Waterbury, Connecticut
Bessie Smith
By Stella Bloch
The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury Connecticut. This Museum was truly an experience. This first floor was full of models of how they used to live back in the day. This city was known by the nickname of the Brass City. Throughout the time the city evolved into what it is today. They way thy portrayed this it made me feel as if I was there in those times it felt so real. I also had a chance to meet one of my classmates who happened to be there at the same time as me.
On the second floor there is an art gallery of just random and different paintings. although the first floor was my favorite I found it hard to take photos because of the way things were set up.
I choose to write about a painting of Bessie smith. This painting was done by Stella Bloch.
Bessie Smith was born on April 15,1894 and died on September 26 1937. She was known as the
Empress of the blues at that timeAfter performing in saloons and small theaters throughout the south, Bessie signed with Columbia Records and scored a major hit with the records "Down Hearted Blues" and "Gulf Coast Blues." Her more than 150 recordings that followed, some of which sold 100,000 copies in a week, propelled her to fame and immortality. She toured regularly in 1920s, particularly in vaudeville, often with such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Fletcher "Smack" Henderson, James P. Johnson, and Benny Goodman. Although she primarily performed to black audiences, Bessie did find popularity among whites as well. Among her other successful songs were "Jealous Hearted Blues," "Jailhouse Blues," "Cold in Hand Blues," and a version of Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Most of her songs had themes of poverty, oppression, and unrequited love, that her rich voice was perfect to deliver the mournfulness of and strike a chord in the heart of the listener.
I choose to write about a painting of Bessie smith. This painting was done by Stella Bloch.
Bessie Smith was born on April 15,1894 and died on September 26 1937. She was known as the
Empress of the blues at that timeAfter performing in saloons and small theaters throughout the south, Bessie signed with Columbia Records and scored a major hit with the records "Down Hearted Blues" and "Gulf Coast Blues." Her more than 150 recordings that followed, some of which sold 100,000 copies in a week, propelled her to fame and immortality. She toured regularly in 1920s, particularly in vaudeville, often with such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Fletcher "Smack" Henderson, James P. Johnson, and Benny Goodman. Although she primarily performed to black audiences, Bessie did find popularity among whites as well. Among her other successful songs were "Jealous Hearted Blues," "Jailhouse Blues," "Cold in Hand Blues," and a version of Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Most of her songs had themes of poverty, oppression, and unrequited love, that her rich voice was perfect to deliver the mournfulness of and strike a chord in the heart of the listener.
The reason I find this particular picture to be important is because, I have done many studies in history ,and this particular time era in our lives was so interesting to me. The way she is painted you can see the happiness. She seemed to be very happy in her own skin and loved what it was that she did. Just looking at this painting you could tell that she enjoyed entertaining people. It was amazing that at the time that she was famous there was much segregation going on, yet she manage to have a white audience as well. I find this woman to be amazing and that why I choose her painting for my blog.
2 comments:
Desiree,
Remember to use quotes and even italiccize words written by another author. You also need ot cite the source as in:
"After performing in saloons and small theaters throughout the south, Bessie signed with Columbia Records and scored a major hit with the records "Down Hearted Blues" and "Gulf Coast Blues." Her more than 150 recordings that followed, some of which sold 100,000 copies in a week, propelled her to fame and immortality. She toured regularly in 1920s, particularly in vaudeville, often with such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Fletcher "Smack" Henderson, James P. Johnson, and Benny Goodman. Although she primarily performed to black audiences, Bessie did find popularity among whites as well. Among her other successful songs were "Jealous Hearted Blues," "Jailhouse Blues," "Cold in Hand Blues," and a version of Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Most of her songs had themes of poverty, oppression, and unrequited love, that her rich voice was perfect to deliver the mournfulness of and strike a chord in the heart of the listener."
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/smit-besx.htm
The amount of text you used is excessive in the context you used it in.
Do try to focus on the artwork... A biography of the artist would be more appropriate than that of the subject of the painting. Place the work in an art historical context... What movement, style, influences, etc.
Here's a link to Stella Bloch...
http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou01455
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