This painting "The Portal" was painted by Karl Schmidt- Rottluf and I will be talking about the imitation , emotionalism and formalism in this painting.

Firstly I will be talking about imitationism. Some people think that art should be realistic in this painting Karl Schmidt-Rottluf made his painting pretty realistic but it could be argued. In my opinion I think that this painting is very realistic, this is a picture of tree and a path leading to a house. The brush strokes in the tree and house are very gentle and soft but at the same time they are sharp and rough the trees are very pointy and sharp but other strokes are very gentle and soft the house is also very soft not so much rough. As for the path and ground is very lose and distorted. With all the different brush strokes the painting blends very well. It might not be very detailed but it is realistic because you can tell what this painting is a picture of a house and trees.

Next I'm going to speak about the emotionalism in the painting. In this picture the colours and brush strokes are allot of different mix emotions. The vibrant yellows and oranges give off a very joyful feel, unlike the dark blues greens and blacks give off a very mad or frustrated look. The brush strokes are very tight and scribaly but then the slowly start going lose and gentle that shows me that the Karl Schmidt-Rottluf might have been very frustrated and mad but as he painted he got all of his angure out and the strokes started going very lose instead of tight. I think that this painting tells a story, Karl Schmidt-Rottluf was trying to say that you might have a hard day but you can always look forward to going home to people you love.

The last thing that I would like to talk about is the formalism. In this painting I feel that this painting is very organized it is very easy to see what the images is. This picture is very destined and the lines are very in place and the textures in the trees are very real looking. Also in this picture has allot of balance, harmony, emphasis and moment and it also has rythem! All of these things make this picture what it is and gives it the realness!.

In this painting I think that Karl Schmidt-Rottluf did a great job of making realistic painting.