Oil Painting

April 15, 2024

Painter Transforms Vintage Oil Artworks Into Playfully Pixelated Paintings

Dresden-based artist André Schulze specializes in modifying vintage paintings and turning them into something new. He selects old German paintings from the early to mid-20th century and reworks them with “precision and subtle irony to give them a new life.” His latest body of work transforms these art pieces of yesteryear into partially pixelated paintings. Schulze's contemporary intervention is selective.

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February 21, 2024

Watch The Beatles Music Video Made of 1,300 Oil Paintings

Over half a century after they released their final album, The Beatles continue to earn accolades. At the 2024 Grammy Awards, the Fab Four picked up the trophy for Best Music Video, for the song “I'm Only Sleeping.” To mark the release of the remastered version of their daring 1966 album Revolver, visual artist Em Cooper was commissioned to create a video for this track.

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January 31, 2024

Glorious Explosions of Color Capture the Beautiful Symphony of Nature in Oil Paintings

In the late 19th century, Impressionism blossomed under the talents of Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste-Renoir. Since then, it has inspired many variations and successors, including the Open-Impressionist style. Led by artist Erin Hanson, this modern adaptation relies on impasto paint strokes without layering. She demonstrates the beauty of this style by rendering a variety of kaleidoscopic landscapes.

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October 31, 2023

Artist Reimagines Original 151 Pokémon as Renaissance Paintings

What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think of the Renaissance? Is it Pokémon? Probably not, but a series of paintings by artist Jochum Van der Woude (aka Joccum) might change that. The Netherlands-based painter has set out to recreate the original 151 Pokémon as Renaissance paintings, and the results are very promising so far.

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