Artist in Greenland
Dominating the landscape is a large, shimmering iceberg, which towers over a field of snow and contrasts with a vibrant blue sky. Clustered in the foreground is a painter and his team of sled dogs, who stare at the viewer from their position on the snow and give a sense of life to the otherwise desolate, but beautiful, landscape. Painted in oils by American artist Rockwell Kent in 1935 (with the addition of several figures in 1960), Artist in Greenland is a vibrant modernist take on the cold, northern climate of Greenland. The medium sized painting, with dimensions of 35 1/8 inches x 44 3/8 inches, is housed in the Baltimore Museum of Art under the accession number BMA 1991.10, making it one of the many pieces of American …show more content…
Along with being simple, the objects in the painting are centered in the composition. This symmetry helps to balance out the work and draw the eye to the center of the piece and towards a large iceberg, which is the dominant form in the painting. This iceberg towers over the surrounding landscape, setting a scale for the work and adding weight to the painting. However, while the main object in the painting is very large and takes up much of the mid-ground area of the painting, the composition still appears spacious due to the inclusion of a background, and the open areas painted between the foreground and …show more content…
Kent’s use of vibrant color provides feelings of contrast, motion, and depth to Artist in Greenland. In this painting, the main colors are shades of white and blue, accented with lavenders and yellows along with some green, brown, and black tones. Due to the environment being painted, most of the colors are cool (the blues, lavenders, and green) or neutral (the white, brown, and black shades), with the exception of the yellow shades, which are warm. The sky, which gradients from a deep cornflower blue to a golden yellow, makes the start white tones of the icebergs and snow field stand out. On the snow field itself, variations in color show ripples and crests on the surface of the ground: shades of lilac provide shadows in low areas, while an off white tone washes the sunny areas. Motion is shown on the surface of the largest iceberg, as the iridescent colors make what would otherwise be a flat surface appear to undulate and glisten. The face of the iceberg also seems transparent in some areas, and the darker blue and turquoise shades give and inner dimension to the lower lying areas on the object. Featured in the foreground is a sled team, painted in neutral tones. The team of huskies and their owner are, in comparison to the natural environment that is depicted, more stylized—both the man and the dogs are made up of almost geometric shapes, which gives them a
Dominating the landscape is a large, shimmering iceberg, which towers over a field of snow and contrasts with a vibrant blue sky. Clustered in the foreground is a painter and his team of sled dogs, who stare at the viewer from their position on the snow and give a sense of life to the otherwise desolate, but beautiful, landscape. Painted in oils by American artist Rockwell Kent in 1935 (with the addition of several figures in 1960), Artist in Greenland is a vibrant modernist take on the cold, northern climate of Greenland. The medium sized painting, with dimensions of 35 1/8 inches x 44 3/8 inches, is housed in the Baltimore Museum of Art under the accession number BMA 1991.10, making it one of the many pieces of American …show more content…
Along with being simple, the objects in the painting are centered in the composition. This symmetry helps to balance out the work and draw the eye to the center of the piece and towards a large iceberg, which is the dominant form in the painting. This iceberg towers over the surrounding landscape, setting a scale for the work and adding weight to the painting. However, while the main object in the painting is very large and takes up much of the mid-ground area of the painting, the composition still appears spacious due to the inclusion of a background, and the open areas painted between the foreground and …show more content…
Kent’s use of vibrant color provides feelings of contrast, motion, and depth to Artist in Greenland. In this painting, the main colors are shades of white and blue, accented with lavenders and yellows along with some green, brown, and black tones. Due to the environment being painted, most of the colors are cool (the blues, lavenders, and green) or neutral (the white, brown, and black shades), with the exception of the yellow shades, which are warm. The sky, which gradients from a deep cornflower blue to a golden yellow, makes the start white tones of the icebergs and snow field stand out. On the snow field itself, variations in color show ripples and crests on the surface of the ground: shades of lilac provide shadows in low areas, while an off white tone washes the sunny areas. Motion is shown on the surface of the largest iceberg, as the iridescent colors make what would otherwise be a flat surface appear to undulate and glisten. The face of the iceberg also seems transparent in some areas, and the darker blue and turquoise shades give and inner dimension to the lower lying areas on the object. Featured in the foreground is a sled team, painted in neutral tones. The team of huskies and their owner are, in comparison to the natural environment that is depicted, more stylized—both the man and the dogs are made up of almost geometric shapes, which gives them a