Keller Hyllebgerg 8 th Grade Griffin Middle School Alexandre Hogue Drouth Stricken Area oil on canvas 1934 Description In the painting A Drouth Stricken Area ID: 413407
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Art Criticism Assessment
Keller
Hyllebgerg
8
th
Grade
Griffin Middle SchoolSlide2
Alexandre
Hogue “
Drouth
Stricken Area
” oil
on canvas
, 1934Slide3
Description
In the painting, “A
Drouth
Stricken Area”
Alexandre
Hogue uses oil on canvas. In the center of the
composition there
is a broken windmill and behind it, rolling
sandy
hills hide about
half of
a little
farm
house. On the left side of the painting there is a cow that is very bony and on the opposite side of the painting there is a vulture perched on a wooden beam, stari
ng directly at the cow as if he is just waiting for it to die so he can swoop in for a meal. Slide4
AnalysisSlide5
Interpretation
I think that “A
Drouth
Stricken Area” is supposed to portray an area that has been affected by a drought. There is no water in the painting, it all looks very dry like a dessert, and that cow looks like it is struggling for life. Those are all of the types of things that you will see in an actual area that is harmed by a drought. I feel that the artist was trying to inform others of how bad it can get when water is scarce. Slide6
Evaluation
In my opinion this is a