Develop Your Artistic Skills In Oil Painting Reproductions

Many artists have left a great legacy through the years. There are several artistic movements that marked the history until the present. The most important are the following: Abstract expressionism, Art deco, Art nouveau, Baroque, Classicism, Conceptual art, Constructivism, Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, Gothic, Impressionism, Mannerism, Minimalism, Neoclassicism, Pop art, Postimpressionism, Realism, Renaissance, Rococo, Romanticism, Surrealism and Symbolism.

The best Oil Painting Reproductions represented these artistic movements. An important way for learning about paints and art in general is reading about famous painters. This time we will learn something in relation with a famous German Painter. First, don’t forget to buy Oil Painting Reproductions.

Lucas Cranach “the Elder” (born 4 October 1472 – died 16 October 1553) was a German painter, printmaker, engraver and illustrator. Cranach was one of principal old masters of the Northern Renaissance. He established the Danube school, and became renowned for his erotic nudes and portraits. His father was also an artist, so he like that his son follow his footsteps.

Besides his artistic abilities, Lucas was a smart businessman too; he had a chemist shop for many years. It was between 1500 and 1504 while he lived in Vienna where he painted portraits. Cranach painted dozens of portraits during his life. Among his main paintings we can mention the following: The Crucifixion (1502), Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian (1502), Rest on the Flight to Egypt (1504), Venus and Cupid (1509), Portrait of Henry the Devout of Saxony (1514), Portrait of Martin Luther (1553), The Fountain of Youth (1546), Judith with the head of Holofernes (1530), Cupid Complaining to Venus (1530) and The Melancholy (1553).

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