Oil painting

writing about two pieces that striked me as intrigued. I would like to start with a piece called Portrait of Artist’s Sister, by Georges Lemmen. It is a, you guessed it! A portrait of his sister, it is very realistic but also really cool. Painted with oil on canvas, the artist portrays his sister in a stricter light. She has an expressionless look on her face, with bags under eyes. Her hand are clasped on her lap, she is dressed sharply with her hair placed in a bun. It is the perfect way to be…

In 1430, Jan van Eyck painted "The man in a blue cap" using the principal medium in that time, oil on wood. Originally painted to be in the Brukenthal National Museum, is a very small piece (22.5 cm x 16.6 cm with frame and 19.1 cm x 13.2 cm without frame) , This piece still in the same place it was painted. The man is shown in three-quarters view with his face dramatically lit by light falling from the left. This device provides both striking contrasts of light and shadow and draws the…

This artwork is “Paris Street; Rainy Day.” It is made from oil on canvas, and the size of the painting is large, which is 108 inches long and 83 inches high. It was painted in 1877. It is about Paris that has its appearance as the modern city with rain. There are many people on the street with umbrella and buildings, which look like an apartment. This paper is divided into four parts that are entire depiction about colors and composition, main figures, and background elements. It is composed of…

mirrored image with the way the birds are placed. If you spin the image upside down you can see practically the same image. I fine the detail in this image to be what really stands out to me. The colors and texture of the birds are what really makes the painting look so…

Emperor Charles VI. Ricci’s main study was in the style of grand manner fresco painting’s (NGA.GOV). His painting Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa was created during the period of the Baroque time. Ricci’s work of art is an oil on canvas painting and has the dimensions of 64.1X77.2 cm. This painting is currently on view at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, CA. This painting is located in the museums south pavilion, gallery section S203 (GettyCenter). When entering The Getty…

Two Angels, portrayed through the magnificent art work of Deodato Orlandi, is truly a magnificent piece that reveals a great deal about the Christ child and the Virgin Mary. The method by which the artist depicted the image, the meaning behind the painting, and the history of the painter are all critical aspects to consider when attempting to gain a full understanding of a piece of artwork. There are hundreds of techniques used to create an image, and thousands of styles specific to each…

Art is interpreted in many different ways and that depends on the interpreter. Art historians have a certain way they interpret artwork and throughout the subjects of medium, artists and objects, the interpretations of art has remained consistent. I noticed two different fields of interpretation from the each presenter. In this essay, I argue that art historians interpret works of art in connection to history or culture. The medium of art is a defining characteristic because it isn’t just what…

“Richter's paintings, one might say, are timely only insofar as they are untimely” (Osbourne 110). This quotes perfectly exemplifies the meaning of artist Gerhard Richard work. The Art Gallery of Ontario possess Gerhard Richter’s painting Helga Matura as a gift from the volunteer committee fund in 1986, though the piece was painted twenty years earlier in 1966 (“Helga Matura”). In the AGO’s Philip B. Lind Gallery Helga Matura is on display for the public to see. Gerhard Richter painted many…

For this assignment I visited the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and chose a painting from the 2016 Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition. The oil on linen painting was titled Professor Quimby and was made in 2014 by Cyd Goodwin. Goodwin appears to be influenced by theatrical plays as most of her paintings revolve around the same subjects/people. In Professor Quimby, one can see a young woman in a greenish dress, standing, looking over her shoulder at the viewer. Diagonally from the woman…

By using oil, wax, and stained canvases, he focuses mainly in abstract paintings in solo and group exhibits that show emphasis on color and shape. Within these subcategories, Kolbusz deems his work as “expressionistic” and works to show contrast within hue and the movement within shape to evoke emotion and reactions from viewers. While his art is abstract, he focuses on life-like shapes and movements within his paintings by creating intense, organic…