... with a lot of color and most of their pictures are outdoor scenes. Their pictures are very bright and vibrant. Impressionist artists like to capture their images without detail but with bold colors. "L'Homme au balcon" by Gustave Caillebotte is an impressionist painting from 1880. The painting, which is of a man standing on a balcony, overlooking a street in Paris, has fast, almost sloppy, brushstrokes ... artist's impression of the scene. The rapid and short brushstrokes combined with the vivid colors and outdoor setting of a man standing alone on his balcony make this a true impressi...

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... - a depiction of an operation in progress with psychological acuity in the portrayal of the surgeon Doctor Gross is realism at it's finest. Impressionism is a movement in painting that originated in France in the 19th century. Impressionist painters were considered radical in their time because they broke many of the rules of picture-making set by earlier generations. They found many of their ... subjects in life around them rather than in history, which was the accepted source of subject matter. Instead of painting an ideal of beauty that earlier artists had ... Tatlin. Finally, Surrea...

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... by Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne, Berthe Morisot, Armand Guillaumin, Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet. They were given the name Impressionists after Monet's painting Impression:Sunrise. It was the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, the set-up of the Third Republic of France, and the Siege of ... eacute; Guerbois most often) and studios to discuss their shared thoughts on art. The Impressionists beliefs were to paint from nature, "plein-air- painting, to paint the reflected light, not grey or black shadows but in the colours of the object/s causing those shadows. They wanted to escape .....

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... until about the time of World War I, and was ultimately replaced by the Art Deco style. Impressionism - French and American (1860's-early 1900's) A movement in painting that originated in France in the 1860's. Impressionist painters celebrated the overwhelming vision of nature seen in the splendor of natural light -- whether dawn, daylight or twilight. They were fascinated by the relationship between light ... and color, painting in pure pigment using free brushstrokes. They were also radical in their choice of subject matter, avoiding traditional historical, religious or romantic theme...

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... attending art school. Edvard finally found a release for the pain he felt from his sister's death. In 1886 he painted "The Sick Child". The painting was so emotionally charged that it received a lot of criticism from the press and the public. However some of his artist colleagues began to recognize his talent ... that allowed him to spend the next few years in Paris. Although he would return to Norway during the summer, his style was that of a French Impressionist. In 1892 Munch submitted a series of paintings into a major Berlin art show. His exhibit was titled "The Frieze of Life". Th...

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... all these were memorialized on canvas. He pictured the underbelly of society in a real, true to life manner. He captured their feelings and emotions in every painting. For example in his "Woman Pulling Up h! er Stockings,"" Latrec shows a day in the lives of "low class- prostitutes. They seem to be ... they were indeed the shunned of society. Latrec uses the setting (a dark, dirty room) to relay a feeling of poverty and deprivation. In his next painting "Alone,"" Latrec, once again pictures a low class, poverty stricken woman who appears to be some kind of factory worker or maybe even pr...

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... in the foreground seem to set the tree aflame. The landscape in the middle ground has a cascading sense of movement. The hues used in this painting are dark in nature, creating a realistic tone. Contrasting yellow is used for the illumination of the stars. The stars seem to glow against the cool ... with beaming stars. Van Gogh's work was not valued in his lifetime. It was only post-humus that his paintings were appreciated. In the post impressionist movement of the 1880s and 1890s, bold lines and color were not as characteristic as they became in the early age of modern art, the Express...

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... and 19th century paintings. Her gown was painted in such fine detail as well as the background which features musical instruments. Conversely, Monet's painting, "Rocks at Belle-ile" depicts an ocean with jagged rocks jutting out of the earth. There are a lot of landscape paintings from the 19th century. ... This painting is so real looking. As you look at it, you all most feel like you are on a cliff overlooking this breathtaking scene. Paintings from ... movement wanted to break this structure and paint by different rules. Through the Dadaist many more art movements were born. People l...

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... . It was loosely structured in that many painters were linked with the movement for only brief periods in their careers. Impressionism is a major movement in painting that developed primarily in France during the late 19th century. Impressionist painting is all about revealing the effects of light using short brushstroke of colors. The resulting picture was an impression of the subject, not a realistic ... painting. The color themselves creates the visual impact of one color with any blending, as a result, this created the illusion of many colors and form. The subject ... matters of Imp...

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Vincent Van Gogh Essay The picture "Vase with Peonies and Roses," was one of colorful painting compared to other ones Van Gogh painted before. He painted this picture on canvas by using oil painting. He has drawn this painting after he has moved to Paris in 1886, to live with Theo, his brother, his financial supporter through out lifetime. During this time, his works ... to use harsh brushstrokes to create a vibrate look on the canvas, the intensity of the paintings were mostly created based on complementary colors. In Paris, He encountered with many influential impressionist, such as Toulous...

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... then. I came from a family of painters and I had learned to analyze sculpture, and also I was able to view how different classes of the society behaved. I could not only live from painting or from sculpting as I was planning on doing. So, I accepted commissions from popular magazines for portraits, cartoons, and caricatures. Even though, only some of my pieces were signed, many others ... , and sculptor. About four thousand of my lithographs were contributed to various political and social newspapers, and also many magazines. Also, from 1848-1871 I began painting Impressionist paintings....

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... paintings and a display about pottery. I don't have a car right now sow it was impossible for me to go to a farther away museum. I found this painting at Art.com along with numerous other Rembrandt paintings. I had to search the website for a few minutes before any older paintings would even come up. Society today ... art. As they passed on the meaning, the changed it a little, so that it fit in their society and time period. During the time when this painting was produced, a ruling class existed. It was made up of the wealthy, and the powerful. During that time, only the ruling class h...

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... the way he uses his colors on the canvas, they seem to flow so well swirling together to give off strong feelings. When I look at the painting of this town off in the distance, I feel calmness and tranquility. The town looks so peaceful in the background and slightly off to the right of center if ... the painting, in the early hours of the evening. The homes in the small town are elaborately colored, which seems to give off the reflection of the stars. ... as one looks left to right. Then there is the fiery sun in the upper part of the painting. It seems to be giving off a radiating l...

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... to 1900. Artist's paintings that caught my eye were done by Braque, Picasso, Charles Sheeler, Piet Mondrian, and Grant Wood. There was one artist whose painting I enjoyed the most, and which I spent nearly twenty minutes attempting to break down its meaning. Peter Blume's South of Scranton, done in 1931. Peter ... Blume was an American painter, though he was born in Russia in 1906. This painting is a beautiful oil on canvas that helps illustrate its exceptional detail. It is done in the modern style. The composition of this piece is ... way. Mondrian attempts to use a mathematical appro...

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... in a very individual style, they were linked by the desire to find a new means of artistic expression. Rather than including recognizable objects in their work, they used the elements of painting itself - color, line, shape, brushstrokes, texture, and light - to express emotions. Their influences included prehistoric cave paintings, Native American, pre-Columbian, Mexican, and African art, along with the modern European ... of artmaking, they rejected representational art as incapable of expressing the emotional atmosphere of the time. By turning to new forms of expression Pollock, Roth...

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... , a woman of survival. Picasso expresses and symbolizes the image of a lower class woman with a melancholy palette of blues. What intrigued me about this painting is that unlike most of Picasso's other paintings this one is not an abstract view of expression, although he uses many angular shapes and lines to contour ... the woman. I feel that when I look at this painting it is automatically seemed to be sad, but I cannot say that for myself. Picasso has embodied his subject so much and has created so much ... strong emotion that it makes her seem poetic, almost spiritual. The second pai...

