When speaking on buying paintings of the Expressionist movement, it is always a good idea to review what elements make Expressionism unique, and to gain an understanding of some of the artists representative of this particular artistic movement.
The agreed upon intention of Expressionist artwork is not reproduce a subject accurately, but to instead […]
Childrens art paintings are fun to look at.
They bring me good feelings.
I have had a lot of jobs the last couple of years buying childrens art to hang in various places.
I have enjoyed every single job.
I bought two childrens art posters for the childrens hospital to hang in one […]
In literature as well as art realism is the depiction of subjects as they appear in practical, everyday life.
Realism does not deal with interpretation or embellishment.
The point of realism is to capture people or situations in a gritty and real way.
Similar to realist photography, the realist painter does not place emphasis on […]
Evoking a taste similar to the Romanticist tradition, but utilized mysticism and sensitivity through mythology and dream imagery, preceding the psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung.
With a strong philosophical touch, more so than a style of art, and Art Nouveau and Expressionist artists such as Edvard Munch.
Beginning in France as a […]
Surrealists were a group of painters and artists that drew a large amount of inspiration from the potent impact from dreams.
In the beginning, before this artistic movement was fully embraced, many civilized people questioned the value of these works of art.
Though considered some of the more recent ground-breaking artwork yet to […]
I have been buying modern oil paintings for a show in my gallery.
I have found many nice pieces.
I found a painting called Village in winter in a private collection in Illinois.
The artist was Fern Isabel Coppedge and she was an American.
I liked the piece because of the […]
Also known as Cubist Realism, and related to the Art Deco movement, Precisionism was developed in the United States after World War I.
The term for this movement was coined in the 1920s, and influenced by the Cubist and Futurist movements; the main themes for these paintings were mainly regarding industrialization and modernization of […]
Mixed media art auctions have a lot to offer.
Today I found several seriolithographs.
I liked the colors that the Polish artist Zamy Steynovitz used.
The fun part of mixed media art auctions is that you just never know what youll find.
I found a pebble art piece from the 1960s that featured […]
I have been looking for impressionist cityscapes in various mediums to decorate my home.
I prefer to hang art that was created in the last fifteen years.
There are so many great artists to choose from.
I have decided that I want to have three impressionist cityscapes painted in acrylic.
I will be […]
Some of the most valuable early artwork comes from a point of time before the Renaissance had begun, and going on through the early Middle Ages, referred to as the period of Gothic art.
During this particular time in history, the artwork took on telling narrative stories through pictures, and much of these pieces […]
