6.05.2014

Degrazia Paintings And Munch Paintings

By Darren Hartley


A lifelong appreciation of the native cultures in the Sonoran Desert was the DeGrazia paintings. Ettore, nicknamed Ted, met and married Alexandra, the daughter of Fox Theater owner Nicholas Diamos in 1936. Ted and Alexandria left an evening ballet performance in 1942 to head for the Palacio Municipal to see muralist Diego Rivera at work.

In 1944, Ted bought an acre of land at Prince Road and Campbell Avenue to build his first adobe studio. This was after Tucson galleries showed no interest in exhibiting appreciative DeGrazia paintings. It was in this studio where he met Marion Sheret and subsequently married her in the jungles of Mexico in 1947.

DeGrazia paintings became widely successful from 1960 to the mid 70s. Ted's gallery flourished with hundreds of thousands of yearly visitors. In 1976, a protestation against inheritance taxes on art works led Ted to haul 100 DeGrazia paintings on horseback and set them ablaze in the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix.

Munch paintings played a great role in German expressionism, as well as the art form that later followed. This role is attributed to the strong mental anguish that was displayed in many of the pieces Edvard Munch created. Part of the reason for the deeper tone Munch paintings took was due to the mental illness his father suffered.

Symbolism was the reference given to the style Edvard created for his Munch paintings. This style focused on the internal view of objects, rather than the exterior or what the eye could see. It was a design around the way Edvard felt, his repressed emotions, showcasing his inward feelings.

There was a period between 1892 and 1908 that Munch paintings took to tones and colors that were a bit more cheerful, compared to Edvard's past accomplishments. This was a time when Edvard showed an interest in nature. This colourful, playful and fun tone noted in his work was in complete opposition to the dark and somber style of his earlier career.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment