Art Analysis: Paris Street, Rainy Street

This artwork is “Paris Street; Rainy Day.” It is made from oil on canvas, and the size of the painting is large, which is 108 inches long and 83 inches high. It was painted in 1877. It is about Paris that has its appearance as the modern city with rain. There are many people on the street with umbrella and buildings, which look like an apartment. This paper is divided into four parts that are entire depiction about colors and composition, main figures, and background elements.
It is composed of five main colors, which means cloudy yellow with buildings and sky, bluish black with umbrella and window of buildings, sea green with streetlight and buildings, reddish brown with buildings, and grey with floor. Those colors are not bright which is influenced by rainy weather, but it does not look depressed or show calm atmosphere because they have similar umbrellas in common but various directions toward their destinations. This composition of figures except for main couple raises painting’s …show more content…
They are dressed up and walked arm in arm. The man wears a grey pants, greyish black vest and coat with white shirt. His hat and bow tie made him looks like a gentle man. His left hand grabs a grey umbrella, and his right hand is in the pocket of the coat. The woman whose eyes looks like staring him or following his eyes wear a brown grey coat and skirt, which she is holding. Her hair is secured on top of the head. The white earring is remarkable on her side face. The thing that viewers can find as they pay attention to her face is that the veil from hat. The wrinkles of their clothes are described very minutely. Because they largely wears clothes in dark color, his white shirt and her white earring and collar is striking. Her sophistication is evident from the way she dresses. The fine detail of buttons appears in his shirt and vest and her