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... the way he uses his colors on the canvas, they seem to flow so well swirling together to give off strong feelings. When I look at the painting of this town off in the distance, I feel calmness and tranquility. The town looks so peaceful in the background and slightly off to the right of center if ... the painting, in the early hours of the evening. The homes in the small town are elaborately colored, which seems to give off the reflection of the stars. ... as one looks left to right. Then there is the fiery sun in the upper part of the painting. It seems to be giving off a radiating l...

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... de Kooning or Pollock marked the opposite end of the pole from the simple, quiescent images of Mark Rothko. Basic to most abstract expressionist painting were the attention paid to surface qualities, i.e., qualities of brushstroke and texture, the use of huge canvases, the adoption of an approach to ... of the canvas played an equally vital role in the total work, the harnessing of accidents that occurred during the process of painting; the glorification of the act of painting itself as a means of visual communication, and the attempt to transfer pure emotion directly onto the canvas."" ...

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... essence of Vincent Van Gogh's extremely prolific works. Van Gogh's art can be interpreted and observed in many different ways, yet with each new observation, a different view of an old painting is created, and it becomes a source of inspiration for other painters. For this observation project I have chosen Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), a famous ... oil colors in earthy tones and a two dimensional canvas. The sunflowers are represented realistically with great use of positive and negative space, which makes any person who looks at this paintin...

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... different from the art of the time, when many artists tried to depict objective reality. Munch was a tortured soul, and it certainly showed in this painting. Most of his family had died, and he was often plagued by sickness. The Scream was not a reflection of what was going on at the time ... percussiveness of the motif shows that it also speaks to our day and age ( Whaley 75 ). When Edvard Much was asked what had inspired him to do this painting, he replied, "One evening I was walking along a path, the city on one side of me and the fjord below. I felt tired and ill. I ... that I cou...

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... From this came one of his most famous pieces of work that we now know as "Starry Night". The reason that I chose this painting was because when I was about 5 years old, my mother hung a painting of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night in my room above my bed. I never really knew why, but I used to sit up ... didn't know all of that at the time because I was only five years old but for some reason I had a feeling that the longer you stared at this painting the swirls and colors seemed to jump out at you. At times they almost seemed as if they would move. I feel that what seemed to create the m...

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... which only deepened his depression. However when Vincent did paint his spirits rose. Van Gogh finally started to receive the recognition that he deserved while painting in the asylum. Vincent and his brother Theo decided that it would be best for him to return to Paris. After returning Vincent continued to ... see doctors for his condition while he continued to paint. On July 27, 1890 Van Gogh set out for the fields with his painting materials and a loaded revolver. He shot himself in the chest, but managed to crawl back to the hotel where he was staying. He was ... his paintings had a ...

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... 's extremely prolific works. Van Gogh's art can be interpreted and observed in many different ways, yet with each new observation, a different view of an old painting is created, and it becomes a source of inspiration for other painters. For this observation project, I have chosen "Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers," by ... Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), a famous painting which has impressed and inspired me to try to paint it as well. Still Life: Vase with fourteen Sunflowers, was created in Arles, France during the ... month of August 1889, and the painting itself can be found a...

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... - Final Vincent Van Gogh "Starry Night" Hanging in The Museum of Modern Art; New York, is Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. It is a marvelous painting in which Van Gogh paints a picture that is colorful and descriptive. This painting can be described as mysterious and intriguing. It can signify a variety of moods, objects, and atmosphere. Van Gogh portrays a small French town located in ... the mysteriousness of the town. The snakelike tree reaches the stars as it crawls up toward the heavens. The church in the center of the painting provides a religious backdrop, as the spire reaches to...

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... . Many of theses artist's were called plain-air artists and they produced paintings in the style of Monet's French impressionists. The painting I have chosen to write about is in this style titled Laguna Beach, 1929 (www.lagunabeachinfo.org). The painting I choose was created at the time of the artistic bomb that started the population of talent that is still growing and producing ... fantastic art today. Laguna Beach, 1929 is a painting of an early 1900's ranch at the basin of an enormous hill covered in all sorts of wildlife. The season is most likely summer the sun is shinning small c...

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