This is an oil painting by George Clausen. It really jumped out at me because
it captures the real feeling and how life can be perceived when you
lose someone in life who is that close to you. All you feel is hurt,
nothing matters around you, you feel as though you have lost everything
including the shirt off your back. Nothing exists at this moment except
for the hurt and sunken feelings inside of you. You have lost a part of
you that can never be replaced. There is no color or anything going on
in the background because when you experience this feeling everything is
dark and or gloomy. This asymmetrical painting is put together very
well and in my opinion captures every aspect of the grief this girl is
experiencing. The background supports this painting and adds emphasis to
the feeling.
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ReplyDeleteYouth Mourning is a return to Clausen's early style of painting. The painting is a response to the horrors of the First World War and, in particular, the death of Clausen's own daughters fiance. He uses the nakedness of the figure and the starkness of the barren landscape to emphasize the grief and emptiness of death.
Anyone who's ever felt this feeling knows exactly what your description of the art work means. Everything is blank. Nothing else matters. This picture is interesting. I wouldn't want to own it because It would be a constant reminder of emptiness.
ReplyDeleteDefinetly a very strong piece of art work. he plays with the contrasts so well that you can't stop staring at the poor girl. i agree with everyone with everyone regarding the meaning, cold, empty, naked, vulnerable, pain. i would probably own it, in honor of the people i know that have passed away... i would be the kind of person to look at it every morning to remember them.
ReplyDeleteloved the selection
keep it up!