| SHOP BY ARTISTS | |
SUBJECTS | |
STYLES | |
NEW ARRIVALS | |
BEST SELLERS | |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Feb | Apr » | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
Claude Monet traveled Europe and made it to London in 1902-03. During his stay in London Claude Monet painted a series of paintings of the British Parliament.
The paintings have all the same size and viewpoint, from Monet’s window overlooking the Thames. They are however painted at different times of the day and at different weather […]
David Rockefeller, the famous philanthropist, decided to sell his first Abstract Expressionist painting, an influential work by Mark Rothko for an estimated $40 million.
With prices of Abstract Expressionist works going through the roof, Rockefeller has decided to auction off “White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose),” a 1950 Rothko oil painting canvas. The painting […]
You often see many paintings from the Renaissance as Nude paintings. Many Nude paintings are a direct result of the artist of the time’s experimentation. The artists tried to understand perspective and realistic forms. They were also trying to understand and map the human body on all its forms.
Most artists of the Neoclassicism found beauty […]
Chagall is considered one the greatest artists of the 20th century. His work is all but impossible to categorize. Some say Fauvism some say Cubism. He was an artist capable of such originality that to try to fit his work into a specific genre would demean the value and power of what he was able […]
War has led to many artistic conceptions over the past few centuries, and war artists still paint today’s conflicts. But did you know that there’s a link between the art form of Cubism and the development of military camouflage?
It turns out that the first camouflage unit was set up by the French army in World […]
OverstockArt.com has teamed up with PowerReviews to offer customers the ability to post firsthand accounts and impressions of the handmade oil paintings they bought online.These reviews allow customers to share their experiences on particular paintings with other potential buyers. The benefit to shoppers is that they receive a first-hand account of another customer’s experience with […]
Tamara de Lempicka is considered the most famous painter of the art deco period.
De Lempicka was born in Poland and moved to Russia where she lived until the Russian Revolution. She fled to Paris. There she enrolled at the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere and studied art privately.
De Lempicka had a natural talent; by 1923 […]
This is a passage taken from an interview with Bob Dylan. This interview took place in the late summer of 1965.
I thought it would be cool to share this quote by Dylan because it exposes a lot of the principles that I share with him about visible art and how it should be available to […]
The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) was a group of artists fundamental to the rise of Expressionism in the beginning of the 20th century. Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc and others founded the group after Kandinsky’s painting Last Judgment was rejected from an exhibition.
The name Blue Rider was derived from Marc’s enthusiasm for horses, and from […]
Looking to redecorate your home? Wondering which colors are the hippest, coolest most desirable colors you should choose for your walls?
I don’t think there are any colors that aren’t truly out-of-style, except for Harvest Gold and Avocado Green, but even those could work depending on the circumstances/budget.
My suggestion is to go to your local paint […]