Analysis Of Farewell

Farewell is a 28''x 28'' painting created in 1943 by Richard Wilt. In 1943 a major event was World War 2 and this can suggest the time period the painting is in. This painting was done with oil on canvas and is located at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. This painting in my mind shows the style of romanticized. I think this way because of the way the painting is speaking to me and the different emotions the painting is giving off. Some emotions that I am getting from this painting would be freedom and happiness. This genre painting shows scenes from everyday life. I feel this way because the people in the painting are doing what you would regularly see such as folding clothes. Throughout this painting, I can see many things

The little boy and girl look to be running inside of a rustic, old wood house. In the house, you can see a few papers hung up on the walls, one white bed, and a window also inside the house. All of the people in this painting are African American and look very thin. Next, to the house, there is an old car that is facing forward. Also very close to the old car there is there is a wooden latrine. There are many different animals seen throughout this painting those being one pig and what looks to be four birds. There is a naked tree on the left side of the painting that could suggest the season or living situations the people are living through. Throughout this painting, there are many different principles that use different elements to achieve to look of this painting. The first principle that is incorporated in this painting would pattern. The elements line and color are incorporated into an example that I can see in the painting that is the woman with the green dress. The dotted lines going across the dress are apart of the design and are repeated. The color of this dress also stays consistent with the lines throughout the entire pattern on the dress. The next principle that was used in the painting was contrast. The element of