Rainy Moments in Art Edited from http://blog.orangecarton.com/famous-rain-moments-in-art-painting/ Rain has been one of the most popular subjects of art painting. Artists like Monet, Van Gogh, and many others found rain as perfect subject for their paintings. Here are some paintings to celebrate this rainy season. Paris Street; Rainy Day Paris Street; Rainy Day Gustave Caillebotte was a French …
The couple enjoys works by Rothko and Albers. Sarah Cascone, October 28, 2015 Alma Thomas, Resurrection (1966) in the White House family dining room. Photo: Pete Souza, courtesy the White House. Barack and Michelle Obama may be entering their last year in the White House, but that doesn’t mean its too late for the president …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9566″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Alice Neel, James Hunter Black Draftee There are a lot of reasons artists don’t finish paintings. Death, for one, such as in Vincent van Gogh’s “Street in Auvers-sur-Oise” unfinished from the June in 1980 that he shot himself. Lovely painting, horrible death. Correction: According to the research of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers …
From the Latin (via Italian) fumare (“to smoke”), sfumato describes a painting technique with no harsh outlines. Areas blend into one another through tiny brushstrokes, which makes a hazy, atmospheric depiction of light and color. An early example of sfumato can be seen in Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. A more modern example is in Y.Z. Kami’s giant meditative portraits. Pronunciation: sfoo·mah·toe ” img_size=”full Xandy Peters : Sfumato …
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The couple enjoys works by Rothko and Albers. Sarah Cascone, October 28, 2015 Alma Thomas, Resurrection (1966) in the White House family dining room. Photo: Pete Souza, courtesy the White House. Barack and Michelle Obama may be entering their last year in the White House, but that doesn’t mean its too late for the president …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”9566″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Alice Neel, James Hunter Black Draftee There are a lot of reasons artists don’t finish paintings. Death, for one, such as in Vincent van Gogh’s “Street in Auvers-sur-Oise” unfinished from the June in 1980 that he shot himself. Lovely painting, horrible death. Correction: According to the research of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers …
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From the Latin (via Italian) fumare (“to smoke”), sfumato describes a painting technique with no harsh outlines. Areas blend into one another through tiny brushstrokes, which makes a hazy, atmospheric depiction of light and color. An early example of sfumato can be seen in Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. A more modern example is in Y.Z. Kami’s giant meditative portraits. Pronunciation: sfoo·mah·toe ” img_size=”full Xandy Peters : Sfumato …