

Visual analysis By Christopher R. Inwood
- Nov 28, 2016
JON MOLVIG_writing
Jon Molvig Hotel Lounge, 1958 Oil on composition board 120.1cm x 155.1cm The painting Hotel Lounge by Jon Molvig (1958) depicts four fashionable women seated around a small table, a smartly dressed waiter carrying beverages, and a figure that recludes into the background of the hotel lounge scene. The clear expression of narrative created by Molvig smacks the viewer in the mouth. The first visual shot throws the viewer back, reeling, from the sharp burn of energy and colour r