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The following articles are about a wide range of art topics and new articles will be posted every week. We hope you find something of interest to read. (Copyright 2008 applies to all articles)

A Profile Willem de Kooning
Born in Rotterdam, Holland but later settling in Long Island, USA, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was a leading artist of the abstract expressionist school along with other artists; Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman ...

A Profile of Mark Rothko
Marcus Rothkowitz (Mark Rothko) is considered to be one of the most gifted artists of the Abstract Expressionism Movement which emerged following the Second World War. He was associated with the 'New York School'. Rothko's abstract art ...

A History of Abstract Art
The evolution of Art forms and human cultural history go hand in hand. If we study the history of art we can see that there has always been a dominant 'school' of art - in one form or another that defines the prevailing artistic culture...

The Abstract Expressionism Movement
The Abstract Expressionism Movement, also called the New York School was exclusively an American abstract art movement that evolved in New York City in the period following the Second World War...

Painting the Riverside
River scenes are very popular with the public. The movement of water quietly flowing along to its destination carries the imaginative mind in the same direction, conjuring up visions of the various types of scenery...

Achieving the Correct Tonal Value in Painting
There are many amature painters who fail to recognise the importance of co-ordinating the component parts of a picture. Whether the subject is dull or brightly coloured there must...

Painting With Knifes
The French Impressionists of the last century were among the first to experiment with the use of knives in applying paint. Undoubtedly the painting knife, as far as the oil painter is concerned, is a very useful too...

Properties of Colour
A colour has three essential properties; hue, intensity and tone. Hue: The precise definition of a colour is only possible by quoting its mathematical frequency of vibration. For instance Red is a vague term...

Painting Maintenance
Pictures are valuable possessions, and not only in money, for they are the creation of a trained sensitive mind, and the buyer of the art must have struck the same chord as the artist to have...