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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture
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Gifford Reynolds Beal (1879-1956 of New York). His paintings represent the contradictions of life in the 20th C, but as an optimist he depicted ‘an exuberant side of life’. This was unlike many of his contemporaries who had harsh socialist commentaries to offer. Beal's typical subjects were, city scapes, industrial scenes, rural or coastal activities, scenes of leisure like parties, parades and circuses, all joyous accessions become subject matter of his art.
Beal studied art in USA, unlike the then fashion to go to Europe. Beal exploited media like charcoal, ink, pencil, gauche, water colours and oil paint in as many different styles of painting he came across, like a realist, plein air, impressionist, pointillism. He adopted each of the combinations with mastery. He used fluidity of water colours and thick layered impasto of oil colours. He adopted the art media and style combinations with mastery. With age, Beal's style became austere, but bolder, from the realistic to abstract.
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