An Analysis Of The Artistic Features And Values Of Paul Sandby's Cries Of London

In the experiment,Paul Sandby constantly improved the skill of watercolor art,expressed light,color and space with color,and endowed the picture with poetic aesthetic mood.His painting theme is not only limited to rural scenery,but also urban street life is one of Paul Sandby's painting themes.From the upper class to the bottom people,it truly recorded the social politics at that time Economy,culture and local customs.Paul Sandby lived in a very important period in the history of Britain and even Europe.Because of the vigorous development of an industrial revolution,the society has also undergone profound changes.In this process,capital,wealth,class and unfair social system make the life of the people at the bottom more difficult.As a result,these bottom figures of British society became Paul Sandby's focus and painting theme.He drew more than 100 sketches of London Street merchants,but only 12 of them were published as prints.Although the characters in the Cries of London are different in character and appearance,they are in the same social background and living environment,and their faces are full of hardships and helplessness,as well as painful life experiences.Especially in the period of great changes in British society,Paul Sandby is good at exploring the inner world of these low-level characters and then showingtheir most sincere side.Therefore,the origin of Paul Sandby's title "father of British watercolor art" is not only because of his great achievements in watercolor landscape painting,but also because he went out of the court and the upper class society and turned his eyes to the bottom people.Through the Cries of London,the living conditions of the bottom people in British society are displayed,and more people are allowed to go Understand and pay attention to the bottom of society and social reality.The purpose of this paper is to start with the artistic features and values of Paul Sandby's Cries of London,briefly describe his life experience,and analyze the creation background,manifestation and artistic connotation of Paul Sandby's Cries of London.In terms of creative themes,Paul Sandby uses an artist's conscience and sense of social responsibility to truly show what he has seen and heard,and reflect the current situation of the society;in terms of expression language,he uses real and natural painting style and classical deep tone,etc.These painting languages can also reflect the artist's thoughts,feelings and artistic pursuit to a certain extent.The author also makes a comparative study of this series of works by Paul Sandby and the Cries of London by other artists,and on this basis fully expounds his own point of view: Paul Sandby's Cries of London are so true and deeply reflects the social reality at that time.