A Commentary on Music Paintings

 

I've been into music and painting for quite some time. Whistler did the piano lesson. The banjo lesson is by Henry Ossawa. I would like to call into attention how rigid or natural a painting is. The banjo lesson seems to breathe on its own, but the piano lesson is set in stone. How about the posing of the characters in the scene? The banjo lesson seems extremely intimate and the piano lesson seems distant and uncaring. I'm just comparing painting style and character placement in 2 paintings of something I know: music. Too bad I got so few lessons and had to write my own book that nobody will publish.