This is Jack. 1900-1982. He hung around with Pollock and de Kooning-- which I believe is evident in his work...
Seated Woman.
Wolfflin Polarities
Painterly- Ditto what you said. All of the colors flow into each other-- no paint by numbers.
Open- There is no real definition to the borders of the scene. It continues.
Planar- It's simplistic. It's as if Tworkov purposely made is so that the figure seemed out of sync with the rest of the scene. The fact that there is no definition between where the wall ends and the floor begins make the woman seem as if she herself has definition but her surroundings have no depth whatsoever.
Unity- Not the best of examples-- but the woman is definitely stuck to the chair.
Relative Clarity- Who is the woman? How did she get there and why? Many questions are left unanswered.
Still Life, 1945, oil on canvas, 24"x34".
Awesome artist. I would have liked to see a few more examples or his work analyzed with Wolfflin. Maybe they are on the way.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see the Pollock/DeKooning.
Where did you find the artist? Next time try to link some outside information.
I think your application of Wolfflin was great, I would have done a few of them differently but that is the beauty of art (especially when we get into 19th and 20th century art)!
Ex:
Closed (not Open): Look at the lines in the painting. One just in from the bottom left creating definite boundaries. One the right side of the painting a solid, bold line runs down the entire side; another boundary.
Multiplicity: Yes, the woman and the chair need to coexist to understand the chair BUT look at the color. There is definitely a movement towards the chair and woman being independent from one another.
Awesome, I'll have your next assignment up sometime this weekend. I also might have you explore this a little more.
K