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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Bruno Hoopka
This vicious circle might be broken
Bruno Hoopka
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
€3,800
Couple of opposite circles
Bruno Hoopka
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€2,600
Jean-Luc Veret
Sédimentation
Jean-Luc Veret
Painting - 217 x 67 x 3 cm Painting - 85.4 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,000 €850
Après le Passage
Jean-Luc Veret
Painting - 130 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 1.2 inch
€1,200 €1,020
Hyunah Kim
The horizon of thought
Hyunah Kim
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
€1,876
Ana Hefco
Laura Dujoncquoy
Spring sunset #3
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
Moon jar en porcelaine
Laura Dujoncquoy
Design - 32 x 30 x 30 cm Design - 12.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€600
Spring sunset #4
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
Dima Filatov
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Soft abstraction IX
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€599
Garden of Love
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Sculpture - 37 x 45 x 2 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€490
Soft abstraction X
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€599 €540
Soft abstraction VI
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch
€2,600
Elegance Glory II
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€590
Retna
Dan Baldwin
Fragmented Landscape (3D)
Dan Baldwin
Design - 36 x 22 x 22 cm Design - 14.2 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
€6,902
The Love of Pain (Pink and Silver)
Dan Baldwin
Sculpture - 25 x 18 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 7.1 inch
€4,180
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€16,330
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€13,706
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€10,984
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Délicieusement Dérangé
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 60 x 50 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
€2,200
The Black Swan
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 75 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€380
Musical Symbiosis (1)
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
Le Philosophe
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,818
Connexion musicale
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 76 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€580
The female cat
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,200
Waleria Matelska
Red figures
Waleria Matelska
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 10 x 0 inch
€300
Charles Lapicque
Les comédiens dans la forêt
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 92 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch
€48,000
Le patriote Ref AB122
Charles Lapicque
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€3,000
L'attaque du Sénat par la division Leclerc
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 116 x 89 x 6 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 2.4 inch
€48,000