Category Archives: Oil Painting

The Art of Fernando Botero

Posted on January 28, 2013 by artisoo

Fernando Botero in early days used exaggerated and disproportionate volumetry expressing the theme of the paintings by previous generation of masters; Botero today, tells us what the essence of art in Colombia is with paintings of pain and violence. Fernando Botero is … Continue reading →

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Introduction to The Gleaners

Posted on January 26, 2013 by artisoo

The Gleaners was created in 1857 by the French painter Jean Francois Millet, depicting people picking up surplus grain in the countryside after the autumn harvest. It was a typical representative of realistic art style. The painting is now collected in … Continue reading →

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Oil Painter Marc Chagall

Posted on January 26, 2013 by artisoo

Marc Chagall was born in a small town of western Russian. His father was a common laborer, but he was determined to cultivate his son to be a knowledgeable Rabbi. Therefore, Chagall had been learning Jewish classic in the Jewish … Continue reading →

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Byzantine Art

Posted on January 25, 2013 by artisoo

Byzantine art developed in Eastern Roman Empire between 5th and the mid of 15th century. It became the link between the classical art of Greece and Rome and later Western art and combined the naturalism of classical art and the … Continue reading →

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Jean Francois Millet Artwork Sower

Posted on January 25, 2013 by artisoo

Jean-Francois Millet  was the most outstanding realist painter in France in 19th Century, who was well known for his realism paintings. His works were created to mainly describe the labor and life of peasants with a rich flavor of rural life. … Continue reading →

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Look Into The Last Supper

Posted on January 25, 2013 by artisoo

Styles of oil painting differ from painter to painter. As far as we know, the oil painting is an art, which is a necessity of the development of civilization. In the process of culture development in western countries, a great … Continue reading →

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Oil Painting Impression Sunrise

Posted on January 24, 2013 by artisoo

Previously, academic paintings were the preservers of traditional French painting rules of content and style. Most works, including still life, portraits and even landscapes, were finished in a studio. While the early Impressionists violated these traditional standards. They went to country … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Irene

Posted on January 24, 2013 by artisoo

In 19th-century, a group of Paris-base artists begun the Impressionism with their independent exhibitions. This art movement emphasizes on accurate depiction of natural light’s play, quickly capture of common subject essence, grays and dark tones produced by mixing complementary colors, … Continue reading →

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Marc Chagall Oil Painting Birthday

Posted on January 23, 2013 by artisoo

Birthday was created in 1915, which was one of the masterpieces of the surrealist master Chagall who could not live without kiss, dreamland and fly. The masterpiece was full of gorgeous fantasy, you can still intensively feel the joy and … Continue reading →

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Mannerism Art

Posted on January 23, 2013 by artisoo

Mannerism was an art form in the late 16th century in Italy, which represented the pursuit of formed conservatism after the gradual decline of Renaissance. The word “Mannerism” derived from the Italian maniera, referring to the artistic style and life … Continue reading →

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