Artwork Depression Artists
These might seem dark and very negative in nature but they do carry a positive message as well.
Artwork depression artists. Depression holds us down and yet it creates a sense of never being grounded to our own world. Miller flag bandera 1928 lithograph rosenwald collection 1944 2 45. Mexican artists such as josé clemente orozco diego rivera and david alfaro siqueiros played an important role in influencing the course of art in the united states during the great depression. The myth of the tortured artist or the artist who must suffer for her art to be creative and inspired exists for a reason.
Despite his tragic death rothko was known from the start of his career as an expressionist and abstract artist without equal. This image as with all the rest is the best way to catch a glimpse of depression. Scroll down below of 100 depression artworks by various artist and see how they feel or imagine depression. Goya vincent van gogh georgia o keefe mark rothko jackson pollock and alice neel have battled mental illness.
Artwork by margarita georgiadis. José clemente orozco george c. It s that even if you have encountered depression you re not the only one who s dealing with it. It s well known that some of the world s most beloved artists have battled depression.
Rothko was an artist whose depression grew together with his fame to the point that it led to his suicide. For many artists it s the pain within that helps them create powerful art.