SAMPLING THE MEDIA Some Famous Examples of Artwork using Acrylic, Pastel, Oil and Watercolor
OIL PAINT
The Arnolfini Portrait Artist: Jan van Eyck Year: 1434 Type: Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards Dimensions: 82.2 cm 60 cm (32.4 in 23.6 in); panel 84.5 cm 62.5 cm (33.3 in 24.6 in) Location National Gallery, London The Invention of Oil Paint Most Renaissance sources, in particular Vasari, credited northern European painters of the 15th century, and Jan van Eyck in particular, with the "invention" of painting with oil media on wood panel supports. Prior to Oil Paint artists used pigments mixed with egg yolks in Egg Tempera painting, and early works of Leonardo used both Tempera and Oil.
Mona Lisa Artist: Leonardo da Vinci Year: c. 1503 06, perhaps continuing until c. 1517 Medium: Oil on poplar panel Subject: Lisa Gherardini Dimensions: 77 cm 53 cm (30 in 21 in) Location Musée du Louvre, Paris Early works of Leonardo were worked in Egg Tempera or a combination of both Tempera and Oil paint
The Blue Boy The Blue Boy is a full-length portrait in oil by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Wikipedia Artist: Thomas Gainsborough Dimensions: 5 10 x 3 8 Location: Huntington Library Genre: Portrait Created: 1770 Period: Rococo
The Lonely Tree Painting by Caspar David Friedrich, 1822 The Lonely Tree is an 1822 oil-on-canvas painting by German painter Caspar David Friedrich. It measures 55 71 centimeters. The work depicts a panoramic view of a romantic landscape of plains with mountains in the background. Wikipedia Artist: Caspar David Friedrich Created: 1822 Period: Romanticism Media: Canvas, Oil paint
Girl Reading Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Dimensions: 1 1 x 1 4 Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Created: 1885 1890 Media: Canvas, Oil paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art
Self-Portrait with Monkey Painting by Frida Kahlo, 1938 Self-Portrait with Monkey is an oil on masonite painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, commissioned in 1938 by A. Conger Goodyear, then president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Wikipedia Artist: Frida Kahlo Period: Naïve art Genre: Self-portrait Dimensions: (16.0 in 12.0 in) Created: 1938 Location: Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Convergence Artist: Jackson Pollock Date: 1952 Size: 93.5 x 155 inches Perhaps his most famous work was a painting entitled Convergence, which was a collage of colors splattered on a canvas that created masterful shapes and lines that evoke emotions and attack the eye. In 1964, puzzle producing company, Springbok Editions, released Convergence (Inspired by Pollock's painting) the jigsaw puzzle. It was a 340-piece puzzle that they promoted as "the world's most difficult puzzle". The impact of Pollock's Convergence was evident in 1965 when hundreds of thousands of Americans purchased the jigsaw puzzle.
White Painting (Three Panel) Painting by Robert Rauschenberg Artist: Robert Rauschenberg Created: 1951 Medium: Oil paint
Title: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Artist: Aaron Shikler Date Created: 1970 Physical Dimensions: w863.6 x h1270 mm (without frame) Description: Signed and dated lower left: Shikler '70 Type: Painting Rights: Gift of the White House Historical Association, 1971, White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
ACRYLIC PAINT
Drowning Girl Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Year: 1963 Medium: oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas Dimensions: ( 67 5 8 in 66 3 4 in) Location Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Mark Chadwick Fluid Painting 61, 2012 Acrylic Unique Work Size : 16.14 x 13.39 in.
Peter Max Liberty Head, 1986 Acrylic, Framed Unique Work Size : 18 x 16 in. Frame : White Giltwood Silver Framed Size : 20.5 x 18.5 x 1 in
Sean Scully Untitled 1972 Acrylic on canvas 47 x 59 in. Private Collection
Two Marilyns Andy Warhol 1962 acrylic, silkscreen ink, and pencil on linen 20 1/8 x 27 in. (51.12 x 68.58 cm)
Robert Genn Low Tide Whaling Station, Hornby Island Acrylic on canvas 20 x 30 Inches
PASTEL
William Dunlap The first known portrait of General George Washington. 1783 ca Unsigned. Pastel on paper,. Height: 25.5 inches Width: 19.5 inches
George Moore (1852 1933) Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832 1883 Paris) Date:1879 Medium: Pastel on canvas Dimensions:21 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (55.2 x 35.2 cm) Classification: Drawings Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession Number:29.100.55
Edgar Degas Race Horses in a Landscape Date: 1894 Medium: pastel on paper Dimensions: (18.9 24.8 in) Current location: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
William Merritt Chase Date: c.1884 - c.1888 Style: Impressionism Genre: flower painting Media: pastel on paper Dimensions: 33.02 x 28.89 cm Location: Private Collection
Robert Brackman Two Nudes Pastel on paper/board, 19 x 23 1/2 in.
Gustave Klimpt Portrait of a Lady Date 1897 Medium pastel
Barbara Groff Leather Bound Barbara is internationally known for her award-winning still life paintings and the ability to accomplish remarkable detail using the traditional pastel medium. After a successful career as a graphic designer, she turned full-time professional painter in 2002. A Connecticut native and largely selfeducated fine artist, she has garnered numerous awards for her pastel paintings including the Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award in Pastel.
WATERCOLOR
Joseph Mallord William Turner Hulks on the Tamar: Twilight c.1813 Tate
Frederic Remington The Scouting Party, c.1889 Watercolor on paper
John Constable View at Hampstead, looking towards London. Watercolour Place of origin: Hampstead Date: 7 December 1833
Andrew Wyeth Along the Coast 1950 Watercolor on paper laid down on board
Albrecht Dürer Title: Hare Date: 1502 Physical Dimensions: 25 x 22,5 cm Type: Drawing Medium: Watercolor and body color, heightened with white body color
Title: Clipper ship 'Oriental', late 19th century Creator: Lucius A. Briggs Medium: Watercolour on paper Physical Dimensions: 40 x 53 cm Provenance: Originally owned by the Crosby Forbes Collection Rights: Hong Kong Maritime Museum