Monday, June 17, 2013

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock s canvases are alive with energy and full of radicalism. Working as an artist through the depressed 1930s he painted large pieces fearlessly despite the inhospitable social terrain of a nation in crisis. Pollack came to use Surrealist lessons to inform his depictions of the unconscious mind in the late 1930s and 1940s as [...]\" The post Jackson Pollock appeared first on A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Art .

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Friday, April 19, 2013

The Gift of Art

I loved Leisha Hiester’s blog “Choosing Art You Can Live With”. Now I am the furthest thing from a trained artist, but I hold art in the highest regard. Art is the human expression of the infinite, that which is totally unnecessary yet so revered throughout history. Why on Earth did someone crawl a mile [...]"The post The Gift of Art appeared first on A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Art.

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Van Gogh and Paul Gachet

Vincent van Gogh uses his doctor, Paul Gachet as his subject for his oil painting entitled “Portrai of Dr. Gachet,” done in 1890.  Van Gogh originally started painting with watercolors in school, but eventually by the 1880s, he turned to oil painting.  While he is best known for his landscapes, several of his portraits, such [...]"The post Van Gogh and Paul Gachet appeared first on A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Art.

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