Art and Culture in Houston, Texas, Part 3 PAINTINGS

This post is predominantly of Paintings ... stunningly realistic, photographic in details and the AMAZING POETRY OF IMPRESSIONISTIC paintings!!

Here's the Antiquities hall in the first floor atrium of Houston Museum of Fine Arts

Egyptian wing

Roman mosaic on the wall

AAAND here come the paintings....

IMPRESSIONISM:

Impressionism was an art movement that began in the late 1800s, centered primarily around Parisian painters. Impressionists rebelled against classical subject matter [which had been just religious subjects and portraits]and created works that reflected the world in which they lived. 

Impressionists  emphasise the effects of light in their paintings.

They use short, thick strokes of paint to capture the essence of the object rather than the subject's details.

Quickly applied brush strokes give the painterly illusion of movement and spontaneity..

 

Look at the paint strokes....

 

 

 REALISTIC PAINTINGS OF VACATION SPOTS::

 

 

BUCOLIC SCENERY/ LANDSCAPES:

 

PORTRAITS:

Still life...

OIL ON WOOD:

These are painted on a wooden table...oil on wood

RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS:

We are not fans of religious paintings... these are good though

IVORY PIECES...