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'Portrait de Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet '
Alberto Giacometti;
I chose this artist because his work is very similar to the messy style I often use while sketching.
Form;
The artist uses most of the darker colours such as black, grey and dark green. The colours are smudged and blended together. This is because the dark colours symbolise confusion, depression and loneliness. Messy lines and directions have been used to indicate confusion and misplacement of thoughts. The surface is smooth and flat. Some rough textures are used to outline the person’s main shape. It is 81.5 x 60.5 cm.
Context;
This was made in 1964-65, in Paris. The work is a portrait made to represent the individual. The artist liked making messy sculptures and line drawings, perhaps revealing the confusion in his mind. This could relate to both social and political history of the time as it was made in the middle of the cold war. This relates to how people were depressed because of the effects of the cold war.
Content;
This is a portrait which is about how depression and confusion darkened the individual’s life and its thoughts. The person is frowning. Portrait de Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, which translates as; portrait of Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet. It doesn’t change the way I look at it. This isn’t realistic as the head is drawn to be shown smaller and the colours are not realistic. The size of the body has been exaggerated, to make the head look smaller and to suggest that there are too many ideas which can ruin your live, your head even seems too small for the thoughts. The theme of the work is depression.
Process;
For this portrait, he used a thin brush with black paint to "construct" the head, gradually building it up using numerous small layered strokes. Then, using the same brush, he traced the outline and developed the volume of the head with white or grey, before working over what he had already painted using only white. Then, with a big brush, handled in a much freer way than the thin brushes, he defined the space behind and around the head, tracing the outlines of the shoulders and arms. Artist research shows that he used these techniques to develop such portraits.
Mood;
The work makes me feel depressed. The texture makes it more depressing as its smudged and roughly sketched making it look confusing.it creates a sense of loneliness.
The artist uses most of the darker colours such as black, grey and dark green. The colours are smudged and blended together. This is because the dark colours symbolise confusion, depression and loneliness. Messy lines and directions have been used to indicate confusion and misplacement of thoughts. The surface is smooth and flat. Some rough textures are used to outline the person’s main shape. It is 81.5 x 60.5 cm.
Context;
This was made in 1964-65, in Paris. The work is a portrait made to represent the individual. The artist liked making messy sculptures and line drawings, perhaps revealing the confusion in his mind. This could relate to both social and political history of the time as it was made in the middle of the cold war. This relates to how people were depressed because of the effects of the cold war.
Content;
This is a portrait which is about how depression and confusion darkened the individual’s life and its thoughts. The person is frowning. Portrait de Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, which translates as; portrait of Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet. It doesn’t change the way I look at it. This isn’t realistic as the head is drawn to be shown smaller and the colours are not realistic. The size of the body has been exaggerated, to make the head look smaller and to suggest that there are too many ideas which can ruin your live, your head even seems too small for the thoughts. The theme of the work is depression.
Process;
For this portrait, he used a thin brush with black paint to "construct" the head, gradually building it up using numerous small layered strokes. Then, using the same brush, he traced the outline and developed the volume of the head with white or grey, before working over what he had already painted using only white. Then, with a big brush, handled in a much freer way than the thin brushes, he defined the space behind and around the head, tracing the outlines of the shoulders and arms. Artist research shows that he used these techniques to develop such portraits.
Mood;
The work makes me feel depressed. The texture makes it more depressing as its smudged and roughly sketched making it look confusing.it creates a sense of loneliness.