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The Impact of WWII on the Mid Modern Era Hitting the Beach  by Tom Lee Painted in 1944 Location: Depiction of Peleliu The Price by Tom Lee Painted in 1944 Location: Depiction of  Peleliu   Tom Lea was a war correspondent for Life Magazine. He originally went to school at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1940 he took a job at Life Magazine and covered the war from 1941-1946. He would be put in places where he had a direct view of what the war looked like then he would paint what he saw. Some of his paintings are even hung in the Pentagon to be used as a reminder of how awful war is.                                                                         Elements Two concepts that are greatly used in these paintings are color and contrast. Tom uses a lot of greens and darker colors to show how the bad the conditions were at that time. In The Price  the red is the first thing that you see when you look at the painting. He also uses curves and lines to make the paintings look as if the peo

                Imperialism vs Post Imperialism Imperialism This is  Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro. Pissarro created this artwork based on what could be seen from the window in the hotel. Pissarro had to stay indoors during the colder months due to some health issues so he took to making artwork based on what he could see from his hotel room window. I really like this painting compared to the painting by Monet because it is a lot clearer. The painting by Monet looks like it a painting done during a really foggy day and it is harder to see what is portraited in the painting done by Monet. I also really like how Pissarro put a lot of detail into his painting to make his painting look realistic.    This painting is Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet. Monet was born in Paris, France but he moved to the beaches in Normandy which sparked his passion for painting what he saw in the ocean. This painting is what he saw from his window one morning. He uses brushstro