Expressive Art- Joan Eardley

Question 1

(JE) Date of Artwork and title

Answer 1

1955, Brother and Sister

Question 3

(JE) Emotions, atmosphere, feelings

Answer 3

Her expressive response to a situation, and conveys her feelings towards the Sampson family
The atmosphere is hurried and chaotic
Eardley uses warm, earthy, rich colours

Question 4

(JE) Techniques, methods and approaches

Answer 4

Uses expressive, gestural mark making and brush strokes
Vigorous and energetic approach
The style is raw and unglamorous
She used palette knives and thick paints scraped over the surface of the painting

Question 5

(JE) Media

Answer 5

Oil on canvas

Used collage to create the effect of graffiti

Question 6

(JE) Message/ Narrative

Answer 6

Depicts a brother and his younger sister
The brother looks as though he is very protective of his younger sister, he is grabbing her arm as if holding her back from trouble.
Both gaunt and dark around the eyes
They look as though they have been sent out on errands

Question 7

(JE) composition and visual elements

Answer 7

The painting is full of colour and texture
Eardley layer colours on top of each other
The rule of thirds has been used
Cool colours in background and warm colours in the foreground
Shallow depth

Question 8

(JE) Style and art movement

Answer 8

Inspired by city life
Influenced by the Scottish colourists and her surroundings
Her style was not fine art but rough and ready

Question 9

(JE) subject matter

Answer 9

2 children from the Sampson family

They were tenants in the slums of Glasgow