J. P. - MURAL - 1943 - Abstract Expressionism - Canvas Print

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------J. P. (American, 1912-1956) - MURAL - 1943 - Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstraction, Symbolism, Figurative - Oil and Casein on canvas - 𝑯𝒊-𝑹𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ------------------------------------------ "𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍," 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟑, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒅 "𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆" 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕'𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔. 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒄𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔. 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆. "𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍" 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚. 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍. 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉, 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. "𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍" 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.