The incredible inspiration‚ Pablo Picasso once said‚ “He can who thinks he can‚ and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable‚ indisputable law.” Pablo Picasso was a very successful painter‚ sculptor‚ printmaker‚ ceramicist‚ stage designer‚ poet and playwright who led a very odd life with some extremely interesting aspects. Picasso was an artist with many fields but painting was his forte. His most famous masterpiece is the Guernica‚ which is a very abstract and surreal painting. Another
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I used cardboard because I wanted to be able to poke into it to try and make contour lines and for the textured surface. I started out with drawing in pencil and I had originally planned on using oil pastels and crayons‚ but they weren’t showing up quite the way I wanted them to so I used oil paints instead. After drawing‚ I used a pencil to poke holes in the outlines of the wave‚ cloud‚ trunk of the palm tree‚ and the circle of the sun. Initially‚ I was only going to poke the holes around the wave
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Comparison Paper Both of the pieces that will be compared are from the post-impressionist era of art. The first in Paul Cezanne’s Still Life With Basket of Apples‚ which was painted from 1890 to 1894. The Second in Paul Gauguin’s Mahana no Atua‚ which was painted in 1894. Aside from being from the same time period and movement in art‚ there are a few other things that these paintings have in common. From face value‚ there are also many things that set them apart. The first similarity between the
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The painting Still Life with Peaches‚ Bread‚ Wine glass‚ and Pitcher can be found at the La Salle art museum in the 18th century room section. The painting is about 33 x 41cm in size. The medium is said to be oil on canvas. The artist Henri-Horace Roland De La Porte was born around 1725 in Paris‚ France. He also died in Paris around 1793. His specialty was paintings of flowers and still life’s. The Still Life with Peaches‚ Bread‚ Wine Glass‚ and Pitcher is a painting with very neutral and dark colors
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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek was born on October 24‚ 1632‚ Delft Netherlands. Antonie Leeuwenhoek father was a basket maker while his mother was a brewer. Antonie was educated in school in the town of Warmond. When he was a young boy he lost his biological father. Soon after‚ his mom married a painter named Jacob Jansz Molijn. The stepfather Jacob Molijn died in 1648. Atonie went to Amsterdam to become an apprentice to a linen draper. He also lived with his uncle at Benthuizen. Antonie created a
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Arthur Wesley Dow’s‚ Cosmic Cities‚ Grand Canyon of Arizona‚ highlights his use of gestural marks‚ combined perspectives‚ and color to explore the awe inspiring grandeur of this natural landmark. In addition‚ he uses strong gestural marks combined with straight color application create a sense of emotion and the sublime‚ while capturing the immensity of the canyon. His composition is large scale and uses long diagonals and short quick strokes to strengthen the rock formations. There is a prominent
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Van Gogh Born: 30 March 1853 in Zundert‚ Netherlands Died: 29 July 1890‚ aged 37 Nationality: Dutch Van Gogh worked as missionary in Belgium (mining region) where he began to sketch people and study art but started drawing from early age which he then decided he wanted to become an artist. He started painting in his late 20’s. Van Gogh completed over 1‚000 drawings in total and regarded drawing as a basic task enabling him to grow artistically and to study form and movement. Drawing was also
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Another aspect of Borduas‚ he sometimes included numbers in the titles of his paintings. At first he “numbered his works simply to create a personal inventory. Later‚ a numbered title corresponds to the date a canvas was painted or to its number in a sequence of paintings.” A second example of a surrealism automatism painting is “8.47 ou Les carquois fléchi” (Fig.2). The gigantic abstract oil canvas had the highest pigment levels‚ with widest choice of color‚ from red yellow and green; however
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Emilia Tytro Art 11/18/11 Break on through….to Modernism Post-Impressionism: Cezanne‚ van Gogh‚ Seurat Cezanne Starry Night by Van Gogh date 1889 I chose Starry Night not only because it is my all time favorite painting since I was a kid but the movement and all the darkness behind it. It captivated me when I was seven years old and to this day I can’t get eyes off this painting. This painting uses a nighttime scene with trees; stars to have the audience feel comfort. Line
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Each artist has his own style. They have their own way of how they use each different media‚ and way of portraying life. This gives each painting or drawing a unique look that is almost the artist’s way of signing their work. Such as‚ the difference between one of the mural study pieces at the Pearl Fincher Museum and Sheep Shearing by James “Buck” Winn. This makes each painting look different‚ and gives each painting a different feel. Made by an unknown artist in an unknown year a mural study
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