About Painting by Faraz Razaghi
“About Painting” by “Faraz Razaghi”
Painting is one of the most revered types of art, and quite possibly of the most ancient. Man has painted since the initial steps on this planet and cave paintings show our craving in order to put our thoughts into paintings even in our earliest days. The more you go further in painting skills the more you manage to eradicate negative emotions and improve your individual self-esteem.
At the point when guardians urge their kids to pick up painting, they are honing their children’s huge and little muscle development, as well as their eye-hand coordination which in turn will result in building a strong society in the future.
There is a wide range of different types in painting out of which the most famous sorts you might nowadays find, are as follows: Realism, Photorealism, Expressionism, Impressionism, Abstract, Surrealism and Pop Art.
- Realism
- Photorealism
- Expressionism
- Impressionism
- Abstract
- Surrealism
- Pop Art
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Realism
This type of painting originates from a nineteenth century movement led by Gustave Courbet in France which in its specific term is an attempt to take the subjects of painting from everyday life in a naturalistic manner. Several famous paintings have been created in this style as a reflection of the real world. Gustave Courbet, Jean-François Millet, Honoré Daumier, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot could be mentioned as the most famous realist painters.
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Photorealism
Beginning in twentieth century, Photorealism is a class of art that includes painting, drawing and other realistic media, where an artist concentrates on a photo and afterward endeavors to recreate the picture as realistically as possible in another medium. There is a long list of painters who did their level best in taking this art to higher levels such as John Baeder (born 1938), Robert Bechtle (1932–2020), Charles Bell (1935–1995), Tom Blackwell (1938–2020), Chuck Close (1940–2021) and Robert Cottingham (born 1935).
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Expressionism
Contrary to realism style, on the other side stands Expressionism beginning in the 20th century in Northern Europe as a modernist movement. Expressionist works have tried to communicate the meaning of profound experience as opposed to actual reality. Moreover, they intend to introduce the world exclusively according to an emotional perspective while distorting the reality through a totally subjective viewpoint. Some notable Expressionists are as follows: Armenia: Martiros Saryan – Australia: Sidney Nolan – Austria: Richard Gerstl – United States: Ivan Albright, David Aronson – United Kingdom: Francis Bacon.
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Impressionism
Impressionism is a painting style originating from the nineteenth century in Paris where the artist uses little brush strokes in order to make a bigger picture. This style lies somewhere close to expressionism and realism, with an emphasis on accurate lighting yet with no accentuation on a realistic scene. It is noteworthy to state some of the several techniques applied by the impressionist artists.
Colors are applied next to each other with as little blending as could be expected. This technique attracts the viewer’s eyes by showing more vivid colors called the principle of simultaneous contrast.
Another technique is to avoid using black paint which is met by utilizing complementary colors in order to make grey and dark tones.
The background of the painting is white or light-colored in contrast to the idea of previous artists who used dark grey backgrounds.
Reflection of colors from item to item through using natural light is of paramount importance.
Below is the name of some artists who developed Impressionism movement in France.
Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870) – Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) – Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) – Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) – Edgar Degas (1834–1917) – Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927) – Édouard Manet (1832–1883) – Claude Monet (1840–1926) – Camille Pissarro (1830–1903).
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Abstract
Abstract art will be art that doesn’t endeavor to address a precise portrayal of a visual reality however rather use shapes, varieties, structures and gestural imprints to accomplish its impact. Abstract artists use gestural marks or geometric shapes with no basis of visual reality. The subject of the painting might not be depicted accurately and this type of art is also widely known as concrete art or non-objective art delivering a moral message such as spirituality, purity, order and simplicity. Albert Gleizes, Arthur Dove, Francis Picabia, Wassily Kandinsky and Pablo Picasso are among the most well-known abstract artists.
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Surrealism
In the aftermath of World War I a cultural movement began in Europe which believed in using techniques in art that enables the artists to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. André Breton is known as the leader who attempted to resolve the ongoing contradictory arguments of reality and dream into an absolute reality, a super-reality”, or surreality. From the twentieth century onward, this style began to cross the borders of France impacting fields such as languages, literature, music and visual arts of several countries. Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picaso, Frida Kahlo, Andre Breton are the most well-known surrealist artists of all time.
About Painting by Faraz Razaghi | Pop Art
This art movement began to immerge in late 1950s in both United States and United Kingdom and was an effort to challenge the common traditions followed by the majority of artists in fine arts through using found objects, icons and images from the most famous media and products in advertising in which they used vivid and bright colors. Humor also plays a vital role in Pop art works. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Romero Britto, Richard Hamilton are among the most influential Pop art artists.
by Farza Razaghi
