Peter Blume

Met was by far the most impressive art museum I have ever experienced. Others, such as the Denver Art Museum, only pale in comparison.

I did not attend the featured exhibit while I was there, for the wait was over two and a half hours. I did, however, visit many of the different wings of the museum. The wing I wish to talk about is one that I have trouble liking. The more I look at and discuss it, however, the more it grows on me. The modern art wing has many paintings, architecture, sculpture, and drawings dating back to 1900. Artist’s paintings that caught my eye were done by Braque, Picasso, Charles Sheeler, Piet Mondrian, and Grant Wood.

There was one artist whose painting I enjoyed the most, and which I spent nearly twenty minutes attempting to break down its meaning. Peter Blume’s South of Scranton, done in 1931. Peter Blume was an American painter, though he was born in Russia in 1906. This painting is a beautiful oil on canvas that helps illustrate its e

A completely different art piece that made an impact on me was a piece by Piet Mondrian, an Abstract Expressionist. His painting, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, is very abstract. It was discussed at the very beginning of class. For our first assignment (choose a painting that you like and dislike the most), I chose this piece for the one I disliked the most. It seemed so simple and effortless to make. It wasn’t until I saw the cow composition sketch that showed the original sketch and the steps it took to come up with the final product that influenced me to reevaluate my feelings for it. I’ve become more interested in the abstract since. I enjoy paintings or artistic work that make you work for the meaning.

The two pieces are similar in many ways. For one, they both force you to look the meaning on the canvas. These are not paintings that are merely appealing to the eye or just fun to look at. They have meaning. The meaning can be different to everyone and different from what the artist is trying to say. I may be wrong about the meaning of Blume’s piece, but that is what I got out of it. Both pieces are telling you something in their own, unique way. Mondrian attempts to use a mathematical approach that holds universal meaning. He wants you to focus on the shapes and inner structure of the painting.

These pieces also differ in ways that can be easily seen. The composition is extremely dissimilar. The techniques and skills used to create their pieces are also distinct. The biggest difference, h

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