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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Some Of The Most Influential Water Color Artists

By Leticia Jensen


There are so many forms of painting in the world of art with the two most popular techniques of painting being oil painting and watercolor painting. Although watercolor painting is the less popular of the two methods, it is still a very well loved form of art and there are a lot of painters who have excelled in this particular field. If one is interested in this form of art, then he probably would be interested to know some of the famous water color artists that existed throughout the centuries.

One of the earliest practitioners of this form would be none other than Albrecht Durer who was an artist from Europe. He was one of the very first people to start watercolor painting sometime during the Renaissance period. He was well known for his extremely detailed works of animals and some still life that really pays close attention to each small stroke.

When it comes to scenery, the European watercolor artist named J. M. W. Turner is definitely one who can take the cake. Although he did not make use of hard strokes and flashy colors like the others, his works had a particular uniqueness about them. His works were very simple but also beautiful because they were not overdone.

Any person would have probably heard about the extremely famous painting which is known as Whistlers Mother. James McNeill Whistler was a painter from England who was known to make paintings of his family and some of his personal belongings. He became very known in the art world because he made use of very wild brush strokes and a very unique combination of colors.

Sometime in the nineteenth century, a famous self taught artist who is known as Winslow Homer who created a lot of watercolor paintings about landscapes and other things made a name for himself in the world of painting. He experimented with many different ways on how to use the brush wherein he was able to come up with different kinds of paintings. Some of these techniques were used by many succeeding painters as these techniques were able to produce so many beautiful works.

In abstract art, Paul Kee was a watercolor artist that dabbled in the world of abstract painting. His favorite shape to use in has works was the cube and he painted the cube in a lot of different lights. In fact, many other modern artists still follow his style until today but make use of other types of shapes.

American painter Edward Hopper was another well known painter who made paintings about everyday American life. His techniques when it comes to painting shadows and light were definitely something that not many artists could do. It was actually because of his extensive study on the direction of light that he was able to paint like that.

So basically, these are some of the most influential water color artists that have actually contributed to the evolution of this art. Of course there are a lot more of these artists but these are some of the most famous ones. Without them, this art form would have not evolved into its state right now.




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