The rapidity of sleep yves tanguy biography

Yves tanguy About Gallery Activity. The first painting I have chosen for this gallery is, The Rapidity of Sleep. This painting was made in , and was an oil on canvas, being x Out of all surrealist artworks I have seen, this one took the most thinking to make it make sense. First impressions had me stumped.

Mama, papa is wounded

After seeing the colour choice, I felt that the plain, dull colours harmonise to make a sad atmosphere. The low horizon line, and empty sky draws your attention straight to the objects at the bottom of the painting. On the left of this painting, there seems to be objects lying down, asleep. The low horizon, creating a large sky, brings in a feeling of emptiness, as if nothing has been gained.

After looking at this painting, I feel like Tanguy is trying to yet again criticise war.

Yves tanguy pronunciation

This painting done by Yves Tanguy was created in , and was named Mama, Papa is wounded. The medium used was oil on canvas and the size is My first impressions of this artwork was that it looked sad, as the title portrays. The use of dark colour and dark tones create harmony, but also a sad and lonely atmosphere. The variety of placement for the objects creates blank spaces, putting this artwork out of balance.