Passing Storm Painting

I have been San Antonio Museum of Art during the last summer. This is my second times visit this museum. I see a lot of same artworks that I saw them when I came first time, but this time I feel I know more about the artworks now. I knew each of the artworks have different theme, subject and meaning. This is oil on canvas painting called Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas made by artist Albert Bierstadt during 1870. This panting’s color schemes is polychromatic. It contains different hues such as green, yellow, and blue. Those hues that used on the painting are cool. Also there are secondary colors. The panting used dark green color in the trees that behind the river, and this creates values and distance between mountain and the land. Additionally, this painting used intensity to brighter the blue color that used on the mountain let me feel that is main …show more content…
Eliot created by artist John Singer Sargent during 1888. This artwork is about Mrs. Eliot is a socialite in New York. She is a mother with six children. The main hue used on this painting is red. It used atmospheric perspective to create different color of red. The artwork also including the gestural, which is the woman’s hand. This painting is asymmetrical balance because the background used dark red and the clothe she wore is lighter red creates balance in this painting. The painting contains the focal point, which is the woman. This artwork use oil painting to show the viewer how beautiful and charming she is. When I saw this artwork, I have a feeling that this artwork is the best portrait in that museum because it caught my attention immediately. There have two reasons that it catches my attention. First is the color. The red color is primary color. When red color use on the painting creates light and dark section directly let people pay attention to this woman. Second, because of her posture tells me she is a noble woman, and she has