| ABSTRACT OIL PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
Our abstract oil paintings are sub-classified into six sub-categories. They are…
- Abstract Figures
- Abstract Landscape
- Abstract Still Life
- Colors
- Geometric Shapes
- Miscellaneous Abstracts
Feel free to browse these categories where you are sure to find hundreds of vividly beautiful abstract paintings.
Read More | | PAINTING FRAMES | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
Painting frames are available in a wide variety of frame styles with any painting shown in our galleries. We carry fine quality artisan crafted frames in many finishes, and in numerous frame widths and heights for wall mounting. Below are just a few examples of the styles of our painting frames. Read More | | ART FOR SALE | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
There are many forms of art for sale in online markets today. At Art Oyster, we specialize in creating hand-painted, museum quality reproductions on canvas, originally created by many of the most famous artists of all times. Enjoy browsing our numerous galleries. Feel free to contact us anytime, should you have questions. Read More | | CHEAP CANVAS ART | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
Yes, we have over 40,000 images on our website. Yes, when our talented artists reproduce these works of art, they are done so by hand in one brush stroke at a time. Yes, our canvas art reproductions are beautiful. Yes, our pricing and promotions are unbeatable. The paintings that our fine artists create are not considered to be cheap canvas art. The only thing that may be considered cheap will be the pricing. Read More | | ORIGINAL PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
Our website contains over 40,000 images of original paintings by many of the most famous artists of all time. Not only do we have images of the most famous artist’s original paintings, but images of famous paintings by artists, many of whom you may never have heard of or seen. Please take your time and browse through our numerous galleries for the works of art that are suitable for your office or home. Should you need to narrow your search, don’t forget to try our advanced search field to find works of art either by dominant color, artist, style, art subject, or any combination of the aforementioned. If you are unable to find a particular work of art, please feel free to call us and speak with one of our art consultants who will be happy to guide you through the selection process. Read More | | CHEAP PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
Don’t let our pricing fool you! What may appear as cheap paintings are really very high quality paintings offered at low prices. We are able to offer such low pricing because we do not have an expensive retail location. We ship thousands of fine quality oil painting reproductions which gives us the ability to have great buying power with hundreds of artists.We pass our saving directly to you, the consumer. Read More | | CANVAS PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
Our artists produce canvas paintings on either 100% cotton canvas or linen canvas. Our canvases are durable and long lasting. Our canvas paintings are available in nine different standard sizes, and virtually an unlimited number of custom sizes to meet your design requirements or specific needs. Read More | | MODERN PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
With over 40,000 incredible works of art found within our galleries, it is relatively easy to find modern paintings that will suit your environment whether it be your home or office. Search our website by Art Subject, by Artist, by Art Style, or view our Best Sellers and Our Collection. Read More | | CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
There are many styles that painters implement when they create a masterpiece. One of these many styles that are becoming popular nowadays is contemporary abstract paintings. These types of paintings are the same as an abstract painting but are enhanced by modernism. When we say contemporary abstract paintings, this means that the painting signifies a modern issue or a reality, though abstract and meaning is not certain, contemporary paintings display a powerful vortex that draws attention and makes people be critical when it comes to incorporating the abstract painting to any real modern issue of today.
