Post by Molly on Sept 5, 2002 4:19:10 GMT -5
Write about an artist and a piece of their work.
Christopher Wood was a painter. He commited suicide in 1930 by throwing himself onto the railway line. He was supposedly a handsome man, which made him popular with women, although he was infact gay.
'Englands finest painter. His vision is true, his grasp is real, his power is life itself.'
He took elements from other artists styles and mixed and laborated them to his own.
His most famous painting is probably The Yellow Man. It combines pink and blue Picasso figures and are placed on an English village street. They are out of scale and with the wrong perspective. An acrobat wears a yellow costume with a black coat contrasting against the greys and cold tones of the village. The heads represent lead death masks and empty expressions. The light of the painting is cast from a hidden moon.
Christopher Wood was a painter. He commited suicide in 1930 by throwing himself onto the railway line. He was supposedly a handsome man, which made him popular with women, although he was infact gay.
'Englands finest painter. His vision is true, his grasp is real, his power is life itself.'
He took elements from other artists styles and mixed and laborated them to his own.
His most famous painting is probably The Yellow Man. It combines pink and blue Picasso figures and are placed on an English village street. They are out of scale and with the wrong perspective. An acrobat wears a yellow costume with a black coat contrasting against the greys and cold tones of the village. The heads represent lead death masks and empty expressions. The light of the painting is cast from a hidden moon.
