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Street Painting, Another Way To Express Idea

2010 Sarasota Chalk Festival photo by Rod Millington

Street painting, also commonly known as pavement art, chalk art, sidewalk art, is the performance art of rendering artistic designs on pavement such as streets, sidewalks, and town squares with impermanent and semi-permanent materials.

Origin
Street painting has been recorded throughout Europe since the 16th century. Street Painters, a name these performance artists are most commonly called in the USA are historically called I Madonnari in Italy (singular form: madonnaro) because they recreated images of the Madonna. In England they are called Screevers and in Germany Strassenmaler.

The Italian I Madonnari were itinerant artists. Aware of festival and holy days in each province and town, they traveled to join in the festivities to make a living from observers who would throw coins if they approved of the artists work. For centuries I Madonnari were folk artists, reproducing simple images with crude materials such as tiles, coal and chalk until World War II disrupted their tradition and reduced their numbers.

From Pop Art to Abstract Art Painting

Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso

Vincent van Gogh




Jackson Pollock





Pablo Picasso

The World's Most Expensive Art

By Callum Asterman

Artists like Pollock, Picasso and Cezanne are some of those whose works are now worth millions.

Jackson Pollock's No 5 was a painting that was sold four years ago for a huge fee. Abstract works by Pollock are highly rated by lovers of expressionism so when this yellow and brown drizzle-like painting was valued so highly non-one was surprised.

What to Look for in a Selection of Paintings for Sale

By Matthew Burbles

If you've already decided to take the plunge and look through the selection of paintings for sale online, congratulations -- you're definitely in for quite a treat. However, many people getting started for the first time report feeling very overwhelmed at the thought of actually looking through the selection of paintings for sale to find something worthy of being on their wall.

The Art of Promotion, be Seen and Heard

By Nigel Mccarty

Creating a buzz for your artist.
As an artist you have many many things to do in order to get the world to take a look at you. In this media frenzy culture today you have to fight very hard to get the attention of the viewers. So here are a few tips in order for you to do these things effectively.