John Singleton Copley, American
The artist's point of view seems to be that the women and children are all very content and happy. Since all of the women and children are wearing all white, they seem to give off an angelic glow. Whereas it seems that he wants to portray men being as more severe and independent. Copley uses contrast a lot in this painting through not only color but also facial expressions. He also uses grouping to show that the women and children are together while the men are sort of distant. From his use of leading lines, I notice that the man sitting down does not embrace the baby who's arms are up and from this looks distant and uncaring. I feel like the emphasis on this painting is on the men. It is on the men because they are wearing the opposite color of the rest of the painting and because they are so different from the other members of the family. They almost seem as if they are about to attack or go to battle. I think that it is interesting that Copley would choose to depict his own family in this sense. He probably knows something about his family history that we don't and I love to find out what that is.
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