Impressionism was the first really popular artistic movement to diverge from traditional and classical art. It was a small step, freeing up artists to use more expressive brush strokes and colours, but most importantly it changed perspectives; art could be more than romanticised realism. It is also a movement linked to a vast number of […]
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There will always be names missed that may be deserving, but this is the last of our blogs on some of the great modern artists of the movement, including Impressionist master of movement Degas, Gauguin the post-impressionist who most admired him, Moore the great name of abstract sculpture, Chagall’s luminous stained glass colours, and Braque, […]
Read in fullImpressionism was one of the first really big shifts in approaches to art, that signified the beginning of the modern art period. By today’s contemporary art standards, impressionist paintings look quite traditional and old-fashioned, but these artists were the radicals of their time, the equivalent of today’s political street artists or NFT creators. Impressionists never […]
Read in fullFrom the late 1800s, artists worldwide began to feel a need to break away from the art conventions and traditions of the past; there had to be more to art than impeccable realist depictions of romanticised classics on canvas or in stone. Facing considerable criticism at first, a criticism that would re-emerge with each new […]
Read in fullModern art’s explosion of diverse creativity, experimentation, and new styles led to a phenomenal number of art movements which each had its stand out practitioners. We covered some of the biggest names and early drivers of the scene in our last modern art blog including Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Warhol, and Van Gogh, but any listing […]
Read in fullThe modern art period ran from the late 1800s into the late 1900s, and represented a period of incredible experimentation in art where, at first, creatives sought to simply break painterly traditions of the past, but soon came to re-imagine what art even was. The period included so many fascinating and important movements that any […]
Read in fullModern art is not another term for contemporary art The two are often confused, but modern art describes a broad collection of artistic movements and styles that flourished between 1860 and 1970, united by one ideal; rethinking the traditions of art in synch with the changes taking place in the society around it. After the […]
Read in fullArt prints can be so much more than just a copy of an original artwork Lenticular art, much like modern digital art, is a form that can only exist as an art print; there is no true original artwork as you have in painting. While NFTs and blockchain registration are beginning to create a solution […]
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