Western painting

INTRODUCTION Oscar Wilde once said, “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” A portrait is defined as either a painting, picture, sculpture, or any form of artistic representation of a person, where the person’s facial expression is the main focus of the artwork. The goal of a portrait is so showcase the mood, attitude, or even characteristic of the person. In most cases, a portrait illustrates a person looking directly at the painter with…

Man with Pipe The artist that created this painting was Jean Metzinger. Metzinger was born in Nates in 1883. He then settled in Paris in 1903, where he stayed for the remainder of his life later dying in 1956. The Painting by Jean Metzinger that I have chosen is “Man with Pipe.” This painting uses Cubism in a very unique way to better capture the viewer’s eyes. The painting is very sharp in color and uses many different colors all throughout the painting. There are many triangles and…

parodies I choose American Gothic by Grant Wood. The painting is one of the most recognizable and even people who do not know of the original will probably recognize one of the many versions of this painting. I think this is a great work of art for the simple fact that so much is going on in such a simple picture. The expressions on the faces and the posture they have. What are they thinking, why are they not both staring at the artist painting them. Is the man a farmer? The answer is no, he is…

Matisse for three large paintings to decorate part of his house (Matisse, Dance I, n.d.). Dance 1 was one of these paintings (Matisse, Dance I, n.d.). Two versions exist of this painting, the initial version, was considered by Matisse as a preparatory sketch and was created in 1909 while the final version has different colors and was finished in 1910. Both versions are considered oil paintings (Matisse, Dance I, n.d.). “Dance 1” has a similar design than another painting he made in 1906 titled…

canvas painting Catalan Scene in 1971 using oil paints. The painting is a landscape painting. The art piece shows the missions with a couple of houses surrounding it. All the houses are connected to each other but they are all different heights. The houses have red tiled roofs and white stucco walls. Close to the houses there is a body of water with trees and grass surrounding it. In the painting you can tell it’s a sunny day by how the painting depicts warm colors. The texture of this painting…

making a painting begins with, ultimately, thinking too hard about the subject matter and composition. Once starting to determine subject matter, other painters are researched, such as Bonnard and Philip Guston. This gives ideas in terms of composition, color palette, and complexity of the subject matter. The influences of these two artists give a feel of less is more, which gives a sense of complexity in something so simple. The subject matter also determines the medium used for the painting.…

Stairway to Heaven What human think can go to heaven? What does Heaven look like to human eyes? Is it made of gold? Look at Stairway to Heaven is a painting by Mary Sedici opens in the human eye to surprise. The painting make many people wonder about how beautiful, what is aesthetically pleasing. The painting depends on the trinity of light, composition, and wonder. Stairway to heaven leading up into the clouds with light reveals the subject. Saw shadow rising up from skyline, with two clouds…

of etchings called Inventions that would be his first exhibited work. The themes used were place and space, Representational vs. Non-representational (Realism vs. Abstract) and Materials and Process. On his painting Revolution of the Viaduct he used place and space because his painting shows space…

the Daoist thoughts, a theme that would permeate throughout his oeuvre, had been rooted in his mind when he just started exploring the world of art. Enthralled by both Chinese literati paintings and European modern art that he saw on the postcards his uncle brought back from Paris, Zao showed great talents for painting at a very young age. In 1935, he started his study in National School of Fine…

Center in Idaho Falls Idaho were Elise Wilding's tree painting and Bernadette Regnier's flower painting. Both artists, Wilding and Regnier, use the medium of paint to create their beautiful art. While they both use the same medium in their art, they have do have different styles. Wilding uses an expressionism style in her art to connect with her viewer, whereas Regnier uses impressionism in her painting. When viewing Wilding's tree painting, and many others it becomes evident that she would be…