This is painting by an artist called Giovanni Giacometti, made in 1868-193. The painting is titled Young mother. The medium is oil on canvas. The dimensions are 25 3/4 x 22 in. The Current location of this painting is The Audrey Jones Beck building 223 Beck Galleries. It is painting of Giovanni’s son and wife, mother nursing her child and showing love. The medium of this painting is oil on canvas, which is created by mixing pigments and oils. Oil on canvas dries very slowly compared to other mediums. Giovanni was recognized in Europe as the founder and leader of modern art in Switzerland. This painting is influence of impressionism. The painting called young mother shows specific details with the colors used rather than explaining specific details.…show more content… Giovanni did not receive any training for art. He was inspired by many artists like Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne. In 1907-8 “He copied painting in Swiss privation collection by Van Gogh”. Van gogh inspired him to create “more dynamic and assertive brushstrokes, and his mature style, a variant of Fauvism, emphasized two-dimensional space and form and high-keyed, strongly contrasted colors”. Van Gogh was known for his flower painting during the impression, which inspired Giovanni to create flowers in his painting, which is the reason behind the flowers on the painting of young mother. During the 1900s Giovanni created many colorful painting, after inspired by Van Gogh such as Bridge in the Sun and Rainy Day at Capolago (1907; Chur, Bündner Kstmus.), The Lamp (1912; Zurich, Ksthaus) and Midsummer’s Fire Dance (c. 1912–18; Chur, Bündner Kstmus.). In 1910 Giovanni created a painting of young mother in which he used the colors to explain mother’s love for her child.. There was many other painting during that period of time by Giovanni. Which were more recognized then the young
