Painting Reflection Worksheet

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Painting Reflection Worksheet

Visit a local art museum, or search the Internet for images of paintings created from the 1920s to the present day. Insert an image of each painting into this assignment, and cite each image consistent with APA guidelines. Reflect on the paintings related to the social and cultural events taking place at the time, and answer the following questions. Each response must be between 50 and 100 words.

Example: Elegy to the Spanish Republic 34, Robert Motherwell, 1954

a. What events influenced this painting? How?

The Spanish Civil War influenced the painting because the war had a deep effect on the artist. He used painting as a way to convey the pain and suffering of war. He used the Spanish Civil War in the entire series of paintings.

b. What social commentary do you think this painting is trying to convey? Explain.

The commentary is about mourning the dead lost in war. The painting is very dark and intense. It is an abstract look at the death and pain suffered by the people. The artist used this imagery throughout the series Elegy to the Spanish Republic.

1. Painting title, artist, date: Lynch Family, Joseph Hirsch, 1946

a. What events influenced this painting? How?

Joseph Hirsch painted paintings that showed how he was feeling and what he was going through. Joseph painted this painting because, he was having social problems like poverty, the working poor, racism, anti- the Semitism, the onset of fascism, Great Depression, racism, World War II and nuclear threat during the Cold War.

b. What social commentary do you think this painting is trying to convey? Explain.

This painting seems to convey a mothers struggles, the stress of life and trying to cope with those stresses due to the wars and maybe even poverty. The working conditions during this time period were scarce. The woman in this painting seemed to be overwhelmed and does not know what to...