What movement are these Frida Kahlo paintings?

Posted by admin on June 16th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

What movement(s) would the following Frida Kahlo paintings be from?

Self Portrait as a Tehuana
(Autorretrato como Tehuana)

Self Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States
(Autorretrato en la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos)

Thanks in advance!

Frida’s works are difficult to classify into movements as she herself didn’t want to be identified with a movement. However, there is a lot of Symbolism, Primitivism, folk art and Surrealist influences in her paintings.

How much should I sell for one of my paintings?

Posted by admin on May 26th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

I’m 17 years old and am in Art3 and have taken and independent art class for my Junior year plus art 3. I have already sold a painting (watercolor) and need to know how much I should ask for a painting with me being so young and inexperienced. It’s a self portrait, oil paint, about 14 in. by 12 in.

since your so young, and it is a self painting. I think $40-$60

What type of paintings are most people more willing to buy?

Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 5 Comments »

As in scenery, a portrait of someone, animals, seascape, etc?
And what type of paintings do people tend to spend more money on???

unless you are an art collector most middle of the road art is portraiture or landscape but with a mood or atmosphere, abstract is also popular for the more progressive types who want to impress their friends at dinner parties, mainly the work has to be simple and easy to look at, the interlectually challenging works are the preserve of gallery collections

I would liek to go to www.portrait-canvas.com about the study paint portrait paintings,who have been there?

Posted by admin on May 19th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

a Mainly free portrait paintings lesson .

Well, I’ve never heard of it, but I’m going to check it out. Jerry’s Artarama is a website that sells art supplies. They have lots of free art lessons on line. Check it out.

Is there anybody here from Ireland good at Portrait paintings?

Posted by admin on May 16th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 3 Comments »

hi
i was just wondering if there is someone from Ireland (possibly galway) that is really good at painting portraits on a canvas. it is for a gift. the painting will be of three children.

I am not from Ireland but I am a portrait artist who would consider painting for you. I would just like the fact that I would have my paintings hanging in Ireland and my commission fees would be more than reasonable…

Here are some of my paintings

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/11-Mar-2003/20075-FOR6Family.JPG
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/13-Mar-2003/20075-FOR1Grin1a.JPG
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/23-May-2003/20075-sibblings.JPG
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/05-Apr-2003/20075-tux.JPG

Can someone help me with a Presidential portrait website?

Posted by admin on May 8th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

I am trying to view a gallory of the official portraits of each of the Presidents of the United States. I want a gallery of the actual paintings hanging on the White House walls. Is this possible? Can someone recommend a site?

The Forty-four Official Presidential Portraits From George Washington to Barack Obama in four minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYrZZ68zhSs

The Presidential Portraits are on display in Washington at the Nation Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian .
800 F Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 633-8300
The Presidents Portriats Gallery
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_presidential_painted_portraits_in_the_White_House
http://www.americanpresidents.org/gallery/
The Presidents and First Ladies
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html

What do jh and f mean in the context of paintings?

Posted by admin on May 6th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/2139/Portrait-of-a-Woman-with-Red-Ribbon.html

Down there, at the bottom it says "F: 207, JH: 979". What exactly does it mean?

These are bibliographical references specifically in the context of van Gogh. F refers to Jacob Baart de la Faille’s catalogue raisonne of van Gogh and JH to Jan Hulsker’s updating of the work.

What are the differences and similarities between the paintings Gustava adolf becquer and picasso portrait?

Posted by admin on May 4th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

please help as soon as possible thanx

different subject matter. If you are looking for a full answer, email me and I will send you one over!

realistic portrait paintings?

Posted by admin on April 28th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

can anyone give me names of some really good photographically realistic portraits, preferably paintings.

Look at the work of Chuck Close and at "photorealism" in general

Does van gogh use oil for his paintings?

Posted by admin on April 17th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 4 Comments »

Im going to create a portrait and i want it to have a style similar to van vogh. He applies many layers so is it oil or regular paint?

Yes, van Gogh painted in oils for his most famous paintings. (He also did watercolors.) I’ve been lucky enough to see some his work in person. For his later work prints don’t do them justice. The paint is applied so thickly the painting is really 3-D, not a flat, smooth 2-D. I could see the thick brushstrokes. Made me want to trade in my flat prints for reproductions.

Here. Go to this site. It’s van Gogh’s "Mulberry Tree." Click on the image and you will get a "zoomable" image. Then zoom in as much as possible. It will give you some sense of what I’m talking about when it comes to van Gogh’s brushstrokes. Except it’s still flat. When I saw it in person, the paint was sticking out of the canvas. It was so far out, I wonder how much dust it would collect and how they dust it.
http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/browse_artist.php?name=Gogh,+Vincent+van&resultnum=4