Australian Gum Blossom
By Margaret Preston
Jolie Kucks
The artwork ‘Australian Gum Blossom’ by Margaret
Preston is a painting and it’s made of oil on canvas. Margaret was known during
the 1920s to the 1940s for her modernist works as a painter and print maker and
for introducing aboriginal motifs into contemporary art. These paintings
dimensions are 55.5 x 55.5. Circle shapes represent the flowers, there’s a
small table holding the pot of flowers. The texture looks bumpy as if the paint
was slogged on and it dried in a bumpy way.
The colors used in this artwork were red, white, pink,
green, grey, black, purple, brown and orange. The grey color was used for the
table, the black for the pot of flowers. Green was used for the leaves and different
color flowers.
In this amazing artwork, the first thing you notice
when you look at the painting is mostly the flowers and the table. You notice
the detail a bit later. For example, the brown stems of the flowers are seen
when you look closer at the picture.
The materials show the idea (oil on canvas would be
for used for the flowers because in real life, they seem to look a bit like it)
I think that the artist thought the flowers looked like a good thing to paint
so she picked them and arranged them so it would make a great picture. And
there isn’t really anything in the artwork that would be a symbol or meaning
other than that.
I this art because it’s pretty, captivating and looks
great the way it’s arranged. I would say it’s important because these flowers
are quite beautiful and would lighten someone’s day. This brilliant artwork
could be put in a museum because it’s worth it and it’s painted so well with
great detail. The measurements suit the
painting (55.5x55.5)
I have learnt that this artwork is 55.5 x 55.5 cm and it comes from the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
No comments:
Post a Comment