Pointillism is a painting style in which tiny, distinct dots of color are put in patterns to create an image. In 1886, Georges Seurat and Paul Signac invented the method, splitting off from Impressionism. The name “Pointillism” was created by art critics in the late 1880s to disparage the works of these painters, but it … Read more
The Romanticism movement with it’s emphasis on imagination and emotion was a response to the Enlightenment Age, also known as the Age of Reason, which had a more focused emphasis on reason and science. The Romanticism artists sought to be free from any artificial rules about what a piece of art should be and instead … Read more
Chinese arts have had several great painters starting from the third century up to date. Chinese art dates to the Neolithic period, when simple sculptures and pottery were common. However, that art has evolved with time because philosophy, politics, and religion have played a critical role in ancient Chinese art. In particular, the period between … Read more
Many of the great 19th century artists rod the wave of modern art that would start with realism and then on to impressionism. France in the late 19th century was one of he most exciting times in art and is considered the epicenter of art in the world at the time. Many 19th century paintings … Read more
18th century artists were witnesses to two distinct yet dramatic changes in the world, the French Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. Both events had a profound affect on the world of art . The Rococo and Neoclassicism art movements can be said to define much of 18th century art with Rococo art a continuation … Read more
Realism was an artistic movement that sprouted in France in the 1840s during the 1848 revolution. Realism artists denounced romanticism, which prevailed the French literature and artistic work since the early 19th century. Realism was chiefly concerned with how things appealed to the eye rather than the ideal representation containment of the world. Gustave Courbet … Read more
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was a prominent Russian painter and designer in the early 20th century. Her work influenced the avant-garde movement in Russia and contributed to Russian futurism, primitivism, and Rayonism. Goncharova was born on June 3, 1881, in Nagaevo. Her parents, both highly educated, gave Goncharova and her brother a thorough education. She graduated … Read more
For the average art lover many on this list of famous Russian artists would not exactly be household names yet there are some giants of the art world. While France and Italy dominate such movement as the Renaissance and Impressionism, Russia will be mostly remembered for producing the founder of abstract art Wassily Kandinsky. To … Read more
An often debated topic in art is “was Van Gogh an Impressionist?” Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter although his work did have some similarities to the impressionist style of painting. Post-impressionism was a reaction to the impressionist movement that was so prevalent in the late 19th century. Where the Impressionists sought to capture the … Read more
The contribution to the art world by the great Dutch masters cannot be underestimated, they produced a massive volume of paintings in the 17th century spanning many different genres. Although many famous painters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer are associated with the Dutch Golden age of painting the Netherlands has also produced such giants of … Read more