Art visit

Gabrianna Boldinski

A.  Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?

The artwork that made an impression on me was The Rocks at Pourville, Low Tide made in 1882. This artwork was made by Claude Monet on an Oil canvas. It's kinda hard to describe why it made an impression on me, but when i look at it it just relaxes me and kinda reminds me of my happy place. It's a very calm painting between the waves hitting the rocks and the sun either setting or rising in the background. From far away you wouldn't be able to tell it was on an oil canvas and each detail looks defined.

Another piece of artwork that made an impression on me is by Gustave Caillebotte in 1876. The artwork is called Etude pour  Le Pont de l'Europe. This too was made on an oil canvas. The art work had an impression on me because it personally made me able to put myself in it. For me i pictured myself where the man is looking over the railroad track. I can see myself there just taking in the scene itself or just in my own thoughts. The artist took time to even put in a defined shadow.

B.) Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?

The artwork made by Henri- Joseph Harpignies in 1902 called La Rigole a St. Prive. This artwork was made on an oil canvas. I feel a connection with this artwork because it's a type of scenery I have seen before and that i love to just sit back and be with myself. I love the angle the artist picked with the trees being up close and seeing the two houses in the background and a little pond in the middle.

The other artwork i connected with was made in 1884-85 by Georges Seurat. Seurat created this artwork on an oil canvas and named it Etude pour La Grande Jatte. I have a connection with this artwork because back in highschool I had to make it myself. The work that comes with this art piece is very complicated and intriguing how it was made. From far away you would never think it was a bunch of dots made into a beautiful painting.

C.) Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?

The artwork made in 1943 also by Georges Seurat on an oil canvas was named Etude pour Le Chahut. I would like to know more about this artwork just because I wanna know the background to it and where it would take part at and the mindset behind it.

Paul Gauguin created an art piece on an oil canvas in 1889 called Le Christ jaune. When i went into the part of the Albright Knox where this painting was located the man who took my ticket told me to visit this painting because it was one of his favorites and very interesting to see in person. In the collection I saw at the art gallery none of the paintings were really religious like this one had been. It's a painting that's very bold and powerful. Paul took a time in history and put it on an oil canvas to recreate Jesus on the cross. I would like to know Paul's beliefs in whatever religion he believes in, and if there was a reason he drew this.