Archive for the 'BuyingPaintings' Category
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 […]
February 8th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
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 […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
I have a love for Asian botanical paintings.
Ive been seeking them out for a long time.
I have many in my collection and love each and every one of them.
The first Asian botanical painting that I bought was Vietnamese.
It was one of a series of twelve paintings that I bought […]
February 2nd, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
Though sometimes referred to as the “anti-classical” movement in art, Romanticism is a style that focuses on the artist’s individualistic and emotionally wrought point of view, and is found to oppose the art movement known as Neoclassicism.
Even though there have been many artists to combine elements of both.
Some of the more […]
January 31st, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
What started out as a rather avant-garde art movement has become one of the greatest examples of artistic forms breaking that mold of convention, revolutionizing European painting and sculpture up to the present century, and was first developed between 1908 and 1912 during a collaboration between Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso with influences from the […]
January 27th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
Buying folk art paintings has become a passion of mine.
Ive been looking for them everywhere it seems.
I found a bunch of folk art paintings recently and I am having trouble deciding which one to buy.
There was a folk art painting by Rev.
Howard Finster that is titled Howard in 1944.
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January 25th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
A 20th century art movement with its’ roots in Italian and Russian beginnings, Futurism is said to have largely began with the writing of a 1907 essay on music by the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni, and explored every medium of art to convey its’ meanings.
The Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was the first […]
January 25th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
Synchromism paintings feature harmoniously balanced colors and a feeling of movement.
It is believed that synchromist paintings evoke similar feelings and sensations as music.
This is a basic tenet of the synchromism art movement.
As such, these paintings make wonderfully pleasing additions to any modern art collection.
Founded in 1912 by Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright, […]
January 24th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
I have a gallery that a local businessman financed.
He wanted a place on the town square that featured religious paintings.
Ive been busy buying religious painting for several years.
I have found some very nice pieces and I have a lot of people purchase paintings that Ive found.
One of my favorite […]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments
Though I could enjoy speaking on the topic of art for sometime, I found myself without a way to truly understand the differing values in the ways of thought that permeate this grouping of human experience, and found myself looking to sources over the Internet to further my knowledge to utilize the information gathered to […]
January 19th, 2008 | Posted in BuyingPaintings | No Comments