Western painting

art, Piet's dad, Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan Sr., saw that his child had a natural talent for drawing and painting and could give him lessons. His Uncle, Fritz Mondrian, was also an a fantastic painter and was self trained. Since he was a respectable artist, he figured out how to bring home the money inside of the business art world. He was the person who taught the Mondrian the rudiments of painting, while his dad took him to the farmland to draw scenes. As Piet Jr. advanced towards…

Hard Times Lead to Great Ends Gustav Klimt is an Austrian painter most famous for his oil gliding paintings like The Kiss in which he finished in 1908. The Kiss is composed of two lovers, kissing passionately while wrapped in a bright yellow, gold cloth together. Klimt was one of seven children born to his mother and father, Ernest and Anna Klimt. He came from an artistic background. His father was a gold engraver and his mother was a talented singer but never did anything about it.…

to the public. In his early life he primarily focused on watercolors but after sending his first oil painting to the Royal academy and getting declined, he…

where the sun is setting, they appear almost fuzzy to give them the appearance of being farther away from the viewer. This perspective adds to the almost hyper-realistic rendering of Church’s painting, creating rich reds and deep blacks that can only be seen at twilight within that region. Still within the painting there is some basic Romantic building blocks; for instance the overgrowth of the wilderness as if it was never touched by man, the use of some pastels within the sunset and the sky,…

“City view” by Osnat Tzadok is a modern day contemporary abstract piece, presented as a vibrant coloured oil painting, on a stretched canvas over a wooden frame sized: 4 foot by 2 foot. Best appreciated in a spacious area against a plain background, so to promote its chromatic design and texture. As a Canadian artist, she uses real life images and a realistic approach to her abstract painting. Moreover, Tzadok painting’s show a concept of virtual and abstract life forms. This is shown by…

and decided to focus on painting and making it his number one priority. By giving his full attention to painting he was opening up new doors to the artistic world. Henri Rousseau decided to follow a certain structure on his artwork, he followed a traditional work that was implemented by certain artists at the time. The artists that influenced his artwork were Bougurea and Gerome, their distinct artwork caused Rousseau a deep admiration that was shown in his various paintings. He is also very…

Bierstadt’s Yosemite Valley, would be the use of pictorial depth cues to portray visual realism. Both painters used pictorial depth cues to create a strong sense of visual realism that helped draw fascination into their paintings. Without the use of the pictorial depth cues, the paintings would not have appeared as if they were realistic and definitely would not have been questioned if they were creating an illusion. Personally, I believe that the pictorial cues that helped Vermeer the most with…

20th century. The movement, while rooted in impressionism, changed shape with new American influences. For example, painters used new methods to show God and Nature as one, painting with a kind of religious fervor. The movement took on the French title “en plein air”, which remarks to the color and openness of the paintings. The artists used brilliant colors in their landscapes. The colors helped to give…

gesture. I always look at paining that I a tendency to create feelings, emotions, nature, or beauty. I simply to not see what Robert Motherwell was portraying. Most of his painting is nothing but a collage feature, simply with shapes, abstract shapes and/or gestural brushstrokes , to me of-course. However there’s some of his painting that may had a contemporary event with death or life, abuse , persecution. Other than that, I do not see the creativity in the art he created. I see most…

phenomena in art, greatly expanding its perceptual universe.” Lebos also explains, “Cruz-Diez is best known for combining moving patterns and tones that change with perspective of the viewer.” All of his works, the audience is able to interact with his paintings and sculptures and it gives a better understanding to color. Cruz-Diez claims, “color is just a circumstance created instantaneously before our eyes” (Lebos).…