The painting described in this paper is by the artist Georgia O’Keeffe and the painting is titled Chestnut Tree- Grey. It is painted with oil on canvas in 1924. The dimensions were not listed but I estimate it is 3 ½ feet by 2 ½ feet. The painting is a piece of the Myron Kunin collection of American art. Georgia O’Keeffe great use of balance, depths and colors in Chestnut Tree- Grey give the painting a realistic and comforting feeling when looking at it as if you were there and seeing the scenery in person.
The painting is of a large Brown chestnut tree with a mountain and sunrise view in the background. The chestnut tree is located in the center of the painting and starts at the bottom of the painting and starts to branch out on the top 1/3 of the painting. The tree is brown and has a deeper/darker brown on the edges and slightly lighter toward the middle. The tree is sitting on a red/brown clay surface, it looks as though the tree is on 1 mountain overlooking another mountain in the distance. The mountains in the background are grey toned and smooth and rounded. Above the mountains you can see the sun beginning to rise over the mountains, the sun rise has pink and peach tones that blend into the top of the painting where the blue sky begins. In the very center of the
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painting just to left of the tree is a small white spot, this looks like it may be the moon or a very bright star peeking out. Georgia O’Keeffe uses large brush strokes to blend the colors in throughout the scenery and then she uses thin crisp lines to separate the different elements such as the mountains and the tree the brush strokes are free-flowing.
The colors are very realistic, if you closed your eyes and imagined a chestnut tree and the sunrise over the mountains these colors are a perfect representation. The colors are warm with a touch of cool in the sky and the colors transition, gradually fading into the next. The light was very important to show the shadows to portray the sunrise. The painting shows depth by having the tree close and center, giving the idea that the mountains and sunrise are further
away. When looking at the painting your eyes are drawn to the tree, it is the focal point of the painting. Then your eyes notice the beautiful colors of the sunrise starting toward the bottom and drawing your eyes up to the sky. While your eyes are observing the sunrise, you will see a small white spot and then you are drawn to the smooth grey mountains in the middle of the painting. Chestnut tree is the focal point, due to its size, central placement and dark colors. Then the scenery breaks into 3 even sections the dark bottom, the peach middle and the blue sky. Georgia O’Keeffe painting Chestnut Tree- Grey has great use of color that create depth and balance that drew me in instantly. The Large tree in center of the painting was the first element that I noticed and then I quickly was mesmerized by the soft beautiful colors in the sunset and sky. The painting is relaxing and simple and offers me a sense of peace.
The print of art is a Hiroshige, Plum Garden at Kameido, 1857, woodblock print. The print shows a calm and peaceful color of a regular day. The background consists of wash colors like reddish-pink that fades into white, and transfers once more in a green hue of the greenish ground. The image is showing a view of a several plum trees, with the stems, the flower, and the people on the other side of the fence. This work has a light pink background symbolizing the sunset and warm colors of the spring. The middle ground in the light white color shows the piece where there are people on the other side of the fence and appears to be walking around the garden or going throughout their daily business. The middle ground also has a view of several plum trees, which all of them seem to be inside of the fence. The focal point of the piece is the main plum tree with its branches swinging from the left at a sharp angle and moving to the right.
Through her masterful usage of color and lighting, painter Alexis Rockman seeks to display the overwhelming beauty of the natural world and its inhabitants in her painting Kapok Tree. With a color scheme of bright colors that pops out and grab the attention of the viewer and an emphasis on lighting that divides the painting into two separate scenes, Rockman’s Kapok Tree delivers its timeless message with ease.
For example, he uses texture, color and organic forms to make the landscape look as real as possible. Most of the shapes are formed by shifts in colors and line because the canvas are two-dimensional. The viewer can observe that the painting is dominated by greys, browns, ochers, and other natural colors such as green and yellow to give the scene a more nature-like look. All the components and objects painted in this piece appear to have the same texture and color as the ones found in real life, such as rocks suggesting a rough hard texture and clouds being soft, which probably means that Vernet took in consideration real landscapes and places he might have seen in real life. While using different shades of grey, and painting dark clouds, Vernet was able to convince that a storm was approaching but he also decided to add source of light coming from the upper left corner by using a golden yellow color to create a sense of warmth, which creates a nice contrast between the light and the coldness from the overall shadows that seem to dominate the artwork, creating variety; however, the repetition of colors such as greys gave the whole piece a sense of unity and they also express the shadows of a stormy day. We
Again, I had difficulty selecting which piece to use for my second piece. Ultimately I selected Temptation, 1880 William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The dimensions are 39x52 inches and is oil on canvas.
There are also a bunch of children that are portrayed playing inside and on top of the stagecoach. The colors that are used in this painting are all realistic, this is very important because it portrays what a warm summer day would be like on a farm. There are a lot of different colors such as bright green grass and bright colors for the clothes that the children are wearing. There are quite a few principles and elements that are used in the painting. One of the first principles that I noticed was the emphasis on the stagecoach.
To begin, he uses an array of colors that allows each color in the sky to blend and transition harmoniously. Church also uses primary and secondary colors within the sky that consists of teal-green, reds, and bright yellow next to each other. This creates a contrast between the darker red shades in the cloud and the lighter shades of bright yellow in the sun. Besides the different shades that are being used, Church uses both neutral values and saturation. The neutral scheme can be seen in the black and gray-brown values of the trees and shadows in the bottom part of the painting. This, in comparison to the high saturation levels of the colors in the sky create a contrast. The colors in the sky are in their purest hue which means they are bright, and this being next to the dull and dark colored mountains and trees creates a contrast and more of an emphasis on the brightly colored sky. Those different colors also fall under complementary and analogous colors. The red cloud complement the blue-green colors of the sky they are in. There is also a heavy use of reds, oranges and yellows, all falling next to each other on the color wheel shows Church’s use of analogous
Uncolonized North America was once inhabited by many organisms that have now become extinct. The extinction of these organisms can be blamed on the over harvesting of valuable resources or the introduction of foreign diseases from importation. One of these extinct organisms was the American chestnut. The American chestnut once inhabited the Eastern portion of North America from Maine to Florida. The great tree was once a dominant species that inhabited the Appalachian Mountains. The tree provided a staple diet to pre-colonized North American inhabitants and the immigrants of Europe. The great tree which dominated the overstory deciduous forest would soon meet its demise from a foreign invader by the mid- twentieth century.
This work shows impeccably drawn beech and basswood trees. It was painted for a New York collector by the name of Abraham M. Cozzens who was then a member of the executive committee of the American Art-Union. The painting shows a new trend in the work of the Hudson River School. It depicts a scene showing a tranquil mood. Durand was influenced by the work of the English landscape painter John Constable, whose vertical formats and truth to nature he absorbed while visiting England in 1840.
The texture of the canvas works very well with the subject matter portrayed in the painting. The grassy hill side and the leaves of the trees are especially complimented by the canvas. It makes the leaves feel like they are slightly moving, this combined with the lack of detail itself the leaves. This is contrasted nicely with the very detailed renderings of the trunks and branches of the trees, the conscious decision to put so much effort into the tree itself and then to use obvious brushwork in the leaves makes the trees much more firm and immovable in the landscape. The brushstrokes are very clean and precise on the trees in the background.
There is, however, a slight opposition to this intense realism. It can be seen in Wood’s representation of foliage. The trees that appear in the upper left corner look like large green lollipops peeking over the roof of the house. The viewer knows that trees do not naturally look like that. Wood has depicted them as stylized and modern, similar to the trees seen is Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grand Jatte. After viewing other works by Wood, it is clear that he has adopted this representation for the trees in many of his paintings.
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