This is called The Rock, painted by Peter Blume using oil on canvas in 1948. I was drawn to the movement in the painting--there seems to be a lot of chaos going on around the rock, which sits right there in the middle. But the rock also draws energy towards it with its crazy jagged shapes. I really also loved the way Blume depicts people - they seem sort of cartonish, especially the bend of the shoulder of the man hammering in the front center. I really also enjoyed the billowing of the smoke and the construction site, adding to the hectic actions of the painting. There are details in the book that got lost in the scanning process - such as the debris (broken bottle and Coca-Cola sign) that the man is shoveling into the fire, or five men hauling wood and rigging lines within the construction site, that seem to move the energy towards and away from the rock in the center.
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I saw this painting in San Francisco! I like how many different weights and textures are suggested.
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