Rewiring essay #1

Soo jin Park

Prof. Kyle Brebner

IERW (03)

7 October 2015

Picture of a warm atmosphere

Seeing wonderful pictures make me happy and smile, so I love to go to art galleries and appreciate the pieces. My favorite one is ‘Dance in the Country’ which was painted by Auguste Renoir. Before talking about that picture, first it is proper to look into the artist Renoir. If you know about the life of the artist, you can figure out much better about the motive or reason why he painted it. After looking through the artist’s life, I will talk about the remarkable description of painting, reason why I like it and why I chose this painting.

Auguste Renoir was born in France at 1841 and his parents were poor. Therefore, he could not afford to go to school. Instead of studying there, he got a job at a pottery factory when he was 13. At there, whenever he had time, he went to The Louvre and saw lots of various artworks. That was the time that he dreamed about being an artist. When he turned 20, he entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts which is a school of fine arts. Even though he did not live in plenty, he always tried to draw and paint works with positive thoughts. His most famous quote is “Picture should be lovely, exciting, beautiful and pretty.” Like so, he painted the drawing that have bright and clear colors, having in mind about people who might see his pictures. Therefore, lots of his paintings are full of mild and warm-hearted characters and materials. He did not lose his passion for painting until he died in 1919.

Through checking Renoir’s life, now it is time to look at the ‘Dance in the Country’ painting. In the picture, there are two main characters who are dancing together. As the picture has warm tones and soft lines, it maximizes the beauty of the atmosphere which encompasses the whole picture. By clearly drawing outline of man and woman while drawing background vaguely, we can concentrate on the main couple who are dancing. As the title suggests, its background is the countryside. Taking a good look at it, you can see the tablecloth, some cups of coffee and straw hat. It demonstrates the happy spirit of everyday life in the countryside. When you look down at the left side, you can find a person’s face. Mainly, it seems like the dancing couple is in the center. As you pay attention to the woman’s face, you can notice that she feels so happy that even though her hat blew off to the ground, she could not recognize her hat missing, because she feels so romantic about dancing with the man. But if you try to look at that in a different way, you may focus on a girl who was painted at the bottom of the left side. Doesn’t the girl look like she is staring at the man secretly? It means that the girl has a secret crush on the man who is dancing with another woman.

Whenever I look this painting, I really feel the urge to go inside the painting and enjoy atmosphere with them. The reason I picked this painting as my favorite one is because of its color effect. As the colors that are used in it are so warm, bright and smooth that it helps me relax. Also, I adore this painting because of the girl who was drawn down there. It is interesting that the artist try to saw the girl who secretly loves the man.

Like this, I mentioned the painting that I love most. By explaining his life and describing the painting, we can enjoy it much better. By admiring this drawing, it gave me lots of thoughts about love and people’s feeling. I think that Renior not only painted the picture well but also described people’s feeling such as drawing the girl at the left-side bottom who likes the man secretly. Also, as I see the picture, it makes me feel warm and soft. I consider that feeling is associated with the reason why people like to appreciate the drawing. To add, as we search the life of an artist and appreciate the main factors of painting, we can know much more about the painting.