the Tucson Museum of Art is 34” X 28” and is 44/78.
The paintings of Frida Kahlo belonged to the “surrealism”. In 1938 André Breton, who was primary initiator of the surrealist movement, described Kahlo's art as a "ribbon around a bomb". Frida Kahlo became politically active and she married an artist Diego Rivera who was a communist in 1929. Her paintings were exhibited in Mexico and Paris before her death in 1958. Childhood of Frida Kahlo.