Drawing II master artist part 1

1. Erin Hyer Master Artist Presentation part 1
Leon Pourtau and His Work
Drawing II master piece part I
Erin Hyer: Leon Pourtau
Leon Portau was a French oil painting artist who was born in 1872
and died in 1898.The first image I would like to talk about is a self
portrait of his that he made in 1890. His color scheme seems to be
that like analogous because it is of neutral colors like brownish
reds, dark greens, browns and blacks.
The second image I would like to talk about is the one I saw in the
Phoenix art museum called “Provence Landscape” which was made
in 1891. It was the only piece I saw of his in the museum. As I
further researched Leon, I saw that his technique in brush strokes
were more like layers of dabs of paint. In this painting he used
several dabs of paint, all different colors, as a way to blend the
colors to make up one big color. The over all color scheme of this
piece had most neutral colors but there was a small example of complementary colors in the lady
and the child with them wearing red and blue. Leon was an artist in an artistic era called post-impressionism.
Impressionism was nearing its end and impressionism is evident in Leon’s work
by seeing that he likes to paint outside mostly and incorporated a lot of sunlight. He really
studied how the light in the day changed a composition.
The third image is mostly complementary colors with a red cloth and window sill and a
blue dress. Overall, I see blue and red everywhere in the painting but it is cleverly mixed with

2. red and blue. The image also helps to prove that Pourtau didn’t always
paint outside but he furthered his studies by studying light indoors.
The fourth image is mostly monochromatic with the color mostly being
browns. I, however, also see reds and yellows. This image also shows
that he studied further into impressionism by not only studying day
light but rather night time or dawn.
The final image I believe has a triadic color scheme with there
being dark blues, pinks (or reds), and oranges.