Abstract art is a technique which is behind realism and is touched by the contemporary style at the same time. Abstract art was popularized by many Renaissance European painters such as Pablo Picasso as well as many others. Together, these artists contributed to abstract art and are the propagandists in contemporary abstract paintings. Read More | | GOOD NEWS FOR OIL PAINTING REPRODUCTION FANATICS | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
Do you have any idea how your most prized painting is created? Well, paintings are made by making use of a certain type of oil to bring out the colors of the painting. They are carefully created by the great and well known painters beforehand, thus making them very dear and rare. There are some art collectors who cannot avail from the original painting maybe because of its price or its availability. Some business people notice these complications and they are now creating businesses that create oil painting reproductions. Read More | | CUSTOM OIL PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
Are you looking for a unique work of art for your home or office? Do you wish to have one of our highly skilled artists create a hand-painted oil painting of an important family portrait? Our artists can create custom paintings for you from photos or most any image. Just call one of our consultants, or e-mail us with your custom paintings requirements. Read More | | ABSTRACT ART - AN ARTIST'S FEELING ON A CANVAS | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
A long time ago, paintings already existed even though they were not like what you see in some art galleries today. If you happen to be a painter, then you will be able to recognize the kind of painting that is from long ago. I’m talking about the abstract paintings that are created making use of a visual communication of components to achieve something like an illusion of the real thing. It’s actually not a clear vision of the subject but instead, the author is trying to make viewers use their imagination so that they can understand what the artist is trying to create, unlike the one you see in other kinds of finished paintings where what you see is what you get. In abstract painting, you have to be imaginative to understand what the artist is really painting on the canvas. Read More | | CANVAS ART | Written by valerie vakili on February 15, 2013
We, at Art Oyster sell canvas art reproductions of famous master pieces. Our inventory of hand-painted oil paintings includes such art subjects as landscape paintings, floral paintings, waterfront paintings, abstract paintings and numerous other art subjects by thousands of famous artists. Read More | | PAINTINGS FOR SALE | Written by deborah schneider on February 15, 2013
It is our pleasure to offer tens of thousands of paintings for sale originally created by over five thousand master artists. Our list of artists contains famous painters such as Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Pierre Auguste Renoir and many other notable artists throughout the last few centuries. Read More | | HOW TO SELECT VIBRANT PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
Selecting vibrant paintings is not a difficult task because thankfully, the world has been graced with talented artists who create these paintings for us. However, the task ahead that one may find difficult is selecting a painting that they find vibrant concerning their own personal taste. Vibrancy in paintings is not difficult to find because you can find it in almost any category of paintings such as; Abstract Paintings, Animals, Architecture, Dance, Fantasy and Mythology, Floral Paintings and many more.
Read More | | FINDING GREAT OIL PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
Finding great oil paintings is not a difficult task. Today, reproductions of oil paintings are widely available and look almost exactly like their original oil paintings. There are many incredibly talented artists who make reproductions of oil paintings on canvas art, and these oil paintings turn out to look almost exactly the same as the original oil paintings. If you are feeling hesitant about the quality of canvas art online, do not fret! Oil paintings that are sold online look just as nice as art for sale from a very expensive and overpriced gallery. Not only are they just as nice as paintings sold in galleries, oil paintings sold online that are reproduced can cost only a very small fraction of the price of oil paintings sold in art galleries. Read More | | CUBISM | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
Developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Cubism is a twentieth century avant-garde art movement which transformed European painting. In cubist artworks, objects are taken apart, examined, and put back together in an abstracted form. Rather than showing subjects within one perspective, the artist displays the object from a variety of points of views to symbolize the object from a more significant perspective. Usually the elements meet at relatively arbitrary facets, eliminating a consistent feeling of detail. The setting and subject avenues interpenetrate each other to generate the actual unclear area. Experts have found to evaluate the historical past of cubism phases such as, the initial phase of cubism which is Analytic Cubism. . Read More | | BYZANTINE ART | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Byzantine art is considered the expression most frequently employed to illustrate the artistic works within the Byzantine Empire from approximately the fifth century up until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Art created by Eastern Orthodox Christians residing in the Ottoman Empire is generally called "post-Byzantine." Read More | | BARBIZON SCHOOL | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
The Barbizon school of painters had been a component of an art movement associated with realism in art, that came about during the prominent Romantic Movement of that time period. The Barbizon school had been established during the mid to late 1800's. It acquired its title out of the village of Barbizon, France, close to Fontainebleau Forest, which was the location where the artists gathered. Probably the most notable attributes of this school are its softness, shades of color and free brushwork. Read More | | ASHCAN SCHOOL | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
