For my contemporary art pieces I chose Megan Duncanson and Leonid Afremov. Both these pieces use bright vibrant colours thickly applied. Leonid Afremov takes realistic scenes, and often uses shades of blues, yellow, and pink. I chose some of his landscape pieces in order to compare to Lawren Harris. Afremov uses contrasting bright colours, he also has thin long brush stokes which are noticeable unlike Harris's paintings which normally are blended very well. Afremov is also an impressionist, and does a lot of portrait work as well, also unlike Harris who stuck to abstract and landscape. Afremov also did paintings based on cities all around the world especially Italy and Paris.The painting at the very top is by Megan Duncanson. I thought this piece would be a good example of a contemporary piece which included some nature element in order to compare to Harris. Duncanson's work includes somewhat of a mystical element which traditional pieces did not have. She uses vibrant blues, oranges, and reds. The tree is unrealistic such as Harris's work, however her painting style includes short thick strokes in the middle and smooth lines towards the bottom. Overall, my analysis and interpretation of traditional vs. contemporary revealed that contemporary pieces often have an element of entertainment and romance.
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