At the turn of the last Century, certain artists felt that figurative art no longer responded to new realities, and that the work of art had to free itself. Pictorial art lost its function as a reproduction of reality, and gradually detached itself from standards to become more subjective. In other words, henceforth they were no longer to just [Read more]

Abstract expressionism is a pictorial movement which advocates the representation of emotions and feelings notably through abstract shapes. In other words, it encourages subjectivity and spontaneity in artistic creation. From this ensued works that broke with representation, charged with the emotionalism of its creator and where his gestural [Read more]

Founded in Paris, in 1931, the goal of group Abstraction-Création was to reunite myriad artists of diverse origins, who advocated abstract art and were determined to promote it. At the time, almost all artists who were fervent supporters of this form of art, considered marginal, belonged to the association.

Despite its brief existence, [Read more]

Acrylic paint has a rather recent history. It was invented and launched onto the market at the beginning of the 50's by researchers at the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico City who wished to create a resistant and permanent artistic medium.

It's made out of pigments, the same used for oil colors and acrylic resin. This type of [Read more]

Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, engraver, and mathematician. He's considered one of the very first master watercolorists. At the age of 15, in 1486, he learned to paint with gouache, oil, and watercolor in the studio of a Nuremberg artist, Michael Wolgemut. During his training, he equally developed great expertise in wood engraving, a [Read more]

Recognized as the first French animal painter, Alexandre-François Desportes was born in 1661. He studied art with Nicasius Bernaerts, a Dutch painter highly regarded for his canvases of animals, before being accepted by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.

Over the course of his career, Alexandre-François Desportes [Read more]