Henri Mattise

Henri Mattise

French

"The Green Line"

A painting by Henri Mattise called "The Green Line". It is said to be Madame Mattise, his wife. The coloring that he has done with the painting is amazing, if you cannot tell. In this blog we are to look at his painting and explain why he has chosen to paint the way he has done. In the models face she is half green, half normal skin toned. She looks like she could be sick a lot but sometimes can feel better. Maybe he chose to present her this way because green can sometimes mean greed and she could be greedy. Paintings or pictures, or sculptures can be like music, another art, people can let their feelings out in music with lyrics and beats. Others can paint it out, take pictures, and create beautiful sculptures as a way to explain how their feelings. 

Canadian Summer

There's a Light

Homage

Edward Hopper

American

"Homage"

My impression of this painting: 

We are suppose to tell what we think the artist is trying to tell us in this painting. I believe that Edward Hopper is trying to show us that the women may be seeing a ghost, maybe her friend, daughter, lady of the house who had died recently and follows her to remind her of who they were. The shading is amazing in this, even if it is painted it is hard to paint someone so lightly that they seem transparent. 

What I have learned: 

That Edward made this from oil paint and that he is quite famous for it. This was one of his rural scenes. 

New York Movie- Edward Hopper

My first impression: Is that this place could be a regular theater or a movie theater (hence the greenish screen). The women by the door must be a usher from the 1930's. The light detail is amazing, going from dark to light and the opposite. 

What I have learned: That this is in fact a movie theater, and that Edward Hopper did work a lot with light, in all of his paintings, in this one particularly he used his paint to show the brightness on a persons face, as the movie bounced off of it and the shadows of the womans pants while she leans back against the yellow wall.