The Ashcan School is understood to be a realist artistic movement which entered popularity in the United States within the early twentieth century. It is most widely known for pieces representing moments of everyday life in New York's poorer communities. The movement evolved from an organization referred to as The Eight, whose single exhibit together launched a phenomenon in the early 1900's. Its participants featured five painters later linked to the Ashcan School. Their names were: Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John French Sloan and Everett Shinn. They met studying with one another at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. They studied under a man by the name of Thomas Pollock Anshutz at the Academy. Read More | | ART NOUVEAU | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Art Nouveau is considered a global school of thought and type of art. The title "Art Nouveau" is simply French for the term "new art". It happens to be also known as Jugendstil, which is a German term for "youth style", given its name after the periodical Jugend, which endorsed it. As a response to academic art during the 19th century, Art Nouveau had been influenced by means of organic shapes and structures from curved lines as well as elements from nature. Architects made it their goal to coordinate using the natural world around them. Art Nouveau was greatly inspired by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha. When Mucha released a lithographed poster in the streets of Paris in 1895 as an ad promoting the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou. Read More | | WATERFRONT AND NAUTICAL PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
Waterfront and Nautical paintings are one of the most popular categories on our website due to the high demand of waterfront paintings and due to the beauty that they offer. Our waterfront and nautical paintings are sub-categorized into various sections in order that one can locate a specific painting quickly and easily. The sub-categories of waterfront and nautical paintings are as follows… Bays, Inlets and Coves waterfront and nautical paintings, Beaches and Shorelines waterfront and so many more. Read More | | STREET SCENES | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Street Scenes paintings are one of the most beautiful and valued categories on our website. Our street scenes paintings are sub-categorized into various sections in order that one can locate a specific painting quickly and easily. The sub-categories of street scenes paintings are as follows… Cafes, Bars and Restaurants street scenes paintings, Cities street scenes paintings and Roads and Streets street scenes paintings. Our street scenes paintings galleries contain hundreds of beautifully detailed street scenes paintings. Read More | | ART OYSTER'S GALLERY | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
One of the most popular ways to search for “the perfect oil painting” is by browsing your favorite artists gallery. Among the most popular galleries are the Van Gogh oil paintings gallery, Monet oil paintings gallery, Klimt oil paintings gallery, Renoir oil paintings gallery, Rembrandt oil paintings gallery, Da Vinci oil paintings gallery, Gauguin oil paintings gallery, Degas oil paintings gallery, Cezanne oil paintings gallery, Bouguereau oil paintings gallery, Michelangelo oil paintings gallery, Modigliani oil paintings gallery, Toulouse-Lautrec oil paintings gallery, Gris oil paintings gallery, Vermeer oil paintings gallery, Klee oil paintings gallery, Homer oil paintings gallery, Malevich oil paintings gallery, Seurat oil paintings gallery, Sargent oil paintings gallery, Pissarro oil paintings gallery and Bierstadt oil paintings gallery.
Read More | | STILL LIFE PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Still life paintings are a very popular category of oil paintings on our website. Our still life paintings are sub-categorized into various sections in order that one can locate the proper painting easily. The sub-categories of still life paintings are as follows… Baskets still life paintings, Books and Letters still life paintings, Coffee Pots, Mugs, Cups and Jugs still life paintings, Glasses still life paintings, Lamps and Candlesticks still life paintings, Money still life paintings, Plates and Bowls still life paintings, Silverware still life paintings, Skulls still life paintings, Still Life paintings, Food still life paintings, Teapots still life paintings, Umbrellas and Parasols still life paintings and Vases still life paintings. Read More | | FLORAL PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Floral paintings are found to be one of our most popular subject categories. Our floral paintings are sub-categorized into different sections for ease of finding the floral paintings that may compliment your home décor. The sub-categories of floral paintings are as follows… Botanical paintings, paintings of Bouquets, Floral Still Life paintings, Florals, paintings of Flowers, paintings of Flower Gardens, paintings of Plants, paintings of Trees and paintings of Wildflowers and Flower Fields. Our floral paintings are 100% hand painted on artist grade canvas and each brush stroke is meticulously painted by hand. Our floral paintings galleries contain thousands of absolutely beautiful floral paintings from which you may make a selection. Read More | | ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
The art movement known as Abstract expressionism was considered to be an American post-World War II movement. This movement was the initial American movement to obtain worldwide impact and place New York City within the heart of the traditional western art culture, a task previously accomplished by Paris, France. Even though the phrase "abstract expressionism" was initially ascribed to American art in the mid 1940's due to art critic Robert Coates statements, it was initially founded in Germany in 1919 inside the periodical Der Sturm, pertaining to German Expressionism. In the U.S., a man named Alfred Barr had been the first person to make use of this expression in the late 1920's. Read More | | LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
Landscape paintings are one of our categories that contain some of the most magnificent paintings in the world. Our landscape paintings exemplify the true beauty of the earth in the most realistic way possible. Our landscape paintings are sub-categorized into various sections in order that one can locate a specific painting quickly and easily. The sub-categories of landscape paintings are as follows… American landscape paintings, Autumn landscape paintings, Canyons and Mesas landscape paintings, Clouds and Skyscapes landscape paintings, Deserts landscape paintings, Farming landscape paintings, In the Country landscape paintings, Mountains and Cliffs landscape paintings, Forests landscape paintings, Sunrise and Sunset landscape paintings, and many many more. Read More | | LEONARDO DA VINCI | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
One of the most famous artists of all time was Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci’s masterpieces are famous in all parts of the world. Leonardo Da Vinci, an Italian painter, architect and sculptor, was born on April 15, 1452 during the Renaissance period. Da Vinci was also a musician, scientist, engineer, writer and inventor at various points in his life. He was considered to be a genius of his time because of the many skills he mastered. For this reason, he was known to be a symbol of the Renaissance man, a man of curiosity and inventive imagination. Leonardo Da Vinci was considered to be one of the greatest painters who ever lived. “Superhuman and mysterious” were the words used by Helen Gardner, an art historian.
