Last paragraph- In “The Wreck of the Ole 97”, I see a steam train racing across the canvas. Coming from the other direction, there is a wagon being pulled by a horse. The wagon seems to be moving very fast and there is a woman falling off of the back of it. The colors appear realistic at first, but are all lacking complex value. There is a lot of space created by the plants in the foreground and the movement of the carriage that looks like it is traveling back in space towards the train. The painting is titled “The Wreck”, but to me the moment the painting capture is just before the wreck happens. The Wreck of the Ole '97 by Thomas Hart Benton makes me think that the train must of did a lot of damage. Also the Wreck of the Ole '97 has a lot
