Wheat Fields After The Rain Analysis

The Carnegie Museum of Art houses many fine art paintings that span throughout the centuries, including famous works by countless artists in different styles, from renaissance to contemporary. One famous work includes a piece by Vincent van Gogh’s Wheat Fields after the Rain (The Plain of Auvers), painted in 1890 in Gallery 8, Scaife Galleries of the museum. It was acquired through the generosity of the Sarah Mellon Scaige Family, and its acquisition number is 68.18. The painting’s dimensions are 73.34 x 92.39 x 8.89 cm, and it is oil on canvas. It is located with other Impressionistic and Post-Impressionistic paintings in the gallery, with other pieces such as Claude Monet’s The Sea at Le Havre and Pierre Bonnard’s Nude in Bathtub. The frame
As such, he used many bright colors, loosened his brush strokes, and emphasized the application of paint on canvas. Thus, his style is quite consistent with the time period, yet Van Gogh did have an iconic signature to his works. This signature is his thick application of paint, called impasto. Impasto is a word of Italian origin, and means “paste” or “mixture.” It is frequently used in describing paintings where the paint is so thickly applied that brush strokes or palette knife are clearly visible, and this is clearly seen in Van Gogh’s work. The lasting effect is a painting that almost looks three dimensional, which I saw in the Wheat Fields after the Rain (The Plain of Auvers). This use of impasto allows for the painting to have more depth because of lighting and shadows that can influence the over all composition. Therefore, with this technique we can see the emotions that Van Gogh wishes to convey in the way he paints his clouds or the fields themselves. Gustav Klimt’s piece, Orchard, has many artistic techniques that were used during the Art Nouveau period. Klimt painted the piece on a large square canvas, with an elevated viewpoint, with employed elongated parallel brush strokes, which contrast with the lozenge-like strokes and blotches of flowers and foliage, overall creating a patterned effect that can be seen in
Van Gogh’s piece is an appropriate example of the techniques and generally consensus of the Post-Impressionism era in art, and similarly, Klimt’s piece is the same for the Art Nouveau era. Both of these pieces highlights the different movements in art being the more realistic yet abstract use in colors. In my opinion, I find value in both of these pieces because of the use of colors and painting styles. Personally, I am a big fan of Klimt pieces, and their use of color and delicate brushwork. I also enjoy Van Gogh’s work for its texture and the emotional aspect you can feel through his paintings. Both works have their own unique aspects that make them enjoyable for viewers, and both evoke strong feelings through their specific