While "visiting" The Metropolitan Museum of Art, two pieces really stood out to me. One is pictured bellow, "Midtown Manhattan" by Kurt Ferdinand Roesch, and the other is "The Ameya" by Robert Blum.
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| "Midtown Manhattan" by Kurt Ferdinand Roesch. Oil and chalk on canvas. 1939. |
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The first piece that caught my eye was "Midtown Manhattan" by Kurt Ferdinand Roesch. The chaos of the piece is what immediately caught my eye. Roesch's use of lines and geometric figures makes the viewer feel as if he is in the chaos of a big city. The black and white used in the piece seems to signify how a city can be black and white, and having no "soul."
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| "The Ameya" by Robert Blum. Oil on canvas. 1893. |
The other piece that attracted me was "The Ameya" by Robert Blum. This piece is of what seems like a group of Asian children watching an adult woman smoke. The faces of the children seem amazed of what the woman is doing, as if they have never seen anyone smoke in there lives. The feeling that is felt from the piece is of a Asian ghetto. The streets seem grey with what looks like mud. The children seem unattended, as if they run wild in the streets. The colors used by the artist seem dull and grey. A feeling of empathy is conveyed from the colors.
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