Watercolor works by contemporary artists. Watercolors and watercolorists

A cure for those who are tired of trash and fuss. In a world where tons of informational garbage is dumped on us every day, sometimes you really want to get rid of everything, breathe in full chest and fix your gaze on something calm, not causing any irritation and discomfort. We believe that best holiday for the mind and vision - this is an immersion in the world of art. In this review, we have collected such works of watercolors that will fill you with silence and become a sip fresh air on a hot city day.

Journey to Paris with Thierry Duval

Paris-born artist Thierry Duval has traveled extensively. Hence the presence of entire series of paintings “on a geographical basis”. Nevertheless, the author's favorite place was and remains Paris. The lion's share of works is dedicated to the city of lovers. Duval paints exclusively in watercolor. At the same time, he has his own technique of multilayer paint application, which allows him to create paintings with almost hyper-realistic detail.

Hot Afternoon Kanta Harusaki

Harusaki Kanta (Kanta Harusaki) - Japanese watercolorist, born in Kumamoto, began working in watercolor at the age of 32 years. Harusaki likes to paint using the "wet brush" but keeping the drawing straight. He knows how to masterfully and reliably convey the most transparent light color, as well as light and space. Spectators admire the artist's ability to convey the clear contours of highlights and foliage, combining this with the "wet" technique.

Living water by David Drummond

David Drummond - American artist, 20 years ago fell in love with the Powell Reservoir landscape. Now he does not get tired of exploring every corner of this amazing place and capturing it with watercolors. Drummond is interested in different states of water, the "mood" of nature and changes in it. As a holder of a degree in physics, Drummond approaches creativity with all scientific responsibility, which is why his watercolors seem so alive and realistic.

Country Morning by Christian Granu

Frenchman Christian Graniou often depicts provincial landscapes in his paintings. Despite the fact that the detailed drawing does not attract him, and the light is distributed throughout the space, the artist's works evoke a feeling of spaciousness and airiness.

Evening Calm by Joseph Zbukvic

Today, Croatian-born Australian Joseph Zbukvic is considered one of the pillars of watercolor drawing worldwide. The artist fell in love with watercolor literally from the first stroke, he was struck by the innocence and individuality of this technique. He believes that she lives own life. It is impossible to learn, there is no way to control the behavior of watercolor. Just drive around like a wild horse. And every day again.

So, some time ago we had a conversation about the perception of paintings in isolation from the name of the artist, and everything that stands behind the name. You can read about the beginning here.
Today I will tell you who is who.
General conclusions from your comments and a survey of my friends - the quality level of the picture can be seen immediately. Some madness or weirdness too, but very often people get confused whether this is a sign contemporary art, or just something incomprehensible ... Distinguish between Russian, Chinese, European artist also turned out to be difficult. Only a few guessed, and even then, mainly only because they recognized the authors of the paintings.


Watercolor #1
English painter - William Turner (1775-1851)
He is awesome.
The cost of each of his paintings is tens of millions of pounds. Be sure to look at his watercolors, but not on the Internet, but preferably at least in paper reproductions

Watercolor #2
St. Petersburg watercolorist - Sergey Temerev.
His journal sergestus
I found it by accident when I was looking for those who paint with watercolors on LiveJournal. I really like his paintings - and seascapes, and very unusual still lifes. I dream of getting to the master class somehow :))

Watercolor #3
Konstantin Kuzema. Contemporary St. Petersburg artist. 100 best watercolorists in the world and all that :) There is a lot of talk about him now, especially those who learn to draw.
A site where you can see other works or read useful articles about technology http://kuzema.my1.ru
But personally, I am deeply indifferent to his paintings. Doesn't touch everything.

Watercolor #4
Author - Joseph Zbukvich (Joseph Branko Zbukvic). Born in 1952 in Croatia. Later he moved to Australia.
One of the most recognized watercolorists in the world. His paintings and technique are simply amazing. You can write his name in Google or Yandex and enjoy :)

Watercolor #5


This is my three minute sketch for this final watercolor:

Where is the sketch and where is the watercolor? :) I just wanted to check something, and I figured out the composition while I was painting with my daughter. Although the most popular answer was that this particular artist is from China :) Here they are, my Eastern roots :)))))) This work is completely wrong, because all watercolor paint I mixed with white to see how it would affect smudges.

Watercolor #6
Konstantin Sterkhov.
He is interesting in that he maintains an extremely informative blog about watercolorists, interviews them without reference to language and geographical barriers. Lives in St. Petersburg, but sometimes gives master classes in Moscow.
Blog http://sterkhovart.blogspot.ru/
Facebook page

The faces of people in most of the artist's paintings are darkened or turned to the side. This is done in order to express emotions and for the body to "speak". “I have always tried to show the world only the positive moments of life. I hope that my work brings joy, peace and comfort to the life of the viewer,” says Hanks.

