Marc Chagall
I chose Marc Chagall because I liked the colors that he used in his paintings. Iliked the way his painting technique looked on the canvas. His short brush strokes made itappear as if one color was blending into another. There are areas in some of his paintingswhere there are numerous colors, all made to look as if there was only one color. I alsolike the way that his pictures seem to tell a story. When I first looked at Chagall's work, Ithought he just randomly threw ideas onto a canvas, but as I got to reading about him, Ifound he put much more thought into his pictures than I had imagined. His use of color vary from dark and dreary to bright and bold, and put forth feelings of terror andexcitement, depending on the colors which he chose to use. Another reason that I chose touse Chagall as my artist would probably be because I didn't find that he painted a lot ofhuman heads, rather, he used animal heads. Seeing as how I'm not very skilled when itcomes to drawing the human face, I thought it would be a good idea to choose Marc Marc Chagall was born in 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia. He was born to a family thatwas deeply rooted in Jewish religion and tradition. The Je
Chagall altered and enhanced the expressive power of color. Chagall definitelycreates a sense of feeling in his paintings. The criticism he received for his workincluded accusations that he was infatuated with literary, symbolic, and religious ideas. Chagall used his imagination to tell a story, as do poets and writers,but so do other painters. Chagall said that he would much rather beconsidered a painter rather than a poet, because that is what his life was. His colorswere inspired by Russian folklore and the work of artists known as the Fauves. He always felt the need to be surrounded by his work. His colorswere said to sing, or tell a story. The past and what was going on around him wereboth important and included in his work. What he wants you to feel or think, he expressesthrough how large he makes his objects and what colors he uses. Chagall used complements in his work to make significant parts of a painting standout. Chagall rarely used jagged edges in his work, rather he used flowing lines, and curvyedges. The sizes of his objectsare not necessarily balanced or proportional, but they work how he wants them to. His work from 1911 and 1912 are considered to be his first great works. Heincorporated the feelings of terror of war into his work.
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