Compare And Contrast John Twachtman And George Luks

What do you imagine when you think of the season of winter? Do you visualize frosted leaves, naked trees, or crisp, fresh snow? What about snowball fights, long cold nights, or warm cups of hot cocoa? Artists such as John Twachtman and George Luks expressed their thoughts and emotions on the season of winter through art. In 1889, various winter landscapes inspired John Twachtman to paint 'Along the River, Winter'. The subject matter of this painting is a bare, open landscape that features a dull sky, fresh layers of ice and snow, and a frozen river leading to an abandoned building. These descriptions resemble winter as a period of peace, silence, and loneliness. In 1912-1913, childhood memories from numerous winters influenced George Luks

George Luks based 'Winter, High Bridge Park' on New York City. As a child, he grew up in the city of New York and enjoyed spending his festive winters there. He admired the gathering of family and friends and the festive activities of the town, such as: sledding, shopping, and snowball fights. Since New York City was commonly known as a populated place during 1912-1913, Luks filled his painting with several buildings, trains, and townspeople. The setting of his painting demonstrates that he admired the festive activities of the city during the winter. In contrast with George Luks, John Twatchman was especially fond of winter for being peaceful and quiet. He based 'Along the River, Winter' off of a small farm he lived on in Connecticut. At the small farm, he admired spending his winters in peace and silence, watching fresh snow fall from the sky. Twatchman enjoyed the simple things of winter and the natural beauty and solitude it enhanced. He expressed these sincere views through his simple, winter

Twatchtman painted 'Along the River, Winter' by using oil on a canvas. To give a feel of the bleak season, he used subdued, gloomy, dull, grayed, and pale colors. Throughout the painting, Twachtman exhibited a loosely brushed, shadowy technique that embellished a somber tone in the scene. The sky was shadowed cornflower blue, the snow, ice, and frozen river were shadowed white smoke, and the abandoned building and wood were brushed umber brown. To add an effect to the gloomy atmosphere, the entire scene was shadowed light gray. In comparison with John Twatchman, George Luks decided to paint his oil painting on a canvas. However, he focused 'Winter, High Bridge Park' on festive, happy, playful, primary, exciting, and descriptive colors. Trees and buildings were brushed warm brown, trains were painted dark red, townspeople were dressed in sea green and debian red coats, fresh, white snow featured the shadows of the townspeople, and even the presence of sunlight was added to enhance the scene. White, purple, red, orange, yellow, and green snowflakes decorated the town with holiday