Read More | | ABSTRACT PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Abstract paintings are a free flow expression of the work that an artist transfers to canvas oil paintings. Abstract art is created to get the attention of a viewer and evoke a response that is emotional. Many viewers feel that abstract art is a way of viewing objects creatively, viewing settings within an environment, or even people. Many critics feel that abstract art or abstract paintings can either complicate a subject or simply the subject. Abstract paintings and abstract art tends to be a visual way of speaking to the viewer with the use of color and form. Certainly one of the most important parts of abstract paintings is they tend to create a visual image of a subject without actually using definitive properties of a particular subject.
Read More | | FINDING OIL PAINTINGS FOR SALE ONLINE | Written by deborah schneider on February 13, 2013
Looking for oil paintings for sale? You probably will not find them in most of the big box superstores located in high traffic areas. Many people think of searching for oil paintings for sale in art galleries, antique stores or furniture stores. A new market segment has opened up recently and one can find tens of thousands of oil paintings for sale online through reputable art galleries online.
Some online galleries show images of oil paintings for sale that are merely many of the most well known oil paintings displayed worldwide. However, artoyster.com has seemed to have found a niche for presenting hand painted, museum quality oil paintings for sale online at merely the same price point found for inexpensive prints displayed in big box stores.
Read More | | DISROBED PEOPLE PAINTINGS | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Disrobed people paintings are a frequently searched category of paintings. We offer a wide array of magnificent disrobed people paintings on ArtOyster.com. Our nudes paintings are sub-categorized into various section so one can locate a specific painting quickly and easily. The sub-categories of disrobed people paintings are as follows… Nudes paintings, Classic Nudes paintings, and Modern nudes paintings. Our disrobed people paintings galleries contain hundreds of beautifully realistic and abstract disrobed people paintings paintings from which you may make a selection. Our nudes paintings are 100% hand painted on top quality artist grade canvas and each brush stroke is carefully painted by hand, one brush stroke at a time. Read More | | SELECTING PAINTINGS FOR SALE ON THE INTERNET | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Finding a painting in an art gallery tends to be quite expensive and certainly requires an investment of time while traveling from gallery to gallery in order to make an informed decision. It is far easier to find paintings for sale on the internet through several huge online galleries.
One of the ways they offer paintings for sale is by art subject. Their art subjects vary from abstract paintings for sale, floral paintings, landscape paintings, and still life paintings to a vast selection of religious paintings and everywhere in between. Paintings for sale can also be found by browsing thousands of galleries by individual artist.
Read More | | BAROQUE ART | Written by admin on February 13, 2013
The Baroque Art era is a time of creative style which employed embellished movement as well as obvious, effortlessly translated characteristic to generate excitement, emotional tension, exuberance, and splendor within oil paintings.
Baroque style oil paintings presented deep emotions, embellished lighting, and even a kind of artistic exaggeration. Baroque art was not known for representing the life style of the culture or people at that time but more of the Counter-Reformation which depicted the emotional depths of the Catholic faith and glorified both church and monarchy of their control and influence. Read More | | GUSTAV KLIMT | Written by valerie vakili on February 13, 2013
Many artists were known for their own unique works of art. One such famous artist in the 19th century was Gustav Klimt. He was born in July 14, 1862 in Austria. Gustav Klimt became one of the most famous Symbolist painters of all time. He founded the school of painting known as the Vienna Secession and became a very prominent member of this movement. Vienna Secession exemplifies the erotic and psychological works that made Vienna one of the intellectual centers of the Europe. Even though his major works of art were oil paintings, murals and sketches, he was also known for his innumerable drawings in pencil with the female body as his main subject. Read More |
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