What does the inclusion of the Van Gogh painting tell us about this couple?
This is a typical couple of a normal household, i think they had the picture in their home since it was a popular artwork and they had get with the latest tends.
What does this painting say about gender roles in the 1950s?
There was no gender equality back then, the men would spend their day at work while the women stayed at home waiting for the husbands to come home so they can serve them.
Do you think John Brack treats his subjects, the married couple, sympathetically?
I think he does as you can see that the wife is leaning on her husband because women have to serve their husbands since as they are the ones who earn money to make a living. Where as she is basically free loading off him.
Chris Mcauliffe describes John Brack's suburban paintings as having a 'weird melancholy'. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain.
I agree that he has a weird melancholy because back then people didn't have that much and it things wasn't as nice as it is currently.
This is a typical couple of a normal household, i think they had the picture in their home since it was a popular artwork and they had get with the latest tends.
What does this painting say about gender roles in the 1950s?
There was no gender equality back then, the men would spend their day at work while the women stayed at home waiting for the husbands to come home so they can serve them.
Do you think John Brack treats his subjects, the married couple, sympathetically?
I think he does as you can see that the wife is leaning on her husband because women have to serve their husbands since as they are the ones who earn money to make a living. Where as she is basically free loading off him.
Chris Mcauliffe describes John Brack's suburban paintings as having a 'weird melancholy'. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain.
I agree that he has a weird melancholy because back then people didn't have that much and it things wasn't as nice as it is currently.