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| The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone 1872 Thomas Moran Oil on Canvas mounted on Aluminium Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
Thomas Moran Hudson River School of paintings: Thomas Moran (1837 – 1926) was
a famous painter of the Hudson River School of paintings. He had painted the
rocks of the mountains and with his painterly vision blended
with romanticism. Thomas Moran’s depiction of the Western landscape
was so effective, and demanding the storm of emotions too, that it was instrumental
to the formation of Yellowstone National Park. The park was
officially created in the year 1916.
Thomas Moran and his colleagues—Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt and William
Keith—are known as the painters belonging to the artists’ group known as ‘Rocky
Mountain School of Landscape Painters. They were named so as they mostly
painted the western landscapes and adorned the beauty of the area around
the Hudson River.
Here
in the above paintings of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the American Painter Thomas Moran has tried to infuse beauty from the
deepest place of the valley to the highest peak of the landscape. The darkness
of the nearby details is posed dramatically against the brightness of the
prospect that is at a long distance. If any allegory is to be taken, it is that
it helps to generate the feeling of adventure, as the scene of the mountain and
the receding landscape also suggest the same.
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| Fording The Stream Henry Farny 1905 |
John Gast: He had painted a popular scene wherein a group of people were
proceeding to the west. This was an established trend of the people
of America during that period. This painting was named and
called ‘Spirit of the Frontier’. Presently this painting is
displayed at The Autry Museum of the
American West, Los Angeles, California. It depicts the settlers moving in
the western direction. Here the artist had tried showing duel thing: the
bubbling will of the people to progress and get some protection by the Godly
beings. Showing the part of realism, too, the artist had painted one
forward-moving train.
Steve Assael After that period, modern American painters have given more
height to the art of painting. The art has gone refined artistically and
technically. The paintings done by one of the American painters, Steve Assael, seem balancing two great
aspects of the art: a factor of naturalism and the essence of romanticism.
These factors adored the objects painted in his paintings; whether the objects
be figures painted or the things lying in the surrounding. This is also true in
respect of other paintings and drawings done during this period. The work of
Figurative painter Steven Assael leads us to think beyond our age-old
preconceptions. His paintings challenge us to change our thinking about
representing the human bodies. His vivid images point to certain distinctions between
photography and drawing or painting.
The prime focus of Steve Assael was to recreate human
figures as realistically possible. These figures would either be a single
individual or group of persons comprising men, women and children. If we talk
about his technical side of the painting, he kept his palette loaded with cool
colours. He would paint objects in glowing relief, bathed in gentle beams of
warm and cool light. The themes chosen by Steven Assael were classical. His
painterly prowess was unmatched during his time.
Paintings of Assael seem to capture the temporal
shades that the mechanical abstractions of a camera would hardly be able to
cave in. It was due to one important factor: he used ink and pencil, astounding
the eyes of viewers with his unmatched technical capability. His paintings and
drawing are like pictorial proofs establishing how the artistic skill is essential
weaponry for a great artist. This painting, too, depicts the activities
full of hardships the people of America had done during the eighteenth and
nineteenth century.
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| Isles of Shoals, Broad Cove Oil on Canvas 1911 Honolulu Childe Hassam |
Childe Hassam painted numerous views of late-nineteenth-century seaside resorts. This entry examines two New England landscapes. these landscapes offer an optimistic view of the North American tourist. It demonstrates the artist's evolving Impressionist concerns. Look at the brightness of colours the artists had used to show the sunny days. The landscape is painted with knife-sharp accuracy of the seashore and the stones lying on the coast. The combination of skilful application of every hue of the colours and presentation of appropriate tonal values of every colour made his paintings so vivid and packed with artistic value. The most attracting feature of this painting is its arrangement of light and bright colours. It shows how the artist has used his painterly prowess.
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| At Grand Prix in Paris 1887 Childe Hassam |
The American Painter Childe
Hassam had painted the landscapes of seaside areas, the period was the last
decades of the nineteenth century. The prolific American Painter Childe
Hassam owns a wide and thick body of paintings, the landscape paintings.
He used oil and canvas to depict
his masterly skill and his masterly executed works made him a famous Painter
living in America. His paintings included the local people enjoying the free
air and beauty of the was land. The costumes he painted were of both
aristocratic and common people.
Childe Hassam’s landscapes mostly
run around the subject found in the region of North America. He observed
these landscapes during his visits and painted many from his sketches of
this area. Childe Hassam’s work includes the paintings done during the
late nineteenth century during which period his art was in full swing. Childe
Hassam preferred to paint the landscapes as seen in the broad daylight.
His paintings are sun-drenched and vibrant in colours. Allegorically speaking,
his paintings celebrated the presence of air coming from the sea for the
physical, mental, and aesthetic well-being of all. His composition of the
landscapes was free and the colours were bursting in full form.
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| Self Portrait Gouache on Paper Mary Cassatt Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
Mary Cassatt: There had been
movements that represented American art and the famous painters
who contributed to the treasure of the art-world of America. Here is
some narration about the wonderful art history of America. Mary Cassatt was one
of the pioneers of modern American Art. However, she had passed most of her
life in Paris.
Andrew Wyeth: He has passed away at the age of 91 was a self-taught artist.
It would be proper for me, as a person who has something to do with colours and
canvasses, to remember the great painter of our time. Andrew
Wyeth started his career earlier. Under his father's, he started his
career earlier. He had the open rural landscape in the nearby region. He
started drawing and catching the sense of American artist. He mostly painted in
watercolours.
David Ligare: David Ligare, born in 1945, is a California based painter
from the USA. His paintings are the narration of the unmatched beauty
of the Californian landscape. His favourite subjects are landscapes and still
life. But his figurative paintings are also of master quality. The age-old
themes that the Greek sculptors and renaissance painters chose have still
remained the darling of the viewers. David works on ancient themes, too. In
addition to the art depicted by the ancient painters, the art of the painters
like Nicholas Poussin has influenced the style of painting used by David
Ligare.
What an Artist Does? The artist who knows the art of landscape painting would study
the geometric aspects of the scene he or she is going to paint. The organizing
of these aspects plays a great role in converting a few colours on the palate
and a simple canvas into a masterpiece. An artist like David would do the same.
Once all the components of the scene are incorporated, the intuitive element of
the artist would inject meaning into the veins of the painting. Thereafter the
whole art-piece would be rich in respect of its physical structure, its
eye-catching surface and the superbly places content on the canvas. [All the images are in Public Domain, taken from Wikimedia Commons]
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