HAPPY NEW YEAR

2017

Pointillism

Pointillism  is a technique of painting in which small dots of colour are applied in patterns to form an image.  The term "Pointillism" was first coined by art critics in the late 1880s to ridicule the works of these artists, and is now used without its earlier more negative connotations. The most important thing for them was to focus on the specific style of brushwork used to apply the paint. 

The practice of Pointillism is in sharp contrast to the traditional methods of blending pigments on a palette. It is analogous to the four-colour CMYK printing process used by some colour printers and large presses that place dots of Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow, and Key (black). Televisions and computer monitors use a similar technique to represent image colours using Red, Green and Blue colours.(RGB)

The term "Pointillism" was first used with respect to the work of Georges Seurat, and he is the artist most closely associated with the movement. The relatively few artists who worked in this style also included Paul Signac and Henri-Edmond Cross.

Notable paintings:

"A Sunday afternoon on  the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat
  (1884-6, Chicago)
 


"Bathing at Asnieres" by Georges Seurat
  (1883-4) National Gallery, London
 

"The Papal Palace, Avignon" by Paul Signac (1900) Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

 "The Port of Saint-Tropez" by Paul Signac
   (1901) The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo





"Portrait of madame Cross" by Henri-Edmond Cross
  (1891-1892) Musée D'Orsay, Paris, France




"A pine tree" by Henri-Edmond Cross
  (1905) Private Collection
 

ART CLASS Year 2016/17

Hi again!!
We've just started a new year in our highschool. I hope you're ready to create interesting art projects. I'm sure you'll be able to learn a lot about Art. At the same time, you'll give us your own work which will be the result of your effort and your knowledge.

Once more, we're going to start drawing dots. They are the most simple graphic unit. Once you´ve mastered drawing dots you'll be able to draw everything. 


Look at carefully the following videos. They show useful techniques for drawing using dots. 
Enjoy these amazing artists' work!!!

Claes Oldenburg was born on January 28, 1929 in Stockholm. His father was a Swedish diplomat stationed in New York and in 1936 was appointed Consul General of Sweden to Chicago where Oldenburg grew up, attending the Latin School of Chicago. He studied literature and art history at Yale University from 1946 to 1950, then returned to Chicago where he took classes at The School of  Art Institute of Chicago. He also opened his own studio and, in 1953, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. 

Claes Oldenburg has made many surprising sculptures. He works changing the real scale of the everyday objects, producing amazing artistic objects. Funny and playful sculptures  in  a monumental scale. The artistic team of Claes Oldenburg and his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, has to date executed more than forty large-scale projects, which have been sited in various urban surroundings in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

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THE FOLLOWING SCULPTURES ARE SOME INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK AROUND  THE  WORLD:

1. "Clothespin"1976
        Philadelphia. USA

2. "Paint Torch"2011
 Outside the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. USA

3. "Cupin's Span"2002

A giant bow and arrow sculpture along of the Embarcadero in Rincon Park. San Francisco, California. USA

4.  "Giant Safety Pin" 1999
     Young Museum Sculpture Garden, San Francisco. USA

5. "Dropped Cone" 2001
Stainless and galvanized steels, fiber-reinforced plastic painted with polyester gelcoat.
Neumarkt Galerie, Cologne. Germany

6. "Match Cover"1992
     Steel, aluminum, fiber-reinforced plastic painted with polyurethane enamel.
     La Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona. Spain

7. "Flying Pins"2000 
  Eindhoven. Netherlands.
"Flying Pins" is an example of innovative use of composite materials and the creative engineering solutions. The pins seem to fly through the air but actually employ an innovative steel structure with slip-together invisible connections.

"Spoonbridge and Cherry"

This special "bridge" is a sculpture made by the Pop artist Claes Oldenburg. It's made of stainless steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel. It's located in The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.

"Spoonbridge and Cherry" takes on a new aspect in the winter season. The water is shut off but, topped with snow, the cherry turns into a mouthful of ice cream.

Did you know that a spoon could be a bridge?

More examples about drawing using dots:

I´m very proud of your work. Using just one little piece of paper, which is part of the face or the eye to be specific, you have been able to create different and interesting faces.