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The two artists whose work i will be comparing are Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse.
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LOOKING AND COMPARING ARTISTS PAINTINGS & MOVEMENTS IN ART HISTORY The two artists whose work interests me are Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. I have chosen these two paintings. SALVADOR DALI 1 'Paranoic Critical Solitude' This painting was dated 1935. The artist Salvador Dali has used the media of oil paint on canvas. His palette is mostly sandy ochre's and browns. There is some blue, green and blacks. The detail is such that it must have taken a long time to paint, perhaps a few months? The painting although 'surreal' is very naturalistic or realistic in style. The paint is very carefully and smoothly applied, and the artists uses perspective with great care taken to show the form and depth of the landscape. The painting is of a deserted craggy and barren wilderness. One can just make out the small village in the far distance. There is a vintage car which seems to have flowering plants growing out...
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