AHI 101: Ch. Burchfield Grain Elevators Painting Analysis

Charles’s Burchfield Grain Elevators Painting Analysis
Name
Institution of Affiliation
Instructor
Date
Charles’s Burchfield grain elevators painting analysis
Grain elevators is one of the main artwork done by Charles Burchfield in the period 1931-1938. The art was made of oil on canvas mounted on the board. For so long, the art has been in the Burchfield Penny Art Center. It was given to the Burchfield Foundation as an honor to Charles in the year 1974. The art’s dimensions are 40 by 66 inches CITATION Gob09 \l 1033 (Gober & Burlingham, 2009). The artist, Charles was considered to be one of the greatest landscape painters of the early and mid-20th century. Besides his painting career, he was also considered to be one of the excellent photographers. Being a good artisan, Charles was able to present his ideas affecting the society and landscape conservation practices. Grain Elevators is considered to be a beginning of the revolutionary as Charles started using paint oils as compared to the previous paintings. It made the paintings more perfect and clearly communicated the intended purpose to the intended audience.[Gober, R. & Burlingham, C., 2009. Heat waves in a swamp: the paintings of Charles Burchfield.. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum..]
The painting is well illuminated whereby different scenarios can be clearly observed from the colors which resemble the real landscape and present the real conditions. The painting is professionally done making the grain elevators appear to have been running for long besides their condition. In this particular painting, Grain Elevators, the objects are well distributed CITATION Had09 \l 1033 (Haddad, 2009). Objects are clear to distinguish making it easy to observe activities within the photograph. Moreover, the size of the painting is considered to be appropriate. The 40 by 60 inches is a very decent size which anyone can clearly visualize the different objects within the painting. In the Burchfield Penny Art Center, the painting is stuck to a white wall which makes it easy to read the painting objects.
The coloring has been well done to post the clear identity of the painting from the others. The use of the oil paints makes the texture of the painting smooth as compared to water painting which was being used to paint previously. It gives the paint a look which appears to be as real as the real landscape could be. The asymmetrical nature of the picture also allows a wide view of the painting giving a bigger view horizontally than the vertical view. The painting is well cropped to capture all of the objects which matter and communicate specific information about the painting. Also, the painting is well lit to achieve contrast of the different obscure objects such as the smoke from the Grain Elevators.
Food hygiene is essential to human health. Moreover, the environment we are living in should always be preserved to make sure that the world is a better place to live especially during the period of the First and Second World War. From Charles’s painting, Grain Elevators, there are several assertions which he intended to make. Besides exploiting his talent and capabilities in painting and photography, he made sure that his images were of positive influence to the society. From some of his great works he points out significant issues which are affecting the society either positively or negatively. For this case, Grain Elevators is also an illumination of such issues....