The painting selected for this Art Appreciation
exercise is entitled ‘ The meeting or
Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet ’ , painted by Gustave Courbet in 1854. In this
painting, there are three people and one dog as the foreground.
The
left hand site man named Calas. He is standing with head look down 45 degree
and the view is third quarter view. His leg is standing around 90 degree. He
has a black beard and black colour hair. His right hand is holding a black hat
and it named homburg. However, his left hand is holding a stick and his wrist
is covering by a red cloth. He is wearing a white scarf around his neck, yellow
vest with a brown Trench coat and white glove on both of his hand. For the
bottom part of his body, he is wearing a yellowish white long pant and a pairs
of brown green shoes.
The second man from the left hand site on the painting is
called Alfred Bruyas. He is standing with third quarter view and his left leg
is behind his right leg. His head is around 90 degree and his eye is looking to
the man in front of him. He has a red brown beard and red brown hair. His left
hand is holding a black hat and it named Beret. He wears a ring on his right
hand, holding a walking stick and holding a white glove. For the costume, he is
wearing a dark green peacoat with black and white collar. It has 2 buttons and
2 pockets on his peacoat. On his left hand, he is wearing a white glove. A dark
brown long pant and dark brown green shoes was wore by him.
However, the right hand site man named Courbet. He is
standing with head look up about 45 degree. His head is side view and the body
is back side view. He has a long black beard and black hair. He is holding a
stick on his right hand and left hand holding a white hat named Boater.
Besides, he also wears a wooden back pack. There are some wooden stick on his
bag and cover with a black cloth.
Further more, there is a dog inside the painting. The
species of the dog is Anglo-Francis depetite Verieve. The dog is belongs to
Calas. It is standing on the floor and black and white in colours. The dog is
looking at the right site and there is a yellow chain on its neck.
For the background, we can see that it is an infinite
space with blue sky, white cloud and a ground with sand and grass. There is also
having some shrub tree, few plants and some flower which is red and orange in
colours. Besides, there is also has a
carriage towed by 2 horses, one is white and another one is brown in colours.
