Beihong Xu (1895-1953), modern painting masters, who came from Yixing, Jiangsu province. He entered a private school when he was four-year-old, and learned painting from his father. He went to Japan at his 20, then in the following year he went to France, learned from Dayoung and entered Xuliang college and Paris National Art School. [...]
Michelangelo was one of the most outstanding representatives of Italian Renaissance.
His life just experienced Italian Renaissance from flourish to decline. Michelangelo became famous worldwide for the strength and momentum of his works. The characters under his pen were full of boundless energy and tension, wiggly waist, strong muscle; all these fully demonstrated his remarkable ability [...]
Vincent Van Gogh was born in Zunert, Brabant, a province in South Holland in 1853. He had been as unsuccessful painting merchant and missionary. Most of his short lifetime, his profession was a “loafer”. Only his cousin Tio understood and supported him, and provided him life and creation expense. By this Van Gogh had a [...]
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) was the most famous artist, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist, Master of Science, literature and art theorists, philosophers, Poets, musicians, and inventors in the period of Italian Renaissance. He was born in Vinci town in the suburb of Florence, and died in France. His father was a lawyer and notary public and [...]
Paul Cezanne（1839-1906) was an important representative of post-Impressionist who was regarded as “father of new art” since the end of 19th century, and as a pioneer of modern art, western modern artists called him “father of modern art” or “father of modern painting”. We can see the improvement that Cezanne made to art innovation. Cezanne [...]
Post-Impressionism was a western school of painting that original from the Impressionism. At the end of nineteenth century, many artists that had been encouraged by the Impressionism started against Impressionism, for they were not just satisfied with etching that pursuing light color unilaterally. They emphasized that artist’s work should express self-feelings and subjective emotion, then [...]
Monet was the initiator, leader and advocate of impressionism painting movement.
Monet became famous after he exhibited ‘Expression: Sunrise’ in 1874, and critics started a commentary with the title ‘expressionists’ exhibition’ towards this movement. In 1888, critic Fi Fineon wrote:’ the word Impressionism was made for him, this term is the most suitable for him than [...]
Abstract is a relative concept of representation, which is getting out common points of many things, and to integrate into a new concept, and this concept is called” abstract”. “Abstract painting” generally refers to the painting style which wanted to leave the “imitate natural” in the twentieth century, and it including a number of [...]
