The art of modern painting is a work created at present or in the recent past. A certain number of years will pass, and these paintings will become history. The paintings, created in the period from the 60s of the last century to the present day, reflect several areas of contemporary art that can be classified as postmodernism. In modern times, the work of artists and painters was presented more widely, and in the 70s of the twentieth century, the social orientation of the art of painting changed.
Contemporary art
Artists of modern painting primarily represent new trends in fine art. In cultural terminology, there is the concept of "contemporary art", which in some way correlates with the concept of "modern painting". By art, contemporary artists most often mean innovation, when a painter turns to topics ultra-modern, regardless of their focus. The picture can be written in the style of urbanism and depict any industrial enterprise. Or on the canvas there is a landscape landscape with a wheat field, meadow, forest, but at the same time, in the distance, a combine will certainly be drawn. The style of modern painting suggests the social orientation of the picture. At the same time, landscapes of contemporary artists without a social connotation are valued much higher.
Direction selection
Since the end of the 90s, artists of modern art abandon production topics and transfer their work into the mainstream of pure art. Masters of fine portraiture, landscape subjects, still lifes in the style of Flemish drawing appear. And gradually, contemporary art began to manifest genuine art, in no way inferior to paintings created by outstanding artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, and in some ways even superior to them. Today’s brush masters are helped by a developed technical base, an abundance of new tools that allow you to fully reflect what was conceived on the canvas. Thus, artists of modern painting can create as far as their abilities. Of course, the quality of paints or brushes is important in the process of painting, but still the main thing is talent.
Abstract expressionism
Modern artists adhere to painting methods that allow the use of non-geometric strokes applied in large numbers to a large canvas. Big brushes, sometimes painting brushes, are used. It is difficult to call such a painting art in the classical sense of the word, but abstraction is a continuation of surrealism, which appeared back in 1920 thanks to the ideas of Andre Breton and immediately found a lot of followers, such as Salvator Dali, Hans Hoffmann, Adolf Gottlieb. At the same time, contemporary artists understand expressionism in their own way. Today, this genre differs from its predecessor in the dimensions of canvases, which can reach three meters in length.
Pop Art
A counterbalance to abstractionism has become a conceptual new avant-garde that promotes aesthetic values. Modern artists began to include images of famous personalities such as Mao Zedong or Marilyn Monroe in their paintings. This art is called "pop art" - a popular, universally recognized trend in painting. Mass culture replaced abstractionism and gave rise to a special kind of aesthetics, which in a colorful, spectacular manner presented to the public what everyone heard, some recent events or images of well-known people in different life situations.
The founders and followers of pop art were Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Peter Blake, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein.
Photorealism
Contemporary art is multifaceted, often a new direction arises in it, combining two or more types of fine art. Such a form of expression of the artist has become photorealism. This trend in painting appeared in the USA in 1968. It was invented by the avant-garde artist Louis Meisel, and the presentation of the genre occurred two years later, at the Whitney Museum during the exhibition "Twenty-Two Realists".
Painting in the style of photorealism is associated with photography, the movement of the object seems to be frozen in time. The artist-photorealist collects his image, which will be captured in the picture, using photographs. From a negative or slide, the image is transferred to the canvas by projection or using a scale grid. Then a full-fledged picture is created using painting technologies.
The heyday of photorealism came in the mid-70s, then there was a decline in popularity, and in the early 90s the genre revived again. The venerable artists worked mainly in the USA, among them there were many sculptors who also created their works using image projection. The most famous masters of painting based on photorealism are Richard Estes, Charles Bellet, Goran Ivanishevich, Thomas Blackwell, Robert Demekis, Donald Eddy, Dwayne Hanson.
Young generation photorealists - Raffaella Spence, Roberto Bernardi, Ciara Albertoni, Tony Brunelli, Olivier Romano, Bertrand Meniel, Clive Head.
Contemporary artists of Russia
- Serge Fedulov (born 1958), a native of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory. Participated in several exhibitions in Latin America and Europe. His paintings are realistic and contrasting color combinations.
- Mikhail Golubev (born 1981), graduated from the art class of the Omsk school of painting. Currently lives in St. Petersburg. It is distinguished by an unusual manner of creativity, all of his works are paintings-reflections with deep philosophical implications.
- Dmitry Annenkov (born 1965) in Moscow. He graduated from the Stroganov Art Institute. Popular abroad, but gives preference to Russian exhibitions. Annenkov’s art is realistic, the artist is a recognized master of still life.
Russian impressionists
- Alexey Chernigin, a Russian impressionist painter (born 1975), is the son of the famous artist Alexander Chernigin. He studied painting and graphic design at the art school of Nizhny Novgorod. He graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Architectural Institute with a degree in Design in Industry. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1998. Since 2001, a lecturer at NGASU at the Department of Interior Design.
- Konstantin Lupanov, Krasnodar artist (born 1977). He graduated from the Industrial Academy at the State University of Culture and Arts with a degree in Monumental Painting. Member of many art exhibitions in Krasnodar, Moscow and St. Petersburg. It differs in the rare manner of oil painting with a twist of the smear. Lupanov’s paintings are completely devoid of contrasting combinations of colors, the images seem to flow from one to another. The artist himself calls his work “a fun, irresponsible daub,” but there is some coquetry in this statement: the paintings are actually written quite professionally.
Russian artists painting in the style of nude
- Sergey Marshennikov (born 1971), one of the most famous Russian artists of our time. He graduated from the Ufa College of Arts. His paintings are an example of blatant realism. The works give the impression of an art photograph, the composition is so precise and every stroke is verified. The wife of the painter Natalya most often acts as a model, and this helps him in creating a sensual picture.
- Vera Vasilievna Donskaya-Khilko (born 1964), the granddaughter of the famous opera singer Lavrenty Dmitrievich Donskoy. The brightest representative of modern Russian painting. Draws in the style of the plot nude. In the artist’s creative palette, you can find beauties from the eastern harem and naked village girls on the river bank on the night of the holiday of Ivan Kupala, a Russian bath with the release of heated women in the snow and swimming in the hole. The artist draws a lot and is talented.
Contemporary artists of Russia, their work cause more and more interest of connoisseurs of fine arts around the world.
Contemporary painting as a world art
At present, fine art has taken forms that are different from those that were in demand in the 18th and 19th centuries. Modern artists of the world turned to the avant-garde in a narrower interpretation, the paintings acquired sophistication and became more meaningful. Society today needs updated art, the need extends to all types of creativity, including painting. Pictures of contemporary artists, if they are executed at a sufficiently high level, are bought up, become the subject of bargaining or exchange. Some paintings are included in the lists of especially valuable works of art. Paintings from the past, written by great painters, are still in demand, but contemporary artists are gaining more and more popularity. Oil, tempera, watercolor, and other paints help them in their creativity and successful implementation of their plans. Painters, as a rule, adhere to any one style. It can be a landscape, a portrait, battle scenes or another genre. Accordingly, for his work, the artist chooses a certain variety of colors.
Contemporary artists of the world
The most famous contemporary artists differ in the manner of writing, their brush is recognizable, sometimes you do not even need to look at the signature at the bottom of the canvas. Famous masters of modern painting - Richter Gerhard, Pearlstein Philip, Alexander Isachev, Francis Bacon, Stanislav Plutenko, Peter Blake, Freud Lucien, Michael Parkes, Guy Johnson, Eric Fishl, Nikolai Blokhin, Vasily Shulzhenko.