Giorgio De Chirico

Mystery and Melancholy of a street 1914

Giorgio De Chirico was born in July 10, 1888 in Volos, Greece. He died in November 20, 1978.

The colours in this piece show that it is warm and calm colours. The colour show that it is a sun set piece of work. The people in this piece look like they are trap in limbo because you can’t see their faces. It’s like a place where no one lives there no more. The techniques Giorgio de Chirico use is oil on the canvas and the surface of the painting is smooth. The movement of this painting is surrealism. When it was made was at the beginning of the First World War. The size of this painting is 85 x 69cm.

Giorgio De Chirico made this painting in 1914 in Paris, France. In this piece it show a little girl playing a hoop and you see someone else in the piece but you can’t see but their shadow. The painting is a landscape but the frame is portrait. The title show that it is a mystery you don’t know what going to happen. The artist is using oil paint.

The painting make the atmosphere feel like it is a peaceful place and the colour makes it calm and warm.