Oil painting

Painting is one of the forms of self-expression. Artists often use this media to show their opinion on social and cultural issues. In all Mark Ryden`s work there is a hint at something dark beneath the surface of mass culture. He creates dark paintings in which he combines images of cute children, cultural symbols and incomprehensible and alarming images. Ryden chooses themes that carry cultural connotations. He is interested in what different people and cultures consider sacred. His paintings…

FUN AND CREATIVE ARTS FOR KIDS. As a parent, it is your duty to ensure that your kids are involved with activities that build them up and help them in their growth and development at all times. This is especially when they are at home for holidays. Instead of letting them idle in the house and watch television or play video games all day long, how about you put their creativity into good use. This is majorly by engaging them in activities that will boost their creativity as well as give them…

This paper will describe the paintings of “The Annunciation” from painters Jan Van Eyck and Robert Campin. Even though the paintings are describing the same things I feel that there is more separating rather than bringing them together. Robert Campin was a Flemish Painter that was based in Tournai who made paintings for both middle and high-class civilians. Jan Van Eyck was also a Flemish Painter that was based in Burges who mostly worked very wealthy patrons. Jan Van Eyck’s “Annunciation” was…

the items that the artist used to make that particular art. Vincent Van Gogh is an artist who used two mediums; oil and drawing to create his work of arts, Irises, and Sorrow. Van Gogh also used different techniques along with the media to visually communicate his art works with his audience. Irises is a very famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh used with oil paint. Van Gogh used oil paints in this particular art work to get that perfect pigmented color. Compared to regular paint, once you let…

It’s safe to say that Gustave Caillebote’s “Paris Street, Rainy Day” is one of the most easy recognisable paintings of the 19th Century France. The large oil painting is certainly interesting as Gustave tends to show a more pessimistic view on Paris breaking the pattern that the Impressionists have put into place, a pattern that Gustave seems to enjoy breaking. Instead of painting with a loose brush Gustave chooses to go with smaller and much more delicate work which might be mistaken for…

DESCRIPTION: Literal Qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Marry Cassatt created the painting The Child’s Bath in 1893. The painting is oil on canvas and is currently in the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. FROM THE WORK: Immediately we see a woman who is wearing a stripped tunic with her hair tied in a bun holding a small child who is wearing a towel around her waist. The woman appears to be washing the small child’s feet in a china bowl containing water with a pitcher nearby. The woman…

impressionism qualities that have positively influenced Vlaminck when composing this fauvist painting. Vlaminck reinforces this notion when he declares "I love van Gogh more than my own father", after visiting one of van Gogh's exhibitions in 1901. Maurice de Vlaminck was…

two inches in height, oil on canvas this portrait portrays the widow and her children in bright colors showing the importance of the family. Mounted on the wall surrounded within a copper frame that has spiraling butterfly figure. Located next to many other European arts within the Museum of Art History in Houston. The museum purchases the painting by the brown foundation Accessions Endowment Fund and Alice Pratt Brown Museum fund as indicated on the MFAH plaque. The painting shows the five…

Critical Analysis on The Night Cafe by Vincent Van Gogh In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted a painting called The Night Cafe. He used oil on canvas as his medium and used a 72,4 cm by 92.1 cm canvas. The subject matter of the piece is a narrative, and the setting takes place indoors. To be more specifically it’s in a cafe which contains many still lives such as clocks, tables, chairs, glasses, and much more.In addition to the still lifes there is also many people doing a variety of things…

could move his brushes in such a way that his paintings captivated not only the eyes, but also the mind. The Old Guitarist is a prime example of this.  The Blues The year is 1903, in Madrid, Spain, and the not yet famous Pablo Picasso is working intently on what would…