GO BLOG #2
Name of painting: Hyeres Square the Obelisk and the bandsand
Made in: 1927
Type: oil on canvas
What I liked about this painting was that, I found it colorful. It had more of a cartoon like feel to it, making the painting feel like fantasy, when it drew you in. The water pool in the drawing made everything feel more calmer and when I first looked at it, I noticed the lighting of the painting which was sunshine. It made everything feel much more fresh and when I also took a second look at it, I found that it could also be represented as musical for there was a small band playing on the side of the picture. What I found that could be represented as a symbol would be the palm trees that signified peace. The painting also had some water in it and it reminded me of calmness and the musical instruments at the side is a symbol of 'fun' and 'playfulness'. The last symbol that stood out to me was the large hotel in the back that symbolized vacation for it looked like a building that lots of people would dream to go into. What the feeling of this painting told me was the vacation like atmosphere it held. It had a more playful, relaxed, fun reminder to me and the place it reminded me of was Washington D.C in the United States. Though, the palm trees and parts of the building structure also reminded me of Orlando Florida. The texture for the painting looked rather smooth, for the brushwork had a smoothness to it, instead of the rough looking paint that some pictures have. I enjoyed looking at the blending of colors that the picture held. For it would be a light blue and then darkening into a dark blue to show the shadows of the picture.
The first impression that caught my attention was the cartoon like look that it held. It had a summer feel to it making it feel warm, comfortable, another world and it also felt much like a hidden paradise. If i were to smell the painting, I would be expecting a fresh scent, like a open breeze and it would be as if I could feel the warmth of the sun against my skin. As well, the feeling of what I would feel if I could get into the painting, I would feel the roughness of the bark that the artist has painted. The palm tree trunk looks rough while the leaves of the tree look rather smooth. I could probably hear the tinkling of some music that lingers the air if I was to enter into the world of that particular painting. The atmosphere that it holds has the presence of some sort of restaurant nearby.
As I look deeper at the photo, I can see where the artist painted it. It looks as if the painting was done from a shady area, rather than in a well lit area. The shady area looks as if the picture was taken in some area that was near the fountain in the shadowed area, making me think that the artist was sitting down while drawing this. At some point as I look at the painting, I find that the artist looks as if he has rather careful blending techniques that seem to become slightly messy for there are parts that look too dark to be real while other parts where the darkness looks as if it shouldn't be there. Sometimes, his blending mixes the objects together too closely, and it reminds me that the the picture is just a painting, not a real place. This painting was crafted by hand, for it is an oil painting painted by the artist. The painting looked as if it took about two weeks, for the detail is rather minor, but the design looks simpler than others.
Around this area where the painting is held, it is surrounded by oil paintings that range from nature paintings, abstact, music, fruit, ships, human/culture that is mixed with nature. They are all smooth and do not have the rough sort of painting that some pictures have.
As well, from some research, I found that in 1927, alot of things happened. Namely, a fire early in that year on where in Montreal there's a place called Laurier Palace and about 78 children die. On a more happier note, in the US, the Female Figure Skating championship is won by Beatrix Loughran during February sometime.
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