THE STYLES OF

PAINTING
Painting Styles
•Describes the way a painting looks.
•Manner in which the artist portrays
his or her subject matter and how the
artist expresses his or her vision.
Painting Styles
•Art styles were a way to celebrate our
creative differences. It was a way to
appreciate the new and discover new
ways of creating art.
Abstract
•Style of painting that does not use
figurative reality as a reference. The
artist does not go into detail his or
her subject and reduces it to a
simplified form.
Types of Abstract Art
•Abstract Expressionism – paintings
are emotionally intense and
spontaneously created.
• Abstract
Expressionism
by Jackson
Pollock
Types of Abstract Art
•Color Field – characterized by large,
solid colors on a flat plane. The colors
are the subjects themselves, and they
are normally painted on large canvas
material.
Types of Abstract Art
•Lyrical Abstraction – refers refers to
abstract paintings that are softer and
more romantic in nature.
Types of Abstract Art
•Cubism – characterized by geometric
figures. Cubist painters analyze the
subject and break it up into a
geometric abstract form.
• The Weeping
Woman by
Pablo Picasso
Surrealism
•Portrays images that are often
illogical & have a dream-like quality
about them.
• The
Persistence of
Memory by
Salvador Dali
• The Burning
Giraffe by
Salvador Dali
Conceptual Art
•A modern art style where the artist
believes that the concept is more
important than the artwork itself.
• Forever
Bicycles by Ai
Wei Wei
Pop Art
•A modern art style where the artist
believes that the concept is more
important than the artwork itself.
• Drowning Girl
by Roy
Lichtenstein
Photorealism
•Aims for paintings to look as realistic
as a photograph. This is done by
taking a picture of the subject and
then painting it.
• Self-Portrait by
Juan Francisco
Casas
• Portrait by
Juan Francisco
Casas
Hyperrealism
•An advancement of the photorealism
art movement. Artists use high
resolution cameras to take
photographs and paint them on
canvas.
Hyperrealism vs Photorealism
•Photorealism aims to reproduce photographs
precisely as possible while hyperrealism
inserts stories and feelings into the artwork.
•Hyperrealism may create an atmosphere of
surrealism. Going over and beyond
photorealism.
• A Girl by Ron
Mueck
• Deliverance by
Teresa Elliott
Minimalism
•An art movement that is, as
expected, characterized by simplicity.
Minimalist paintings strip down the
subject to its very essence.
Futurism
•Concerns itself with subjects like the
technology, speed, violence, and the
future of the world. It concerns itself
with the depiction of man’s triumph
over nature.
Impressionism
•Characterized by thin brushstrokes
and an emphasis on the depiction of
light. It is often painted outdoors to
capture sunlight and color of their
subjects.
• Starry Night by
Van Gogh
• Woman with a
Parasol by
Claude Monet
Fauvism
•Focuses on strong color. Artists
employing this style have wild brush
strokes and highly simplified
subjects.
• Fauvism Art by
Henri Matisse
• Fauvism Art by
Henri Matisse