James Abbott McNeil Whistler verses Edward Munch

Artist James Abbott McNeil Whistler and Edward Munch are creative artists on their way. They used emotional paintings on their artworks as a technique when other artists are focusing on line, shape, dimension, and ideals about politics or daily life.

Artist James and Edward were used same technique called ‘emotional painting’ on their artworks. Each artist chose the best colors to give better expression about their views and a feeling to particular thing such as man is in the boat under the bridge or stranger on top of the bridge. In addition, they also choose the bridge and the sea as a background on their artworks. The bridge and sea are majority subjects on their artworks. Furthermore, they used some line techniques on their artworks.

Artist James’ artwork ‘Nocturne in Blue and Gold’ was painted with blue color only. Blue color has many meanings: sadness, cool, freedom, god of stability and order, dark and disturbing power. In his artwork, the blue color represents calm and sadness. Man was standing insecurely on top corner of the boat in the middle of sea like he is going to jump into the sea. Artist James also used horizontal and vertical lines on the bridge, and used diagonals on the boat, and the boundary between the sea and harbor. These lines make the picture looks stable and strong.

Unlike ‘Nocturne in Blue and Gold’, Artist Edward used more than one color in his artwork ‘The Scream’. He used red (mostly), black, blue, orange, and mixed colors. He tried to express horror, blood, and anguish through red color. Moreover, he tried to express more horror feeling with horizontal, vertical, and unstable lines, and action of the character like bald man in painting hold each hand on different sides of unstable face and body and large open mouth and eyes.

I am surprised that colors have their own meanings and can affect people’s mind. It will be best if anybody uses this technique to express global problems such as water pollution by trashes.