The Artist and His mom

Of all art linked articles and submissions so far, I have found this one to be the most trying. I feel the art textbook naturally do not do justice to our contemporary artists, as there are many that would have been great represented in the final chapters of our art books. For this topic I have selected a work by Arshile Gorky entitled "The Artist and his Mother".

The artist's life is a trail of tragedy and death gift a major topic in many of his art pieces and a tragic life it was. From the burning of his art studio, his bout with cancer, a broken neck, numbness of his painting arm and finally the departure of his wife and children, the events naturally proved too much for him. In 1948 at the young age of 44 Gorky committed suicide by hanging himself in his Connecticut home.

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This artist from Connecticut provided an active inspirational sway upon Abstract Expressionism. In most of his work he has endeavored to display the suffering he had experienced by way of the Armenian genocide. This was particularly true of the painting which we are now discussing. We can see past artist influences here at work as we find assorted traits reminiscent of Cézanne and Picasso.

The Artist and His mom

In the "Artist and His Mother" the painter attempts to Supply a memorable image of his departed mother. This painting was legitimately based upon not only Gorky's memories but an old picture taken years before. Here we see him standing next to his mother. There are two versions of this painting in existence, one being placed in Washington Dc. We search for a young man standing next to an older lady in front of an empty window. There are no furnishings to be seen in the room. We have to ask ourselves what secrets this painting holds from the painter.

In analyzing this work of art we first observation that it demonstrates Gorky's immense loss which he experienced when his mum died. The lines of the painting are fluid and dull as if they are telling us that they could disapPear at any occasion in time. The artist's brush has crossed the wall of life and death as he displays the cold, analogous, low-key colors to narrative his subdued feelings. His mothers face apPears unnatural and presents a stone like apPearance as if she was a model or represented a headstone. The loose, unstable shape of the ladies ghost white, flowing Dress furthers his proof that his mum is legitimately not physically at his side. The body of his mum as painted upon the canvas presents a foresight of flatness in mixture indicating man who may have died and is no longer part of the earthly plane while the rough, grainy texture gives an uncanny feel that all is not well.

Has he succeeded in conveying his tortured feelings from his homeland and his departed mother? He legitimately has. We see Gorky standing next to his mom in his formal clothing as if attending a funeral and determined extending a pink flower towards his mother. Possibly this is a flower being presented to her at her coffin whether way with her being dead there is no response seen from her face or body. We can observation the sadness being displayed upon his face as he glances towards his mother. I comprehend this sadness as linked to his inability to give her the flower he currently holds.

Although the original picture was taken with a van, the background of the painting is just about indiscernible. He has successfully taken an old black and white photo and transferred it with cubistic planes, color, and a quantum of animation but unfortunately he has fails to revive his dead mum back into his memories. He has created a brown quadrate window directly behind his mother. This window any way is so opaque that one can not make out any features within the glass. This is supplementary indication that his mother's scenery is long gone and never to return again.

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The Artist and His mom

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