Guide til elevkunst — Thimble Box

4 parts 1 The artwork2 In context3 Artist and museum4 Look closely

Navn Klasse Dato

ellen lanyon, Thimble Box (1973). Reproduceret til referenceformål; alle rettigheder er forbeholdt rettighedshaveren.

Fakta om værket

Kunstner: ellen lanyon originaluniqueart.com/da/artists/ellen-lanyon/
Malet: 1973
Oprindelig størrelse: 50 x 65 cm
Bevægelse: Surrealism Dream logic painted with waking precision: impossible things shown as if they were ordinary.

Ophavsret Dette værk betragtes som værende stadig beskyttet af ophavsret. Kataloget indeholder ingen fødsels- eller dødsdatoer for ellen lanyon; ophavsretten varer 70 år efter kunstnerens død, så den mest sikre fortolkning er, at rettighederne stadig er gældende. Billedet vises her udelukkende til undervisningsbrug; rettighederne forbliver hos rettighedshaveren.

Thimble Box — ellen lanyon

How big is it?

The original measures 50 × 65 cm (height × width), drawn here beside an adult of average height.

Hvornår er dette malet?

1970

▲ dette værk, 1973

Sammenlignelige værker

Urbino, 2010 originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-urbino-D9PHZ5-en/
Pugilists, 1965 originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-pugilists-D9PJ5D-en/
There are two ways of spreading light to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton, Vesalius in Zante, 1902. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man, 1975 originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-there-are-two-ways-of-spreading-light-to-be-the-ca-AR236N-en/

Vælg et af de ovenstående værker: nævn to ting, det har til fælles med dette, og én ting, der er forskellig.

Flere værker, der kan placeres ved siden af dette: originaluniqueart.com/da/art/similar/ellen-lanyon-thimble-box-AR2368-en/

Farver

Målt ud fra billedet

Hovedfarve

Quinacridone Magenta #794240

Gemt palet

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Primær farve: Quinacridone Magenta
Intensitet: Balanced Hvor mættede og varierede farverne er, fra en enkelt dæmpet nuance til mange klare nuancer.
Kontrast: Serene Hvor meget farverne varierer i lysstyrke og mætning på tværs af billedet.
Harmoni: Unified Palette Hvor godt farverne spiller sammen, fra modstridende til fuldstændig harmoniske.
Lysstyrke: Shadow Hvor lyst eller mørkt billedet fremstår samlet set, fra dybe skygger til lyse højlys.
Mætning: Balanced Soft Hvor rene og stærke farverne er, fra næsten grå til fuldt livlige.

Thimble Box — ellen lanyon

Kunstner

ellen lanyon

A World Between Dreams and Reality: The Art of Ellen Lanyon

Ellen Lanyon’s paintings are portals, inviting viewers into a realm where the familiar tilts on its axis and the subconscious takes visible form. Born in Chicago in 1948, her artistic journey began not within the hallowed halls of academia, though she would later attend both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Iowa, and even undertake postgraduate studies at the Courtauld Institute in London on a Fulbright fellowship, but amidst the industrial landscape of her father’s foundry. This early exposure to the precise rendering of machine parts instilled in her a meticulous attention to line – a characteristic that would become a hallmark of her distinctive style. But it was a childhood visit to the “Midget Village” at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, an undeniably surreal spectacle, that left a deeper, more lasting impression, seeding within her imagination a fascination with the uncanny and the disquieting juxtaposition of realities.

From Portraits to Dreamscapes: The Evolution of a Vision

Lanyon’s early work focused on intimate portraits of relatives and the spaces they inhabited – quiet studies imbued with a sense of psychological depth.

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Kunstneren ellen lanyon originaluniqueart.com/da/artists/ellen-lanyon/
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Findes online

QR-kode med link til downloadside for Thimble Box

originaluniqueart.com/da/art/download/ellen-lanyon-thimble-box-AR2368-en/

Kildehenvisning til dette kunstværk

MLA: lanyon, ellen. Thimble Box. 1973, https://originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-thimble-box-AR2368-en/
APA: lanyon, ellen (1973). Thimble Box [Painting]. https://originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-thimble-box-AR2368-en/
Chicago: ellen lanyon. Thimble Box. 1973. https://originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-thimble-box-AR2368-en/
Harvard: lanyon, ellen (1973) Thimble Box. Available at: https://originaluniqueart.com/da/art/ellen-lanyon-thimble-box-AR2368-en/

Thimble Box — ellen lanyon

Look closely

Answer in your own words. There are no wrong answers here — only answers you can explain.

What catches your eye first, and why?
Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
Our catalogue files this work under: surreal still life, medical instruments, animal dissection. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
Look back at Urbino (2010), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
Surrealism: Dream logic painted with waking precision: impossible things shown as if they were ordinary. Where can you see that in this work?

Your response

Write a short paragraph about this artwork. Use the facts from the earlier parts of this guide, and your answers above.