Oil Painting Series

Search

Young shepherdess ( Bouguereau William (French 1825-1905) )

Young shepherdess

Other famous paintings from Bouguereau William (French 1825-1905):

• Young Worker
• Youth
• Zenobia found by shepherd

keyword:

em rather than in history, which was then the accepted source of subject matter. Instead of painting an ideal of beauty that earlier artists had defined, the impressionists tried to depict what they saw at a given moment, capturing a fresh, original vision that was hard for some people to accept as beautiful. They often painted out of doors, rather than in a studio, so that they could observe nature more directly and set down its most fleeting aspects—especially the changing light of the sun. The style of impressionist painting has several characteristic features. To achieve the appearance of sponwere making significant contributions to art nouveau ceramics, glassware, and architecture. International expositions in the United States not only highlighted American products but also attracted European visitors who were curious about design trends emerging in this new marketplace. Foremost among American art nouveau innovators were Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tiffany Studios of New York City. Rookwood was well established by the 1890s, producing a wide range of elegant pottery decorated with softly colored natural forms. The glassware of Louis Comfort Tiffany probably constitutes the best-known American examples of art nouveau design. Using his patented Favrile glass (iridescent glass produced by exposing hot glass to metallic fumes), Tiffany designe

The muse ( Guillaume Seignac (French 1870-1924) )

The muse

Other famous paintings from Guillaume Seignac (French 1870-1924):

• The wave
• Vanity
• Venus and Cupid
• Virginite

keyword:

y Irish-born writer Oscar Wilde. Beardsley’s vigorous use of line and distinctive double-curves known as whiplash lines have become equated with British art nouveau in the popular imagination. In Glasgow, Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh also developed a rectilinear version of art nouveau, which he employed in numerous buildings and their furnishings. In the Glasgow School of Art, completed in two phases (eastern section 1897-1899, western section 1906-1909), he used contemporary materials in an elegant, angular style. The simple shapes of the brick and stone exterior clearly indicate the division of space within the building, while l of Nancy, Galle produced a variety of glassware decorated with leaves, vines, and flowers. He fused layers of different colored glass and then cut designs into the glass to reveal the color he wanted, a technique that also added greater depth to the design. Alphonse Mucha made similar contributions to the development of art nouveau poster design. Born in Czechoslovakia, Mucha worked in Paris as a graphic artist and interior designer. His posters epitomize art nouveau graphic design with their elaborately stylized natural forms, fluid curving lines, and rich colors. Art nouveau took hold in a number of German-speaking cities, the most prominent of which were Munich, Darmstadt, and Weimar in Germany, and Vienna in Austria. Known as Jugendstil (German for “youth style”), ar

Vying for Attention ( Briton Riviere (British 1840-1920) )

Vying for Attention

Other famous paintings from Briton Riviere (British 1840-1920):

keyword:

ry, metalwork, and textiles. This was a sharp contrast to the traditional separation of art into the distinct categories of fine art (painting and sculpture) and applied arts (ceramics, furniture, and other practical objects). The term art nouveau comes from an art gallery in Paris, France, called Maison de l’Art Nouveau (House of New Art), which was run by French dealer Siegfried Bing. In his gallery, Bing displayed not only paintings and sculpture but also ceramics, furniture, metalwork, and Japanese art. Sections of the gallery were devoted to model rooms that artists and architects designed in the art nouveau style. Art nouvboth Arab and Jewish, had an important influence on the development of later Israeli art. Rubin’s artistic talents were apparent from an early age. In 1912 he was invited to study at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts (then in Palestine). Even then the school’s rather heavy-handed attempt to create a synthetic Jewish art through a mixture of romantic nationalism and traditional folk art and craft was outmoded. Rubin left a year later to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he stayed for two years, also visiting Italy. He returned to Romania in 1916. During this period his work came to the attention of American photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who arranged a New York exhibition for the young artist i