Art Reflection – Diego Rivera The Flower Carrier, Diego Rivera, 1935 Diego Rivera painted for the common man, the essential workers of his day. He portrayed the desperate work of many for the wealthy few. He hoped to put their plight before the public and politicians in paint on canvas and mural walls. Each work is a plea for justice …

Art Reflection – Paul Cezanne Still Life with Apples, Paul Cezanne “Still Life with Apples” was painted by Paul Cezanne in 1890. It now hangs in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. This still life of fruit, a plate and pot is one of 200 still lifes Cezanne painted over four decades. Each is an arrangement of fruit and common …

Art Reflection – Vincent Van Gogh Wheatfield with Crows, Vincent Van Gogh Wheatfield with Crows was one of the last works of Vincent van Gogh. He painted this scene in the summer of 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise, France. This painting done with van Gogh’s signature thick paint technique called impasto has the frenetic feel of other van Gogh works with lines …

Art Reflection – Henri Matisse “Open Window at Collioure” by Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was known for many things including the use and placement of bold colors. He began the art designation of Fauvism when he painted a green stripe down the face of his wife. The critics were not kind. A fauve is a wild beast and having others …

Art Reflection – Jacob Lawrence The Migration Series, Panel 1 Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence, an African-American artist, painted his Migration Series of 60 panels with tempera on cardboard. This series documents the unique domestic migration of one million African Americans from the rural South to the urban North beginning in the early twentieth century. These people were moving north to leave …