Rainy watercolor Lin Ching Che

Talented artist Lin Ching-Che is 27 years old. He is inspired fall rain. Cloudy city streets cause the guy not longing and despondency, but a desire to pick up a brush. Lin Ching Che paints watercolor paintings. With colorful water, it sings of the rainy beauty of megacities.

Boiling fantasy of Arush Votsmush

Under the pseudonym Arush Votsmush hides talented painter from Sevastopol Alexander Shumtsov. The artist says this about his paintings: “I am not trying to prove anything to anyone with my work. First of all, I enjoy. It is pure creativity drug. Or pure life- without doping. It's just a miracle."

The charm of Paris in the works of Thierry Duval

Paris-born artist Thierry Duval has traveled extensively. Hence the presence of entire series of paintings on a "geographical basis". Nevertheless, the author's favorite place was and remains Paris. The lion's share of works is dedicated to the city of lovers. He has his own technique of layering watercolor, which allows him to create paintings with almost hyper-realistic detail.

Evening Calm by Joseph Zbukvic

Today, Croatian-born Australian Joseph Zbukvic is considered one of the pillars of watercolor painting in the world. The artist fell in love with watercolor literally from the first stroke, he was struck by the innocence and individuality of this technique.

Secrets of the East through the eyes of Myo Wing Ong

The artist Myoe Win Aung devoted all his work to his native Burma, its everyday life and holidays, lay people and monks, towns and cities. This world is calm, dressed in gentle tones, mysterious and slightly pensive, like the smile of Buddha.

Incredible watercolor by Joe Francis Dowden

English artist Joe Francis Dowden paints hyper-realistic watercolors. And he believes that everyone can do it, you just need to know the secrets of technology. The secret of his inspiration is extremely simple: "Throw away watercolor textbooks and get lost in a real forest."

Ballet Magic by Liu Yi

The watercolors of this Chinese artist can be safely called art about art. After all, his favorite topic is the images of people who are directly related to him - for example, ballerinas or classical musicians. The way they are presented in the paintings is peculiar: people seem to emerge from a thin haze, emotional and very characteristic. To some extent, they echo the images of ballerinas. french artist Edgar Degas.

Solar painting by Abe Toshiyuki

Abe Toshiyuki received art education and devoted 20 years to teaching, not for a moment leaving the dream of becoming an artist. In 2008, he finally abandoned the teaching profession and devoted himself entirely to creative self-realization.

Country Morning by Christian Granu

French Christian Granu

Among the winners International Competition watercolor artists in 2014 were two representatives of Russia, whose work we will see today.

Elena Bazanova is a world-famous artist working in watercolor technique.

Born in 1968 in the city of Slantsy, Leningrad Region.
Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academic Art Lyceum. B.V. Ioganson and State Academy painting, sculpture and architecture named after I.E. Repin (workshop of book graphics).
Since 1989, he has been actively working with publishing houses in St. Petersburg, since 1996 he has been illustrating publications for children.
Since 1995 - a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
Since 2006 - member of the Society of Watercolorists of St. Petersburg.

Works are in galleries and private collections in Russia, Germany, USA, France, England, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan.

The works were submitted for the competition.

Winter. Apples.

Now Elena is a member of the Society of Watercolorists of St. Petersburg, regularly participating in seasonal exhibitions of the Union of Artists, actively exhibiting both in Russia and abroad (in the UK, Germany, USA, Ireland). She has seven personal and participation in more than fifty collective exhibitions in Russia.

Since 2006 - member of the Society of Watercolorists of St. Petersburg.

Three apples.

Elena Bazanova talks about her work in this way.

— Why did you choose watercolor?

It seems to me that I feel this material, this allows me to reveal its features in very complex pictorial tasks. It is this tension in the work that seems attractive to me, to control the elements of water and paint is the most exciting and intriguing thing in watercolor painting.

Bouquet of wild strawberries.

Still life with corn

What technologies are you still working on?

Thanks to my education, I own the most different techniques. Of course, I don’t use all of them all the time, unfortunately it’s impossible to embrace the immensity. I love making drawings soft materials, when illustrating books, I often use ink, pen and colored pencils.

Daylilies.

Three apples.

sunflowers

climatis

— What is your favorite still life genre? What about landscapes and portraits?

Yes, recent times I work a lot in the still life genre. I also paint portraits of animals. I really want to do new series landscapes and work with portraits of people. So my plans are to expand the boundaries of the genre.

Study with strawberries.


Still life

You have illustrated alice in wonderland With". These works are not at all like your still lifes.

