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| Buying Abstract
Paintings |
 Buying and collecting abstract painting can be a labor of love. I love
abstract paintings. I think that my favorite medium is gouache. I recently purchased a
work from Oscar Bluemner. The person I bought the abstract painting from had it in storage
for over twenty years. I am going to hang this piece in my office. [More...] |
| Buying Paintings:
Gothic Art |
 Some of the most valuable early artwork comes from a point of time before
the Renaissance had begun, and going on through the early Middle Ages, referred to as the period
of Gothic art. During this particular time in history, the artwork took on telling narrative
stories through pictures, and much of these pieces were Christian and secular in nature.
Some of the earliest examples of Gothic art are sculptures found on cathedral and abbey walls, and
the first real form of Gothic artwork began as architectural works in fact, even becoming the
subject matter for many stained glass windows at the time. [More...] |
| Buying Paintings:
Expressionsim |
 When speaking on buying paintings of the Expressionist movement, it is
always a good idea to review what elements make Expressionism unique, and to gain an understanding
of some of the artists representative of this particular artistic movement. The agreed upon
intention of Expressionist artwork is not reproduce a subject accurately, but to instead portray
the inner state of the artist, with a tendency to distort reality for an emotional effect.
The movement is closely associated with its’ beginnings in Germany, and has a few different but
overlapping schools of thought within. [More...] |
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