Pepita Compare And Contrast
It is very rare for an artist to have the ability to paint an individual and completely encapsulate their genuine inner emotional state. It poses the question of whether certain methods are more effective than others when trying to capture the essence of person’s emotions. The analysis of inner emotional state of mind is examined across two pieces of art, Pepita by Robert Henri and Fanny (Fingerpainting) by Chuck Close. The comparison between these two works truly shows that it is the artist that expresses emotion, not the style that it's painted in.
The work Pepita by Robert Henri is displayed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the third floor of the Art of Americas building. The walls of the third floor were off white and the floors …show more content…
The architecture is bold with large white modern buildings and accents of bright red metal scaffolding. This was not my first time walking around the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art but it was definitely my first time in search to find a piece of art that I genuinely wanted to talk about for an in-depth paper. Before going on this mission, I already had an idea of what sort of artwork I was looking for. I spent my time at the museum searching for portraits with underlying tones of realism. I believe that there is something so powerful in a portrait that reveals an individual’s …show more content…
He rejected Academic Art and even Impressionism as an art of mere surfaces. He argued for the depiction of urban life at its toughest and most exuberant, just like journalism. He believed that an artist should work with great speed, energy and finish a piece of work in one sitting. He stressed that an artist should never imitate, that technique was only a tool and not an objective. He believed that a successful portrait was not a cold, hard, photographic study of likeness and costume. That it was the duty of a the artist to convey the person being painted a s flesh and blood. This is completely opposite of what Close has done with Fanny since Fanny/Fingerpainting is all about Super Realism and creating art from a
The work Pepita by Robert Henri is displayed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the third floor of the Art of Americas building. The walls of the third floor were off white and the floors …show more content…
The architecture is bold with large white modern buildings and accents of bright red metal scaffolding. This was not my first time walking around the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art but it was definitely my first time in search to find a piece of art that I genuinely wanted to talk about for an in-depth paper. Before going on this mission, I already had an idea of what sort of artwork I was looking for. I spent my time at the museum searching for portraits with underlying tones of realism. I believe that there is something so powerful in a portrait that reveals an individual’s …show more content…
He rejected Academic Art and even Impressionism as an art of mere surfaces. He argued for the depiction of urban life at its toughest and most exuberant, just like journalism. He believed that an artist should work with great speed, energy and finish a piece of work in one sitting. He stressed that an artist should never imitate, that technique was only a tool and not an objective. He believed that a successful portrait was not a cold, hard, photographic study of likeness and costume. That it was the duty of a the artist to convey the person being painted a s flesh and blood. This is completely opposite of what Close has done with Fanny since Fanny/Fingerpainting is all about Super Realism and creating art from a