I do not consider myself to be an artist who constantly imposes his style on the subject being depicted, on the illustrated book. I move along the path of creating an image, based on the essence of what is the subject of the image or illustration. This gives rise to various plastic solutions. The illustration should not create a barrier to the perception of the text, especially in a children's book.

My experience in book illustration big enough. Starting with student projects, I tried to achieve the maximum unity of illustrations with the text and the idea of ​​the author.

Still life with red currant.


Peas.


Still life with peaches

Cherry

Dusya
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Dmitry Rodzin was born in 1969 in Krasnodar.

In 1988 he graduated from the Krasnodar Art College.

1991-1997 - studied at Russian Academy painting, sculpture and architecture workshop historical painting (graduate work- "The expulsion of merchants from the temple").

Among the works - historical and genre compositions, portraits, landscapes, still lifes, interior design, book graphics.

Participated in exhibitions since 1993.

Personal exhibition "After the tradition" was held in 2002 in the branch of the State Central Theater Museum named after. A.A. Bakhrushin (Moscow).

Currently lives and works in Moscow.

The work was presented at the competition.

Summer. Xenia and Sonya.

Live lilies, dry roses and netsuke

Sonya.

Relaxation.

Children's images are one of Dmitry's favorite themes. In his paintings - thoughts and emotions little man, his growing up, the beginning of the knowledge of the world. In a number of watercolors, the artist develops the theme of reflections. They create a double illusion: the illusion of three-dimensionality in a two-dimensional mirror and the illusion of three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional sheet of paper.

Autumn

Curiosity.

Windows

Cross.

Birthday

Petunia.

Just an etude.

From shadow to light.

Izmailovsky park. February

Arbat.

Chernigovsky lane.

Dmitry Rodzin works a lot in the genre monumental painting. His paintings are located, in particular, in the residence of the President Russian Federation, the Reception House of the President of the Russian Federation, the residence of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevsky Convent.

Sources.

http://cleargallery.ru/gallery/open/aid-223

Watercolor is considered one of the most capricious and temperamental paints, despite its simplicity and transparency. Children begin to master drawing precisely with watercolors, but how many people know how great the power of this harmless paint really is?

Brief history: the beginning of development

The best watercolorists in the world were able to create their masterpieces thanks to China, where, after the invention of paper, which happened in the 2nd century AD. e., watercolor technique was able to develop.

In Europe, the first rudiments appeared in the countries of Italy and Spain, when paper products appeared there too (XII-XIII centuries).

Watercolor art came into use later than other types of painting. One of the most famous first works, considered exemplary, was the painting "Hare" by the world's best watercolorist of the Renaissance - Albrecht Dürer in 1502.

Then the artists Giovanni Castiglione, as well as Anthony van Dyck, began to deal with the technique of watercolor, however, samples of works in this technique continued to remain at a single level - a fact that Montabert confirmed in his treatise on painting. When mentioning watercolor, he did not go into details, as he believed that this technique did not deserve serious professional attention.

However, the watercolor technique received its need in scientific and military research, when archaeologists and geologists needed to capture the objects under study (animals, plants, nature in general), as well as create topographic and architectural schemes.

Get up

AT XVIII century, towards the middle, watercolor technique has become entertainment in the circles of amateur draftsmen. This event was influenced by the published notes of Gilpin William Sowry, in which he described the provinces of England.

Also by this time, the fashion for a portrait miniature had spread, which amateur artists began to dare to study using watercolor technique.

The best watercolorists of the world in the 18th and 19th centuries

The real flowering of watercolor, which turned it into the main and significant example of painting in England, occurred at the moment when two artists, Thomas Gertin and Joseph Turner, applied to this case their talented hands.

In 1804, thanks to Turner, an organization called the Society of Watercolorists was created.

Early work Gertin's landscape illustrations were traditional in relation to the English school, but gradually he was able to develop a much wider and more ambitious romantic direction of the landscape. Thomas began to use watercolor for a larger format.

The second best watercolorist in the world, Joseph Turner, became the youngest artist to receive the status He was able to create his own, and therefore the new kind landscape, through which he had the opportunity to reveal his memories and feelings. Thus, Turner managed to enrich the armada watercolor techniques.

To his big name Joseph is also indebted to the writer John Ruskin, who, through his writings, was able to proclaim Turner the most significant artist of his era.

Merit

The activities of the two geniuses described above influenced the vision of art by such figures as

• landscape painters David Cox and Richard Banington;
• world's best watercolorist-architect Samuel Prout;
• still life professionals Samuel Parter, William Hunt, Miles Foster, John Lewis and the girl Lucy Madox, as well as many others.

Watercolor in the United States

The heyday of watercolor in America falls on mid-nineteenth century, when the best watercolorists of the world, such as Thomas Roman, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins and William Richards, are the supporters of this type of painting.

