By Darren Hartley
Often documentation of the social interactions among well-to-do women like herself are the Mary Cassatt paintings. They depicted activities considered normal routines within her sex and class. Tea drinking, theatre going and children tending are among these activities.
Modern Mary Cassatt paintings are declarations of modernity and demonstrations of her rejection of several traditional artistic conventions, despite their conservative and tasteful surroundings. Mary denies the usual compositional primacy given to human forms. She gives inanimate objects equal priority with her figures.
Modern Mary Cassatt paintings are declarations of modernity and demonstrations of her rejection of several traditional artistic conventions, despite their conservative and tasteful surroundings. Mary denies the usual compositional primacy given to human forms. She gives inanimate objects equal priority with her figures.
Mary's own dislike for narrative is evident in her Mary Cassatt paintings. They are also manifestations of her devotion to surface arrangement and color as well as to the most advanced artistic principles of her day. Edgar Degas asked Mary to join a group of independent artists, later known as the Impressionists. She was one of a few women, and the only American at that, to join the elite group.
The medium for Andrew Wyeth paintings was the less forgiving watercolours instead of oils. His early wet brush works were made up of quickly executed, broad strokes, full of color. Shown to Robert Macbeth, a New York art dealer, these paintings formed the first solo exhibition of Andrew.
Throughout the 1920s, Andrew Wyeth paintings were drawn in a much slower pace, with greater attention given to detail and composition, and less emphasis on color. They were alternately done using two mediums, i.e., egg tempura and dry brush watercolour.
Andrew Wyeth paintings took a dramatic shift in 1945. The landscapes became more barren, the palettes muted and the occasional figures that appeared were enigmatic, poignant and sentimental. The death of Andrew's father was the cause of this shifting. The grief caus
The medium for Andrew Wyeth paintings was the less forgiving watercolours instead of oils. His early wet brush works were made up of quickly executed, broad strokes, full of color. Shown to Robert Macbeth, a New York art dealer, these paintings formed the first solo exhibition of Andrew.
Throughout the 1920s, Andrew Wyeth paintings were drawn in a much slower pace, with greater attention given to detail and composition, and less emphasis on color. They were alternately done using two mediums, i.e., egg tempura and dry brush watercolour.
Andrew Wyeth paintings took a dramatic shift in 1945. The landscapes became more barren, the palettes muted and the occasional figures that appeared were enigmatic, poignant and sentimental. The death of Andrew's father was the cause of this shifting. The grief caus
The medium for Andrew Wyeth paintings was the less forgiving watercolours instead of oils. His early wet brush works were made up of quickly executed, broad strokes, full of color. Shown to Robert Macbeth, a New York art dealer, these paintings formed the first solo exhibition of Andrew.
Throughout the 1920s, Andrew Wyeth paintings were drawn in a much slower pace, with greater attention given to detail and composition, and less emphasis on color. They were alternately done using two mediums, i.e., egg tempura and dry brush watercolour.
Andrew Wyeth paintings took a dramatic shift in 1945. The landscapes became more barren, the palettes muted and the occasional figures that appeared were enigmatic, poignant and sentimental. The death of Andrew's father was the cause of this shifting. The grief caused Andrew to focus intensely and paint with deep emotion going forward to the late 1940s.
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Throughout the 1920s, Andrew Wyeth paintings were drawn in a much slower pace, with greater attention given to detail and composition, and less emphasis on color. They were alternately done using two mediums, i.e., egg tempura and dry brush watercolour.
Andrew Wyeth paintings took a dramatic shift in 1945. The landscapes became more barren, the palettes muted and the occasional figures that appeared were enigmatic, poignant and sentimental. The death of Andrew's father was the cause of this shifting. The grief caused Andrew to focus intensely and paint with deep emotion going forward to the late 1940s.
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