Painters
A painter is an artist who uses paint to create their artworks. A painter can be a professional or an amateur. The term painter can also be used to describe someone whose occupation involves painting surfaces, such as walls and doors.
Painters can use a variety different techniques and types of paints to create their artworks. The most frequently used techniques include oil paint, acrylic paint, gouache and watercolor. Watercolor is widely considered the oldest technique and it continues to be used today although oil painting has, over the centuries, become the preferred technique for many artists.
A painter can choose to work on various supports. The most common support is a canvas stretched over a frame but other popular supports include wood, paper, metal and even the human body.
For the last centuries, painting has been the dominant artistic expression and the most prevalent in the history of art. The history of painting begins in prehistoric times with the first cave paintings. Over the centuries, styles have evolved, first aiming to becoming more naturalistic and then breaking away from figurativism to move towards abstract art. Some of the key artistic movements in painting include: Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerism, Caravaggism, Baroque, classicism, Rococo, Neoclassical, romantic, Orientalist, Pre-Raphaelites, Barbizon School, Realism, Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Suprematism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Minimalism.
The twentieth century saw the birth of abstract painting. With this revolution in painting, the painter no longer tried to represent the world in a recognizable way but instead focussed on the formal elements of the painting such as shape, line and color. Abstract painting and figurative painting co-existed throughout modern art and continue to do so in contemporary art. Generally, these two categories of modern and contemporary are distinguished by the date of creation of the artworks . Modern art is generally seen as encompassing late 19th century works up to the mid-twentieth century, although the end date may vary between 1945 and 1960 depending on the interpretation. Contemporary art is ranges from the end of modern art up to today.
History of art is closely linked to the history of humanity. In fact, painters are often considered important witnesses of their time. The artists who have left their mark on the history of art are very often those who succeeded in innovating and going against the artistic codes of their time.
Some of the most groundbreaking and memorable artists include: Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Rembrandt, El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Rubens, Johannes Vermeer, Francisco de Goya, Eugène Delacroix, William Turner, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Victor Vasarely, Claude Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Robert Combas, Victor Vasarely, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Sonia Delaunay, Niki de Saint Phalle, Keith Haring, Herve di Rosa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and JonOne.
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Alexei Lantsev
Aux alentours d'Aix en Provence
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,700
Quai de Montebello en octobre, Paris
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 42 x 62 cm Painting - 16.5 x 24.4 inch
€900
Bateaux à Fécamp, matinée
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Rayon de soleil après un orage, mer Noire en juin
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Côte rose. Matinée près de la mer
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 42 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 24 x 0 inch
€900
Guy Denning
Head study (1585)
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
€650
Assessment and synthesis edition
Guy Denning
Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch
€220
Moon Shin
Moon Shin Museum Stairs 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
€1,900
Blue Simphony / Symphonie en bleue
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
€2,950
Smile Sourire
Moon Shin
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
€35,000 €17,500
Famille Family MMCA Museum Seoul Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
€1,950
Sculpture Moon Shin TOTEM 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
€1,900
Moon Shin Two Black Sculptures 1978
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
€2,900
Su Yu
Flowers & picture book
Su Yu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,300 €1,955
Two Girls on the Roadside
Su Yu
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
€1,500 €1,275
Belated Manai Olympia Gold Award
Su Yu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€9,100
No Heroes in Troubled Times
Su Yu
Painting - 200 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
€23,000 €19,550
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Les poissons
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
€180
L'arbre de sagesse
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Voyage au bout de la nuit (1)
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 70 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,175
Bernhard Lang
AV_Adria_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 95.4 x 135 x 0.6 cm Photography - 37.6 x 53.1 x 0.2 inch
€3,500
Bremerhaven_02
Bernhard Lang
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,190 €1,643
AV_Miami_III_010
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,000
Bavaria_Forest_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 112.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 44.3 x 0 inch
€3,700
Bavaria_Forest_014
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,700
Bavaria_Forest_002
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 112.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 44.3 x 0 inch
€3,700
AV_Adria_021
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Bavaria_Forest_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€2,700
Rudyard Heaton
Sans titre 4 (DED359702)
Rudyard Heaton
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€240
Sans titre 10 (DED359708)
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€240
Matthew Langley
Black coffee blues
Matthew Langley
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0 inch
€1,587
The American girl
Matthew Langley
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0 inch
€1,587
Alexander Calder
From D.L.M. (joueur de cartes)
Alexander Calder
Print - 38.7 x 27.9 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 inch
€1,200
Lidia Masllorens
Lustgarten 05
Lidia Masllorens
Photography - 45 x 32 x 4 cm Photography - 17.7 x 12.6 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
Ahmed Shahabuddin
Tigre de Bengale
Ahmed Shahabuddin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€5,700
Angelo Pioppo
Crypsis
Angelo Pioppo
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€490 €294
Ladybug after the rain
Angelo Pioppo
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€600 €300
He's got a dream too
Angelo Pioppo
Painting - 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€690
Symphonie des vagues
Angelo Pioppo
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,190 €595
Discursions, fracas et révolutions colorées
Angelo Pioppo
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€880 €440