Newark Museum Visit
Tomboys and Angles
After the visit of the
Angels and Tomboys collection I choose the modernist painting of Abbott Handerson Thayer 1887 titled The Angle. I also choose the painting of Picasso, The
Three Women, 1908. Both of these painting depict a time when children and women of their own innocence were not
the popular topic to paint. Yet both painting speak of a how cultural tendencies
and movements affected the though and character of what was going on at the
time. I will briefly speak about each painting and what the artist was trying
to convey during the Modernist period.
First is Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angle, 1887. This painting was created to show the innocence, grace
and loveliness of a female child. Thayer wrote extensively of how the affects
of the Industrial period would spoil the female children and this paint was to
capture hat he felt was going to be ruined by all the modern day influences.
When Abbott Handerson Thayer did this painting he used his wife as a model then she became ill due
to depression. To replace he wife he picked his eleven-year-old daughter Mary to
finish the painting. This was to capture the angles quality of being young and
innocent.
The Second painting is The
Three Women, Picasso, 1908. This painting was created to show the paint to show
a women’s sexuality, while using African mask as a theme for their facial
expressions. Picasso drew in geometric forms and rich colors, but what speaks
the most is how the women are show. They are not depicted from a male’s point
of view, yet in the view of their comfort of their own sexuality and the innocence of it which is not for male pleasure.
Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1887, The Angle was and expressionist painting.
This painting spoke of the times. How it affected the world in which they lived
in as the Industrial Age was growing at an alarming rate. Thayer and many like
him were grasping the idea of how to save the innocence of their children. As
they felt threated that the Industrial Age would expose them to many things to
early. Therefore by painting an angelic scene would remind the view of what they
have and what could be lost.
Picasso’s The Three Women,
1908 was a Cubist painting where the idea was of painting in vibrate colors and
in geometric forms. What makes the both of the paintings fall under the
category of modernism is that Thayer painted of a subject that was not often
used to get his message across during the cultural change of the industrial
period. For Picasso his painting was considered avant-garde the first of it
kind. He was a leader in Cubism and successfully incorporated African art in
his work to express the cultural change of his time as artist where finding new
ways to not only paint for themselves but to also push themselves to go further
that what was expected.
Sources:
Exhibit Angels and Tomboys Newark Museum Tour 2012
Following Web sites for images and information.
Discover New Jersey Arts
Leinim Ports .com
http://www.leninimports.com/pablo_picasso_gallery_three_women.html#awbiog
Google Image
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