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Monday, 16 June 2014

Paintings Of Mary Cassatt And Andrew Wyeth

By Darren Hartley


Often documentation of the social interactions among well-to-do women like herself are the Mary Cassatt paintings. They depicted activities considered normal routines within her sex and class. Tea drinking, theatre going and children tending are among these activities.

The early modern Mary Cassatt paintings were masterpiece copies. In 1868, one of these portraits was selected at the prestigious Paris Salon. Paris Salon was an annual art exhibition ran by the French government. The well-received painting was submitted under the name of Mary Stevenson.

Later on, Mary Cassatt paintings became artistic experimentations with its bright colors and unflattering accuracy of its subjects. They became famous for their portraits of women in everyday domestic settings, particularly of mothers with their children. They were unconventional in their direct and honest nature, in contrast to the Madonnas and cherubs of the Renaissance.

The medium for Andrew Wyeth paintings was the less forgiving watercolours instead of oils. His early wet brush works were made up of quickly executed, broad strokes, full of color. Shown to Robert Macbeth, a New York art dealer, these paintings formed the first solo exhibition of Andrew.

Throughout the 1920s, Andrew Wyeth paintings were drawn in a much slower pace, with greater attention given to detail and composition, and less emphasis on color. They were alternately done using two mediums, i.e., egg tempura and dry brush watercolour.

Andrew Wyeth paintings took a dramatic shift in 1945. The landscapes became more barren, the palettes muted and the occasional figures that appeared were enigmatic, poignant and sentimental. The death of Andrew's father was the cause of this shifting. The grief caused Andrew to focus intensely and paint with deep emotion going forward to the late 1940s.




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