3/02/2014

Some Of The Most Influential Water Color Artists

By Leticia Jensen


There are so many forms of painting in the world of art with the two most popular techniques of painting being oil painting and watercolor painting. Although watercolor painting is the less popular of the two methods, it is still a very well loved form of art and there are a lot of painters who have excelled in this particular field. If one is interested in this form of art, then he probably would be interested to know some of the famous water color artists that existed throughout the centuries.

One of the earliest practitioners of this form would be none other than Albrecht Durer who was an artist from Europe. He was one of the very first people to start watercolor painting sometime during the Renaissance period. He was well known for his extremely detailed works of animals and some still life that really pays close attention to each small stroke.

When it comes to scenery, the European watercolor artist named J. M. W. Turner is definitely one who can take the cake. Although he did not make use of hard strokes and flashy colors like the others, his works had a particular uniqueness about them. His works were very simple but also beautiful because they were not overdone.

Because of its appearance in a lot of television programs and a lot of movies, the signature painting of James McNeill Whistler, which was Whistlers Mother, became famous in this century. Whistler was a man who was known to paint both his mother and his sister. What made his works famous is his energetic strokes along with the bond combination of colors.

Winslow Homer was another very famous artist who was working sometime in the nineteenth century who made beautiful works on landscapes. What made him very different from the others is that he was able to teach himself how to paint and he even came up with so many different painting methods. Of course a lot of these methods are still being used by a lot of modern artists today.

When it comes to the world of abstract art, Paul Kee would be a very famous name. He was known to be able to paint abstract cubes in a different way which had its own charm among the viewers. His works actually influenced a lot of modern abstract painters that appeared in the future because of his works when it comes to cubism.

American painter Edward Hopper was another well known painter who made paintings about everyday American life. His techniques when it comes to painting shadows and light were definitely something that not many artists could do. It was actually because of his extensive study on the direction of light that he was able to paint like that.

So basically, these are some of the most influential water color artists that have actually contributed to the evolution of this art. Of course there are a lot more of these artists but these are some of the most famous ones. Without them, this art form would have not evolved into its state right now.




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