Category Archives: Oil painting artist

The Features of Painting Tools

Posted on August 29, 2013 by artisoo

Long before the 19th century in Europe, painting tools were produced by artists in the workshop according to their own needs. After the industrial revolution, this traditional manual has been replaced by specialized production factory. Although this is a symbol … Continue reading →

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Common Skills of Oil Painting

Posted on August 28, 2013 by artisoo

Subdue Subdue means using the bottom of oil painting brush to paint, press and subdue, then lift, like calligraphy, old and strong. The diversity between nib and bottom and the different strength direction of paint can bring various changes and … Continue reading →

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The Vladimir Road by Isaac Levitan

Posted on August 27, 2013 by artisoo

The Vladimir Road is a landscape masterpiece created by Russia-based painter Isaak Levitan who was well-recognized for his endless pursuit of beauty of nature. In Isaac Levitan paintings, he depicted the sublime aspects of nature, spiritualized the shape and condition of … Continue reading →

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The Belleli Family by Edgar Degas

Posted on August 26, 2013 by artisoo

The Belleli Family, a portrait of a family created by Edgar Degas in his mid-twenties, who is well-recognized for his ballerinas, horse racing, and paintings of the Paris social scene. This Edgar Degas painting was not shown publicly until when all … Continue reading →

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Chaos The Creation by Ivan Aivazovsky

Posted on August 23, 2013 by artisoo

Chaos The Creation 1841 was created by Ivan Aivazovsky, a Russian world-renowned painter for his seascape and coastal scenes painting. Throughout Ivan’s life, he created about 6000 paintings, and seascape paintings constitute most of these works. Sea always sticks to … Continue reading →

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Dance Class by Edgar Degas

Posted on August 21, 2013 by artisoo

Edgar Degas was a well-known painter for painting the ballet dancers. Indeed, any other subjects failed to make him so fascinating and seemed to have failed to make him to create his own Degas painting style. He hoped to draw the sense … Continue reading →

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Artistic appreciation for The Scream

Posted on August 20, 2013 by artisoo

In this painting, The Scream, there was no specific image to suggest the horror of the scream. The central image in the painting made people’s hair standing on end. He seemed to pass by and turn to the rail stretching far … Continue reading →

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Under the Bridge at Hampton Court by Alfred Sisley

Posted on August 19, 2013 by artisoo

The mid years of 1870s were the most successful stages of Alfred Sisley’s creation. In this period, he was optimistic that the innovation path of impressionist was correct. So he always unhesitatingly created paintings with enthusiasm. His works in this … Continue reading →

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Woman with a Mandolin by Georges Braque

Posted on August 15, 2013 by artisoo

Woman with a Mandolin made between 1909 and 1910 was a representative of Braque in the analytical cubism period. In the same period, Picasso paintings had this kind of musical instrument. Reportedly, the Cubist painters’ preference for mandolin was largely influenced … Continue reading →

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Expressionism in Art: Vampire by Edvard Munch

Posted on August 14, 2013 by artisoo

Vampire was made between 1893 and 1894. Although Edvard Munch himself insisted that what he painted was just a redheaded woman kissing a man's neck, because the woman’s face was unknown and hair’s color was like blood, the man’s attitude was painful, … Continue reading →

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