The painting Christina’s World,

by Andrew Wyeth conveys a girl who

lost her family in World War II, and can’t
go back home, because family is your
central. Without your family you have
no home. Sorrow is hinted at in the
colors in the painting. The girl,
Christina is on the ground. Lastly, the
painting was painted right after World
War II. Christina is a girl who lost her
family, and is incapable of going home
because family is home.

In this painting by Andrew Wyeth, the colors are sorrowful. The paints in
this painting, are dark and grey. There are no bright colors whatsoever. Bright
colors are most often associated with happiness and hope, but in the painting
Christina’s World, there is no happiness, and there is no hope. But she is
wearing a pink dress? You might say. Pink is a hopeful color. Cristina’s dress is
fading, signifying hope being lost. There is a sense of hopelessness and sorrow.

Next, Cristina cannot go back home. In the painting Christina’s World,

Christina is on the ground looking at a broken down house. She is in the middle
of nowhere, sinking into the dead grass. She is slightly embedded in it, hinting
that she has been in this position for a while. Unable to get up and go home.
 Lastly, Cristina’s family died during World War ll. Andrew Wyeth painted
this in 1948. This was about three years after World War II ended. World War ll
was an extremely deadly war lasting from September 1, 1939 - September 2,
1945. For about five years after the war, many artists came out with paintings
honoring those who passed, and expressing their feelings about the war. Andrew
Wyeth did just that. It is likely that a member of Christina’s family died from World
War ll.

In conclusion, the painting Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth, is about a

girl who lost her family during World War ll. She is incapable of going back home,
because she has no family. The colors in this painting are sorrowful and
hopeless, Christina is on the ground, and cannot get up. In addition, Christina
lost loved ones during one of the most deadly wars in history. It is as if Christina’s
soul is dissolving into mid air. Every moment she waits something gets taken
away from her, until she is nothing but a speck in the universe.