{"id":25498,"date":"2019-07-21T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=25498"},"modified":"2019-07-20T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T03:15:14","slug":"claudes-column-painting-of-the-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/07\/21\/claudes-column-painting-of-the-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude’s Column: Painting of the Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week\u2019s paintings are another case of representational vs abstract. Andrew Wyeth\u2019s<\/a> \u201cThat Gentleman\u201d and Jacob Lawrence\u2019s<\/a> \u201cCabinet Maker\u201d are both respectable pieces of art.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now upon first glance, these two works seem that they have quite a contrast. \u201cThat Gentleman<\/a>\u201d is a rather melancholy painting, to say the least. Despite most of the priority being placed on the gentleman himself, the rooms still appear to be quite bare and empty.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the position of the gentleman in question to the drab color scheme, I see a depressed man whose world is a mess and can only find refuge in the cold but comforting confinement of the little room he calls home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“That Gentleman” by Andrew Wyeth. (Plum leaves \/ Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On the other end of the spectrum, Jacob Lawrence\u2019s \u201cCabinet Maker\u201d is quite a different story if you ask me. In this piece, we witness a man hard at work building a new cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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