Sentences with phrase «vigorous brushstrokes»

The phrase "vigorous brushstrokes" refers to strong and energetic movements made by an artist with their paintbrush while painting. Full definition
In the diptych «River», a painting of the River Seine as seen from her home, Mitchell filled two canvasses with vigorous brushstrokes in an array of greens, blues, purples, reds and a swath of yellow paint crossing the bottom of the canvas to represent the river.
He uses vigorous brushstrokes and violent gestures with charcoal and oils, treating his large canvases as vital elements to be worked upon.
Vigorous brushstrokes of pale color at the top of the canvas seem to melt onto the more vividly colored lower third.
Like many maritime artists before her, Bradford enjoys capturing waves with vigorous brushstrokes, but she does not aim at rendering nature realistically.
Vigorous brushstrokes are held in check by the rigor of plotted design, offering a productive tension between improvisation and structure.
His vigorous brushstrokes and hectic use of paint evoke the energy of a storm, and echo the turmoil of Tracey Emin's My Bed.
The strong resurgence of abstract and figurative painting is shown by the vibrant murals of Lothar Gotz, the vigorous brushstrokes of Mary Ramsden, and Caroline Walker «s intriguing views of swimming pools, while participatory art is thriving in the haunting sound performances of Sam Belifante and the MUSARC choir.
Choke combines photographic fragments with painted passages employing the vigorous brushstrokes and gestural markings typical of Abstract Expressionism.
In contrast to historical painters who romanticized and fetishized the female body, Brown sometimes truncates the nude figure, rendering it with vigorous brushstrokes and intense hues to express the energy of bodies in motion and the capriciousness of human folly, which she considers one of the «big subjects» in art.
Marked with Renaud's vigorous brushstrokes and psychedelic colors, this unique watercolor captures the wildness of his natural setting on a farm at the plateau du Bugey.
These artists, among others, broke the rules of abstract expressionism by pouring thinned paint directly onto unprimed canvas instead of applying thick, vigorous brushstrokes.
The vigorous brushstrokes of de Kooning's «Woman» series, begun in the early 1950s, successfully evolved a richly emotive expressive style.
The imagery tapped into Pop Art concepts while the vigorous brushstrokes displayed a debt to Abstract Expressionism.
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