Category Archives: Oil Painting

Two Sisters(On The Terrace)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by artisoo

The Two Sisters, also named On the Terrace by a painting dealer, is painted by the leading impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He shows gift of painting since childhood, before enrolled in art school, he used to work in a porcelain factory … Continue reading →

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Shield, on the River Tyne

Posted on April 9, 2013 by artisoo

Shield, on the River Tyne is one of the marine paintings by the genius artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. Many artists including Turner portrait paintings related to this theme very often during that time, usually, when placing human being and … Continue reading →

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Fight with The Ninth Wave

Posted on April 8, 2013 by artisoo

The Ninth Wave is the best known seascape painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, who was a famous Russian painter. Obviously Aivazovsky was excellent in painting seascapes. His superb technique and rich imagination in depicting the vivid light reflecting on the waves … Continue reading →

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The Sleeping Venus By Giorgione

Posted on April 7, 2013 by artisoo

Giorgione was a great Italian painter and he was famous for the elusive poetic quality of his work. Moreover, he is regarded as one of the most mysterious figures in European painting. He died at the age of 32, but … Continue reading →

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Francesco Maria della Rovere

Posted on April 3, 2013 by artisoo

Tiziano Vecellio, also known as Titian, he is the leader of the 16-century Venetian school of the Italian High Renaissance. He is also the greatest Vienna artist of the 16 century, the shaper of the Venetian coloristic and painterly tradition. He … Continue reading →

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The Death of Marat

Posted on April 1, 2013 by artisoo

  The death of Marat was created by Jacques Louis David in 1794. The death of Marat depicted the historical event that the French revolutionary Mara was killed in the bathtub. The painter employed the realistic approach to reappear the miserable … Continue reading →

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Living with Art

Posted on March 29, 2013 by artisoo

Art seems far away from us. Children from rural area in China usually don't have opportunity to get access to art, they usually help do housework after class instead of going to training class to learn dance, paint. Meanwhile, a … Continue reading →

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View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer

Posted on March 27, 2013 by artisoo

View of Delft is a famous oil painting made by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Johannes Vermeer was good at painting the domestic interior scenes of middle class life. He was considered as a successful provincial genre painter. Girl with a … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Work by Thomas Gainsborough--The Blue Boy

Posted on March 26, 2013 by artisoo

The Blue Boy is a representative painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was a celebrated English painter. He was good at painting portrait and landscapes and his speed with which he applied paint was also admired. He revealed poetic … Continue reading →

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What The Peasant Wedding Tells?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by artisoo

The Peasant Wedding is a famous painting by Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish painter and print maker well-known for his landscapes and peasant paintings. As a result, he got a name of … Continue reading →

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