William Brymner And Maurice Cullen: Painting Analysis

In the late 19th centuries, because of the discovery of spectrum in physics, many artists change their artistic expression from color harmony to visual harmonic, and they pay more attention to the expression of light and color. Since then, Impressionism affected the whole of Europe and became the start of Western modern painting. Impressionist is most attention on the light, and they mixed the scientific concepts into painting, it is a transformation and innovation of traditional concept. In addition, the impressionist paintings are also focus on the artist’s own spirit and thought expresses. In this journal, I am going to discuss how important of light in the painting, and how William Brymner and Maurice Cullen use the light into their artwork?
Cullen was born in Canada and quiet countryside has become the most subject in his paintings. Because Cullen thinks that his artworks were all contain his love for his homeland. Logging in Winter Beaupre is one his famous work of art, this painting is descripting a Canada rural landscapes, which broke the rule of Impressionist painters only focusing on the subject of city. This painting expresses a specific location, and Cullen was accreted painted the direction of light. Light flittered through the pine tree onto the snowfield, especially the effects of light reflect on the snowfield. Cullen was very good of control the color, ice and water is a very similar color, but Cullen was smart combine them together, which give people a realistic feeling. Furthermore, according to the reading, Reid was also descripting Cullen’s work of art in his novel. Reid thinks that this painting is “a broad expanse, but infinitely various” (Cullen, 135) landscape. So, from analysis Cullen in different angle, we can deeply feel the painter’s love for