20th Century Archive
Very much attracted to Mother Nature from childhood, American Realistic painter Andre Wyeth who won National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush, portrayed this painting in 1950 when he was in his middle age. It depicts a scene from grassland showing a little hill with some grass waffling by the whispering wind. The whole scene has an almost a monotone of the grey color with different shades. Maybe the grass is drying up. As the title suggests, it is the day of November First, the beginning of the chilly winter bringing celebrations like Christmas and New Year’s Day. Painted with watercolor on paper, if you see the painting with a little bit of imagination, you find yourself in open grassland with cold blowing air […]
The Boer war was first of the two wars fought between the English empire and the Boers (farmers) of the African region Transvaal. The farmers were fed up by the ruling of the English men and decided to rebel against the vast empire which once ruled all over the world with its cruel mind-games. Artist has depicted here the scene of an English rider with a juvenile threatening an unarmed farmer. Both figures are portrayed with impactful pose. The soldier is about to penetrate the farmer’s head while the farmer is raising his arm trying to save himself as there is no way to run while the attacker is on a horse. In the backdrop, one more Boer is surrounded by the enemies and already […]














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