How Do You Paint Happiness?

in #art8 years ago

There's a lot of talk about happiness on Steemit today, which got me wondering how artists have tried to capture happiness in paint through out history. This is also research for a piece that I am working on in which I want to include a sense of joy.

In chronological order, here are some of the paintings I thought managed to express something of happiness.


Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881


Mary Cassatt, Mère et enfant (Reine Lefebre and Margot before a Window), c. 1902


Henri Matisse, Dance, 1910


Marc Chagall, The Promenade, 1917


Pablo Picasso, Joie De Vivire, 1946


Grandma Moses, Joy Ride, 1953

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