When he took their hoods off, the Klansmen turned out to be surrogates for Guston himself — for his self - destructiveness,
emotional vehemence and self - absorption.
During his lifetime Siqueiros produced 150 landscape paintings, dynamic visions of futuristic cities and allegories of environmental devastation charged with
the emotional vehemence that has come to characterize his better - known public works.
«No title (Martyrs) ``, a series of portraits, stands out against the elaborateness of Rudolph's landscapes through its expressive, gestural style: The dissolving colours define only vague shapes but generate an enormous
emotional vehemence.