In recent years, abstract and impressionist art has continued to grow and change, with artists using new ideas and techniques to express deep emotions, spirituality, and the mysteries of life.

size: 25.25in W x 28.75in H x 2.25in D Sight size: 19.5in W x 23in H d ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County will present the artwork of James Shaffer in February. Shaffer’s colorful abstract ...

He’s been called Colorado’s most important artist. Clark Richert was an abstract expressionist whose colorful paintings of complex geometric shapes and intricate patterns were highly regarded around ...

You don’t have to venture far into the de Young Museum exhibit of British artist J.M.W. Turner’s works to see what Victorian rivals and critics found “wrong” about his paintings. In “Regulus,” the ...

As complex as the abstract impressionist paintings she created, Nellie Leaman Taft was spirited and social, and also needed time alone to paint and to curate exhibitions. Among her ancestors was ...

From serene backdrops to quiet interiors, the painting went beyond just mimicking Monet or Renoir and told deep American stories with sunlit vibrancy, expressive brushwork, and a reverence for the ...

TWICE during his long (86 years) lifetime, Pioneer Impressionist Claude Monet had to face the jeers and catcalls of critics. The first time was when his painting, Impression: Sunrise, appeared at the ...

Advance-guard painting in America is hell-bent for outer space. It has rocketed right out of the realms of common sense and common experience. That does not necessarily make it bad. But it does leave ...

It is hard to tell if abstract painting actually got worse [after the 1960s], if it merely stagnated, or if it simply looked bad in comparison to the hopes its own accomplishments had raised. —Frank ...