Expressionism

Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh) known for many of his famous artworks, was a Dutch post-impressionist painter. Vincent van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, Netherlands. He was born exactly 1 year after his brother’s (Vincent), who was stillborn. With his name and birthdate carved onto his brother’s grave, van Gogh was already feeling sadness at a very young age. Growing up with a pastor, van Gogh thought he was bound to become gospel. Years later, he found his true nature in art. When…

This portrait is a painting of tycoon Jay Gould painted in 1896 by American artist Eastman Johnson. Johnson is a somewhat famous artist known for his paintings of high ranking Washington officials from the time period and several other of his portraits are featured at the National Portrait Gallery. From an early age, Johnson manifested a natural taste for drawing and sketching, and used his talents to draw portraits of his family and friends. When his father earned a high post in Washington D.C.…

Camille Pissarro-----A Great Impressionist As many of you may know, Camille Pissarro was a French artist born on 10 July 1830 in Denmark. Pissarro was a French Impressionist painter that was not so well-known by public, but he is greatly respected by Paul Cézanne as a painter. At first glance, Pissarro's paintings seem very ordinary. They have neither Van Gogh's passion, melancholy, nor Paul Gauguin bright and primitive, but after looking deeply and carefully, you can gradually see the…

“If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” - Edward Hopper. Edward Hopper is a American painter who is famous for his art in the 1930s-1960s. His most famous painting is ‘Nighthawks’. His life before painting, and his wife had a huge influence on the way his artwork. Hopper was introduced to art early in his life by his parents. They were both suppurative of his ‘artistic inclinations’ (The Art Story). As a teen, he would draw and build small, wooden boots. After his…

Essay Question 1 Representational art reference objects from the real world, like the pipe in a smoke backstage and events in the real world. Abstract art is work that represents natural objects in a simplified, distorted, or exaggerated way. Nonrepresentational art presents visual form with no specific reference. An example would be Grey Night Phenomenon because it has a variety of forms, composition, and moods. 1. In Composition VIII that artist wanted to simplify a cow but still have the…

Ron Mueck is a famous Australian hypo-realistic sculptor who was born in Melbourne in 1958. His German born parents were toymakers which allowed Mueke to experiment with model making and puppetry from an early age. After failing entry in art school he began a career making models for children’s films and television and move to London in 1982 to start his own company. While working with the advertising industry creating props and models Mueke longed to create art that was perfect from all angles…

Andre Derain piece titled The Turning Road (L’Estaque, 1906) is a famous work of an Avant grade art movement. It represents the village of L’Estaque. Frederic Edwin Church piece titled Twilight in the Wilderness (1860) was made near the mount Katahdin in Maine. It is the beautiful view of a tremendous sunset. He sketched the painting before two years of painting this original version. The work in Andre Derain artwork is a colorful presentation describing the village life. However, in the…

A1 : Initial Thoughts . Phillis Wheatley presents To S . M , A Young African Painter on Seeing His works , in such a descriptive way I felt the artist had poured his heart and soul into his work . Wheatley expressed her admiration of S . M works in such a vivid manner , " And thought in living characters to paint , / When first thy pencil did those beauties give , / And breathing figures learnt from three to live , / How did those prospects give my soul delight , / A new creation rushing on my…

If “someone who spends his life drawing profiles will end up believing the man has one eye,” then the man who draws a landscape for his eternity will believe there is nothing on the other side (Carson 140). Indeed, if the limit of your vision, your insight is as far as the eye can see, you lose the curiosity to know what lies beyond the horizon. Georges Braque, a prominent twentieth century painter who contributed as much to cubism as Picasso did, believed that perspective was a cursed thing.…

The painting that I chose is the painting I made for my final project. I chose this painting because it was the one that I had the most enjoyable time making and thinking about. It was backed by research that I really liked to learn about. Making this painting I spent a lot of time thinking before I laid paint down. The research I looked into was the surrealist painters and looking into the fresco paintings and codex writing by the Mexica. When looking into surrealism I was drawn to Magritte’s…