Andrew Wyeth And Anders Zorn Comparative Study Of Watercolor Painting

Andrew Wyeth, American contemporary new realism painter, focuses onwatercolors and temper paintings;Anders Zorn, Swedish painter, etcher and sculptors,initially stepped into watercolor painting field as a water color artist. and share thesame interests, Based on the reference to predecessors watercolor paintingcharacteristics, artists extracted material from the most mundane things in life anddescribe the most familiar daily life scenes, which is more like a performance of localwork. Their works show the beautiful scenery of rural quiet work, some of whichportrait young labor force and nature beauty.Walk on the way of realism, with theambient light color to foil the characters inner, jointly compose rigorous cheerful artglorious chapter.Due to the diversity between different culture and backgrounds, surroundingsand growth paths, Andrew Wyeth and Anders Zorn showed the vivid features inwatercolors, especially in the format and themes with different skills and effects,theformat reflected his living age sharing realism painting and abstraction painting.Suffering from a war period and little education, he grew up to be an artist with theinfluence of his father,. Never did leave his hometown,as the depressing and socialupheaval had a great effect on Wyeth’s work, fear and disturbance became the themeof his works. which showed the abstractive sense of the artist focusing on theatmosphere and a kind of grand feelingWhile the latter lived in a peaceful age.He gota inspiration mostly from school education,and he was enthusiastic for lives.Thereforehis water color paintings reflected the main-stream of the standard aesthetic,whichshowed the life style theme with warm.By comparing watercolor paintings of Andrew Wyeth and Anders Zorn, fromperspectives of similarities and differences, following enlightenment can be drawn: interms of teaching, great importance should be attached to the watercolor education,and professional personnel training should be strengthened to create a goodatmosphere; In terms of creation, the traditional thinking should be broken through,and painters should be willing to innovation as well as using different watercolorlanguage to express different feelings and life experience; In terms of appreciation,watercolor exhibitions should be increased to strengthen exchanges at home andabroad.