1. Thomas Roman's role was to help create Yellowstone national park. At Cook's suggestion, Thomas agreed to participate in the geological research work going to the Yellowstone region. His drawings aroused great public interest, which led to the inclusion of the region in the list national treasures parks.
2. Winslow Homer was one of the founders American painting realism. Managed to create my own art school. According to most experts, he was one of the best landscape watercolorists in the world, who influenced the further (20th century) development of American painting.
3. Thomas Eakins was also involved in the emergence of realism in painting, along with Master Homer, mentioned above. The artist was fond of the mechanism of work human body, because the theme of nude and semi-nude figures in the work of Eakins occupied a leading place. Athletes were often depicted in his works, and even more precisely, rowers and wrestlers.
4. The skill of William Richards was expressed in a fairly accurate similarity of the work with the image of photographs. Gained fame in the status of a watercolor mountain landscape painter, and later a master of water paintings.

The best watercolorists of the world in France

The spread of watercolor art in France is associated with such names as Eugene Delacroix, Paul Delaroche, Henri Arpinier and the professional art satire Honore Daumier.

1. Eugene Delacroix - the head of the direction of romanticism in the painting of Europe. He was elected to the Paris City Council and awarded an honorary order. The first work that declared his name was the painting "The Massacre of Chios", depicting the horrors of the Greek war of independence. Naturalism reached such skill that critics accused his technique of even being too natural.

2. Paul Delaroche is a painter who is a representative and member of the academic movement. At 36, he was elected to the post of professor teaching at the school fine arts city ​​of Paris. The large-scale work of his whole life is the work "Semicircle", which contained 75 brilliant artists past tense.

3. Henri Arpinier is considered one of the best watercolors in the world of landscape in France at that time. In addition to depicting nature, he worked in a portrait style. In his work you can often see drawings of children.

4. Honore Daumier was not only an artist, but also a graphic artist, sculptor, and caricature specialist. Once, for the work of "Gargantua", the figure was sent to serve prison term. He gained fame thanks to cartoons on political, social and personal topics, depicting successful people France of his time.

Masters of watercolor in Russia

Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov, one of the best watercolor artists in the world, is considered to be the founder and discoverer of Russian watercolors. He was the progenitor of the domestic watercolor portrait, and was also among the academicians of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

The blood brothers of the Bryullov family were also famous for their talent. Karl was a watercolourist, representing the trends of classicism with romanticism, and his older brother Alexander was not only an artist, but also an architect, who owns many St. Petersburg projects.

In 1887, the World of Art organization was formed, consisting of Ivan Bilibin and the artist Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva.

In the same year, the association "Society of Russian Watercolorists" began to work, the first chairman of which was the above-mentioned Alexander Benois.

In the XX century, the range of domestic masters is growing. Some of the best watercolorists in the world from Russia are:

• Gerasimov Sergey;
• Zakharov Sergey;
• Tyrsa Nikolay;
• Vedernikov Alexander;
• Vereisky Georgy;
• Teterin Victor;
• Zubreeva Maria and many other talented figures.

present tense

At the present time, the watercolor technique has not lost its significance and its possibilities continue to reveal more and more new faces. Many people work on capricious and complex paint, below is a list of just some of the best watercolorists of our time.

1. Thomas Schaller is an American artist and architect. Regarding the watercolor, he admitted that he was in love with her for being able to express the unique voice of the artist. The thematic preferences of the best watercolorist in the world include architecture (urban landscape) and, of course, images of nature.

2. Thierry Duval is an Italian watercolorist who has his own technique for applying paint, which allows you to depict the details and the whole picture incredibly realistically.

3. Stanislav Zoladz - Polish artist specializing in hyperrealism. Creativity is interesting because the author excludes the presence of a person and only details (boats, houses on the horizon or abandoned buildings) remind of his existence.

4. Arush Votsmush - domestic watercolorist from Sevastopol. He calls his activity “pure drug of creativity”.

5. Anna Armona is an artist from Ukraine. Her works are very bold, as she is a lover of colors and uses them very expressively.

6. Pavel Dmokh is another watercolorist from Poland. Depicts a real urban landscape, combining shadows and light with interiors, exteriors and architecture.

7. Joseph Zbukvich is a famous Australian artist. He compares his favorite paint with a wild horse, which he will never be able to curb to the end. Closer to his heart are the themes of the sea, as well as the opposite - the urban landscape.

Below is a photo of the best watercolorist in the world with his work.

Imagine: he was able to create one of his incredible works with just one paint - instant coffee.

8. Mary White - American artist, one of the best portrait watercolors in the world. Her paintings show the most different personalities: the elderly, children, African Americans, women, workers and others.