The Chiura Obata Papers were the source for an assignment created in the Archives of American Art’s Teaching with Primary Sources workshop Michaela Rife Chiura Obata, El Capitan, n.d., watercolor on ...

Before you begin painting, or even consider painting, ask yourself why you want to paint landscapes or any other subject. Is it because it lets you replicate the appearance and feel of what your eyes ...

Though many applaud hyperrealist landscape artwork — with mountains and trees rendered in such exact detail that they look almost photographic — I find that some of the most beautiful and original ...

Take any major historical Western art movement from the 16th century through today and you can bet women played an important role. Until the last handful of years, you can also bet that male scholars ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The West was built on landscape paintings. Those early vistas captured by 19th-century artists — depicting towering mountains, rolling plains, lush forests ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What should a 21st-century exhibition of art depicting the Colorado landscape look like? Two nearly back-to-back exhibitions, including a two-part offering ...

Landscape painting is more than just putting brush to canvas—it’s about telling a story through composition, color, depth, and texture. From mastering the rule of thirds to using atmospheric ...

The landscape of the Land of Israel has never been neutral. Shaped by longing, ideology, and memory as much as by sight, ...

Since 1990, the Agricultural Stewardship Association has worked to accomplish a singular mission: protect the farms and forests, rich soils and agricultural landscape in Washington and Rensselaer ...

One needs years of immersion in Chinese culture, language, history and philosophy to be able to fully appreciate the timeless beauty and symbolic richness of Chinese ink paintings. Despite this, ...