Interlude
1932
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1932
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Interlude is a 1932 by Pierre Dubreuil, depicting Sheet Music, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a still life with a musical score, tuning fork, and eye glasses. The objects are ordinary, but the way they're lit makes them seem mysterious. The artist used a close-up viewpoint and unusual camera angle to create bold light and shadow patterns. Check out the technique of chiaroscuro to learn more about how artists use light and dark to create interesting effects.
In Pierre Dubreuil's carefully planned still life, ordinary objects—a musical score, tuning fork, and eye glasses—are given an air of mystery. The photograph reveals the artist's interest in bold light and shadow patterns, strong contrasts of tone, and distorted scale and perspective, achieved through the use of a close-up viewpoint and an unusual camera angle. A pioneering modernist little known until recently, Dubreuil's preoccupation with the dream world and the human psychological condition linked him with the Surrealists of Brussels and Paris.
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