Grade 3 Virtual Museum Project 2005
Central Elementary School, Wilmette, IL

Telegraph Poles with Buildings
The Original
My Interpretation
Presented by: William K.
Title of Artwork: Telegraph Poles with Buildings
Year of Artwork: 1917
Artist: Joseph Stella
Dates of Artist's Birth and Death: 1877 - 1946
Nationality: American
Materials Used: Oil on canvas
My Description: My painting, which is called Telegraph Poles with Buildings looks like a gloomy, dark, cloudy, and sad picture. There are blue spots around the buildings that to me looks like electricity because the building has lights reflecting off its windows. There are telegraph poles so they may overload. There is light at the top of the painting and brown at the bottom of the painting. The building looked like a work building and there were a lot of rectangles in the picture.
The Big Idea: I think the painting is to show what could happen if there was a power overload. The painting may show a power overload.
The Chicago Connection: Chicago has so many telegraph poles and every day any one of them could become overloaded. Chicago has many factories and needs lots of power.

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