Abstract Art is a name which corresponded with representational, can also be called as non-representational. Its characteristics are lacking of description, and using emotional way to show concept and paint, which basically belonged to Expressionism, and first found in Kandinsky’s work. It was formed under the influence of a variety of anti-art, particularly improved by [...]
The birth of the 19th century Romanticism is a revolution to the neo-classical and academic art.
Romanticism founded on pursuing freedom, equality, fraternity and liberation of personality. It pursues fantasy, pays attention to convey feelings, and like the passionate expression of temperament. Romantic art always use the dynamic state to confront with the static state, always [...]
In recent years, the oil painting has gradually entered into homes of ordinary people. When people decorate walls, they often choose some watercolor painting, Chinese painting and oil painting. In particular, oil painting is more acceptable.
In China, the painting market can be divided into three categories: Chinese painting, Western painting and folk painting.
Chinese painting emphasizes [...]
If you are a people who know nothing about oil painting, then the following suggestions will help you to be able to enjoy a oil painting exhibition.
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The true-life oil paintings are good quality. The top state of oil painting is not actualized. The most valuable point is the rapport between color and physique. A good [...]
When the Impressionistic painting just started to expand, a new branch in this group came out, that was the new impressionism. Its representative painters were Seurat and Signac, who worshiped the theory, and set the theory above the feeling.
In accordance with La Fleur’s color theory, Seurat and Signac tried to use primary color points to [...]
Expressionism, which meant that the author emphasized on performing artist’s subjective feelings and self-experience in works, as a result of exaggerating, distorting and even dealing with a bizarre thought towards objective form, which aimed to give vent to his inner depression. They believed that subjective was the only truth, denied the reality of the [...]
The so-called post-Impressionism meant the art concept and art creation of Cezanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin. At first all of them studied Impressionism. Cezanne and Gauguin also participated in Impressionism paintings exhibition, while Van Gogh hadn’t participated in the Impressionism exhibitions, but he had always claimed himself to be impressionist. Later, all three of them [...]
