Critical Study - "The Tree Frog" by Robert Rauschenberg.

... Critical Study - "The Tree Frog" by Robert Rauschenberg The painting/print I am studying is called "The Tree Frog". Robert Rauschenberg painted it in 1964 at the age of 39. He could have painted it for many reasons, to show his own feelings or to display a political message. Rauschenberg use two methods to create this piece, these are screen-printing and oil on canvas. This particular method of screen-printing was very useful to Rauschenberg as he was able to take photographs and use their negatives to create photographic screen. This was achieved by use of different materials and chemicals. The advantage of this is it would allow him to have almost photo realistic prints on his work in any colour he desired. The other media used was oil paints, this allowed his painting to escape these almost uniform photographic images and create a more expressive whole using different brush strokes. The scale

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