Gladiators

Guston painted Gladiators in a social-realist style favored by many left-leaning artists in the 1930s, a style that reflected in part the political and aesthetic influence of the Mexican muralist movement led by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. At the time he painted Gladiators, Guston was painting murals in New York as part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program. Hooded Klansmen first appeared in his work of the 1930s, in response to a Ku Klux Klan attack on one of his Los Angeles murals. Of these figures, Guston said, “They are self-portraits. I perceive myself as being behind the hood. … I almost tried to imagine that I was living with the Klan. What would it be like to be evil?”

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Hvilken stilart tilhører "Gladiators"?

"Gladiators" er et værk fra Social Realism. Denne stilart angiver den kunstneriske tradition, som værket indgår i.

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"Gladiators" blev skabt af Philip Guston. Informationen på denne side beskriver Philip Gustons originale værk.

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Bronze (#d99136) er den dominerende farve i "Gladiators" af Philip Guston.

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Philip Guston (1913 – 1980)

Philip Guston (1913-1980) var en canadisk-amerikansk kunstner, kendt for sin udvikling fra abstrakt ekspressionisme til rå figurativ kunst, der udforsker racisme og identitet. En nøglefigur i New York School.

Om dette kunstværk

Titel: Gladiators
Kunstner: Philip Guston
År: 1940
Format: Landscape
Ophavsretlig status: Ophavsretligt beskyttet
Bevægelse: Social Realism
Farvetone: Golden Yellow Range
Oplevet lysstyrke: balanced