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Music
Music has been an important theme in art for many centuries.
Egyptian kings had musical themed images painted on the walls in
their tombs to accompany them through eternity. Today the visual and performing
arts remain closely linked. The emotional impact and cultural significance of
music and the visual interest of instruments and sheet music have made musical
themes a popular vehicle for artistic expression. At ARTinaClick.com we feature
artists in a diverse range of media and styles for whom music has been an inspiration.
Lena Liu was born in Taiwan and came to the United States in 1970 to study architecture
before beginning a career in painting in 1977. Musical themes are evident in
much of her work, which includes a range of mediums.
ARTinaClick.com offers limited edition prints by this artist.
Marsha Hammel's jazz musicians are sure to please the music lover.
Sultry portraits of drummers, pianists and string ensembles are created with
the spontaneity and urgency inspired by the subject and developed by filling
many sketchbooks with drawings. Israeli born
Nissan Engel describes his own work as "abstract lyricism". Taking
full advantage of the aesthetic beauty and elegance of old sheet music, he creates
his visually tantalizing images in a multitude of media. Also included in ArtinaClick.com's
roster of fine artist is Charlotte, NC native
Romare Bearden. Jazz, blues, and European painting inspire his compositions.
His mature collage style, characterized by compositions of movement enhanced
by the juxtaposition of color and layered shapes, lends itself to his musical
subjects. Musical instruments were frequently included in the development of
Cubism.
Pablo Picasso and George Braque began to collage printed material,
including sheet music, and textured surfaces to the paintings. By combining
the layering of actual objects with painted objects and text, the artist challenged
the viewer to decipher diverse means of representation. This established a new
visual language to interpret the changing modern world in the first half of
the 20th Century.
American Art
Celebrate America's rich artistic heritage with
ARTinaClick.com.
We feature over two centuries of artists and major art movements which influenced
the history of art throughout the world, from the Hudson River School of
Impressionism,
Illustration and the decorative arts, American
folk art, Abstract Expressionism and
Pop Art.
Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School which adopted
the English landscape painters emphasis on nature and infused it with local
American color. Other artists in the movement include
Albert Bierstadt and
Frederic Church. The American Impressionists, which include, among
others,
Childe Hassam,
Mary Cassatt and
William Merritt Chase, were inspired by nature and light as were
the French Impressionists,
Claude Monet and
Pierre Auguste Renoir.William Merritt Chase, an American painter and influential
teacher, inspired generations of artists such as
Georgia O'Keeffe. Louis Comfort Tiffany created an empire in the decorative arts with
his famous studio that produced stained glass lamps, vases and windows in techniques
that cannot be imitated. In the 1950's, a new generation of painters were giving
birth to a new art, which shifted the emphasis of the art world from Paris to
New York.
Abstract Expressionist artist
Jackson Pollock's drip paintings liberated future generations of
artists and encouraged the viewer to have a purely emotional response to an
image. Pop Art of the 1960's was a direct reaction to Abstract Expressionism.
Artist involved with this movement sought to create more concrete images and
to respond to the social condition.
Andy Warhol,
Roy Lichtenstein and
Jasper Johns produced images that bridged the gap between low art
and high art with their paintings of commercial images such as soup cans, comic
strips, flags and targets
Humor
From political cartoons and magazine illustrations to the
animation classics of the Walt
Disney Studios,
humor has played an important role in art.
ARTinaClick.com celebrates humorous subjects as we offer some of
the best in the genre. Belgian Surrealist artist,
Rene Magritte's paintings are enjoyed today for their irrational
and dreamlike qualities. In the early 20th Century art was to undergo profound
ideological and stylistic changes. Dada, an early movement adapted in the visual
arts by
Marcel Duchamp around 1915, challenged and made fun of the idea of
art. By painting a mustache on the famous
Mona Lisa it becomes a new object of art.
Pop Art of the 1960's expanded on this idea. Contemporary artists
use humor to convey ideas about the world and the human condition. At ARTinaClick.com
you will find French artist
Guy Buffet. Inspired by his family's restaurant business, Buffet
paints joyful images of chefs and cafe interiors popular because they invite
the viewer to participate in the scene. A painter and illustrator of
children's images,
Mackenzie Thorpe's compositions are serious and heartwarming depictions
of animals and children while at the same time they maintain a sense of humor.
It is this rare combination that has made this British artist appeal to a world-wide
audience.
Golf lovers will enjoy
Golf with your Friends. In this image your friends are The Three
Stooges.
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