Historical and Contemporary Artists

Historical Artists

• Dürer

Albercht Dürer is a famously  know as Dürer. He was a German painter, mathmatician and printmaker. He produced his work in various  was including engravings and water colours movements called "High Renaissamce".

This is one of Dürer's art pieces. It is called the 'Rhinoceros'.

It was produced in 1515 created out of wood-cutting and engraving with pen and ink. I find this particular  piece to be very intresting and almost abstract. I feel aspectts of the Rhino have been exaggerated to create such beauty.

Dürer's  'Rhinoceros' was based on a written  description, which is probably  why i thought it looked a bit abstract. This piece  of work was not an observational drawing and, Dürer never saw a rhino his self.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCrer%27s_Rhinoceros
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/a/albrecht_d%C3%BCrers_rhinoceros.aspx

• Hansken

Hasken is an elephant that various artists drew when she was around. The elephant  became famous in the early 17th century  in Europe. She toured many countries  and also performed circus tricks.

This picture has been produced by an anonymous  17th century artist showing Hansken performed tricks.

This is a wood engraving with an ink wash ontop. I fimd the detail to be extrodenary and I think it's  very effective  that the overal piece creates a creates a story of what Hansken did.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansken
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/r/rembrandt,_elephant.aspx


Contemporary Artists

• Si Scott 

Si Scott is a graphic  designer  from the UK. He say worked for various companies  and has also produced  his own projects along the side. This swan design is one of his masterpieces.

He has deaihned amd created a unique  style that is his own. The image of the swan is lovely. The illustration  grasps alot of detail  just by using abstract  swirls and shapes to create the animal.  The artists produced this using a fineliner and scanned  it into the computer  for further editing.

http://siscottstudio.com
http://www.typeforyou.org/2006/08/30/si-scott-interview/

• Dean Crouser

Dean Crouser is an artist who loves to paint his work loose and simple. He captures  beauty out of simplified scenes but adds his own style. His use of colour makes the paintings exciting. 

The painting of the Peacock is an excellent example of the exciting colours he uses and also shows  his style  clearly.

In the Peacock painting you can see he hasused long strockes with no fixed lines which shows  how free he is with painting. The spontaneous  lines, cokoures and marks create an exciting  piece.

http://www.crouserart.com
https://m.facebook.com/pages/Dean-Crouser-Fine-Art/135052649883384


From this visual  research, I can see that historical  artists using wood an engravings  to create their art where as, contemporary  artists use a winder range of materials.