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Impressionism vs Expressionism84

Impressionism vs Expressionism

“I don't know much about art, but I know what I like.” When many people view a painting, they have a reaction to it, be it positive or negative. They haven’t studied art, know nothing about styles of painting, and can’t tell the difference between a painting by one artist or another. In this article, you'll learn the differences between the Impressionist and Expressionist schools of painting. You’ll then be better able to decide which paintings you like, and understand why you like them.

62 comments    france paris oil painting
Mothers in Art; Some Mother's Day Paintings and Pictures by Mary Cassatt & Other Great Artists83

Mothers in Art; Some Mother's Day Paintings and Pictures by Mary Cassatt & Other Great Artists

As it’s coming up to Mother’s Day, I thought I’d celebrate by compiling a hub about Mothers in Art. Initially, I thought of blue gowned Renaissance madonnas, or chubby Renoir babies balancing on the knees of fresh cheeked country girls.......

37 comments    children art painting
to see you naked is to recall the earth: nude paintings of the female form77

to see you naked is to recall the earth: nude paintings of the female form

I was in the zone researching for the second part of my series on art movements when I stumbled upon a major blockade - a parade of nude women that seem to appear in every high and low points of art history....

80 comments    arts art painting
Impressionism Art77

Impressionism Art

The Impressionists were painters in Paris who changed the way art was created, as well as the appreciation of art by the viewing public. The name appears to have been derived from a painting by Claude Monet titled Impression: Sunrise. The birth of...

55 comments    art painting van gogh
The Naked Truth - The Nude in Art, and Drawing from Life77

The Naked Truth - The Nude in Art, and Drawing from Life

La Grande Odalisque by Ingres Years ago I went to life classes with my friend Ella. We were both keen young artists and we loved to work directly from a live, nude model. Often these models were male, and Ella who had a suspicious minded, jealous...

51 comments    art painting nude
Francois Boucher in the Hitler Albums76

Francois Boucher in the Hitler Albums

Lost art collection cataloged by Hitler.

10 comments    germany world war ii article
Which Modern Artist Is Better – Monet or Manet?75

Which Modern Artist Is Better – Monet or Manet?

This article provides biographies for artists Claude Monet and Edouard Manet, two giants of French Impressionism. The article then compares the significance of each artist and asks the question: who is better Monet or Manet?

14 comments    arts photography painting
Impressionists Artists: 5 Facts About 5 Impressionist Artists - An Overview75

Impressionists Artists: 5 Facts About 5 Impressionist Artists - An Overview

Learn some interesting things about the Impressionist Artists without getting to bogged down in technical artistic language. This focuses more on their lives than analysing their paintings, although I give plenty of my own opinions.

9 comments    vincent van gogh impressionism
Musée d'Orsay in Paris: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Van Gogh, Renoir, Gauguin (Gaugin)75

Musée d'Orsay in Paris: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Van Gogh, Renoir, Gauguin (Gaugin)

The Musee d'Orsay (d'Orsay Museum) contains the most famous and beautiful core collection of modern art including Gauguin, Renoir, Van Gogh, Rodin. It is was a huge train station in Paris converted to a spacious display of hundreds of the best-known paintings of 19th century modern art.

1 comment    travel holiday gifts
Impressionist Artists: Edouard Manet - 5 Interesting Facts74

Impressionist Artists: Edouard Manet - 5 Interesting Facts

Edouard Manet is arguably the first of the Impressionist artists. Over his lifetime his art varied from being highly controversial (at the time) to being widely accepted and glorified by The Parisian Salon.

5 comments    painting impressionism olympia
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