Georg Baselitz grew up in West Germany and didn’t have any knowledge of the current artists or artwork at that time. When Baselitz left school he set out to resuscitate German expressionism with his post war paintings. His art and style is impure and obscenely executed to create cultural postmodern work to support his belief of romantic and political practices that had been condemned by the Nazis. He was part of the neo expressionist group ‘Neue Wilden’, focusing on deformation in their work. This group of artists paint in personal aspects which is shown in many pieces of his work. He is seen as a revolutionary painter in postmodern art, creating unique artwork to require the audience to think and interpret in their own ways. Baselitz has a wide range …show more content…
Baselitz originally created this piece as ‘untitled’ and was then told it was ‘The Three Graces’, in reaction to Antonio Canova’s sculpture ‘The Three Graces’ (1814-1817). This outstanding sculpture is part of a series of both wooden and bronze sculptures he has recently been pursuing in the recent years. Each of these sculptures just as his paintings discards harmony yet shows power more promptly. Another series of paintings by Baselitz include his series ‘Remixes’. These paintings are reinvented from his previous works. By recreating his past work he has explored new and unique ways to interpret them. By expanding the size of each of the pieces of work, he has created transparent expressions. Creating this series of work he is showing the past, present and future of his own art and historical culture. He has given himself the idea to be able to improve and update his past previous work in unique postmodern styles. One of his most recent paintings is ‘Licht Wil Raum Mecht Hern’ (2013) Fig 7. This painting shows the immense vibrancy in his
Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
Regardless of taste, an appreciator of art should be able to recognize when an artist exerts a large amount of effort and expresses a great amount of creativity. Understanding the concepts incorporated by truly talented artists helps the viewer better understand art in general. Both Van Eyck and Velasquez are examples of artists that stood out in their time due to their unique vision and their innovative style, and are therefore remembered, recognized, and praised even centuries after their works were completed.
Contextual Theory: This painting depicts a portrait of life during the late 1800’s. The women’s clothing and hair style represent that era. Gorgeous landscape and a leisurely moment are captured by the artist in this work of
Josef was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Germany. At the age of 17 he became an elementary school teacher. By 25 he studied in Berlin to expand his skills and become a certified art teacher. Through the years he continued to build his education attending several art academies; The School of Arts and Crafts, Munich Academy, and Franz von Stuck. In 1922 he enrolled to Bauhaus, a teaching institution in Weimar, Germany. Here at Bauhaus is where his achievements began and where he met his lifetime partner, Anni. In 1925 he was the first student invited to join the faculty staff and pronounced “Jungmeister” or “Young Master”. Josef taught various art classes and developed his own techniques as a figurative artist studying printmaking, stain glass, furniture as well as writi...
It seems to be his style of painting, thick brush strokes. It is not simple, there is much to the painting, there is emotion in the painting. It is a stunning piece made by him.
As the German painter and sculptor, Kathe Kollwitz conveyed in her statement that the art she created held the burden of transfiguration. The fixation of sorrow and hardship that occurred while she sat huddled with the children was the driving force of her drawings. Her realization that art could not only be an escape from the horror happenings in Germany such as the rationing of food and the starving-to-death children at that time was also a way to voice her opinion of change and revolution. It was the quest, in which she enamored in her drawings and it is this feeling that I value from it. I choose this artist because she delineated the various circumstances surrounding the human individual, she took into account perspectives that involved life with its tragedies, and the lives of little angel children. Her drawings and sculptures were prepared to emulate and capture what her eyes had seen while she was in Germany and this is why I had taken a likening to her drawings. The two artworks that I am specifying in this research paper is the drawing labeled “Germany's children starve!” and”Self-Portrait, Hand at the Forehead (Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn)”.
One of the most prominent features of the painting is the use of repetition. In the forefront of the picture plane we see a three-pronged pitchfork. That sam...
One of the things that appealed to me when I went the St. Louis Art Museum(SLAM) was the Contemporary and Modern art. I don’t know what it is about Contemporary art that just draws me to it. The SLAM Contemporary collection comprises majorly of World War II period art. One piece of this art that I really liked, and considered my favorite, was a piece of art titled by the museum as “Untitled” the german Franz Ackermann. This work was made in 1996 is and was constructed of oil on canvas. Contemporary collection spans the post-World War II period until today. In this work, you can see that Franz Ackermann illuminates his art with a great use of vivid colors. When I looked at this painting, I could easily see how his travel in various urban locations influenced him. Overall, the contemporary exhibits were quite impressive and fun to view. The Modern artwork grabbed my attention with some of its works too. Although this was part...
As the young boy grew, he began to have a love for art and wanted to become an artist, but his father, however, did not have a care of his son’s dreams, but instead wanted him to grow up, following in his footsteps; in which Adolf rebelled against.
images in this painting, all of which have the power to symbolize to us, the viewer, of the painter’s
... though employing a familiar subject (the female form), shows the transformation from busy mosaics with gold embellishments to a brighter palate of colors and the use of stronger, bolder lines. The piece exemplifies his versatility as an artist.
This painting by Vincent Van Gogh is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, in the Impressionism exhibit. There are many things going on in this painting that catch the viewer’s eye. The first is the piece’s vibrant colors, light blues and browns, bright greens, and more. The brush strokes that are very visible and can easily be identified as very thick some might even say bold. The furniture, the objects, and the setting are easy to identify and are proportioned to each other. There is so much to see in this piece to attempt to explain in only a few simple sentences.
Max Ernst’s work has several dimensions and characteristics, most notably the dubious character of his illustrated worlds that have contributed to the appeal of the audiences. His prime concern was to present irresolvable isolation. As his father inspired his son a penchant for challenging the authority whilst being interested in painting and sketching nature, Ernst was motivated to take up painting himself. Moreover, he studied philosophy and psychology in 1909 at the Bonn University but also later dropped out. Most notably, during the course he visited an asylum and studied the work of the insane, a study inspired by Freud’s theory of the unconsciousness. This proved to be absolutely crucial in his development as an artist and took many ideas incorporated in Freud’s work and used them in order to identify himself – like other surrealists, he used it...
The main difference can be seen in the rigid composition that was often used to portray the Three Graces, as the two outer Graces in the ancient version face forwards, and the middle – the oldest and wisest – faces backwards. The women look outwards and lean away from each other. Although the composition is balanced and symmetrical, a key characteristic of Antiquity, it does not effectively show the unity and harmony between the Graces. Many other artists who depicted the Three Graces, for example Raphael’s, show the Graces reaching out holding apples and looking down. On the contrary, Canova shows the three women linked together, in a uniting embrace that represents the alliance of the Graces.
One of the visual elements of this painting is the color he really uses the color to get people's attention because he uses watercolors to blend them together to make such a wonderful painting. He blends many different colors together to make new ones there is not a spot in this painting that there isn’t color. The second visual element is the people in the painting they are naked and dancing around like nobody's looking. The people in the painting are relaxing and enjoying one another and various ways. Some are even having sexual contact in the painting it’s expressing themselves from one to