Cityscapes – NFT
$152.00
It is difficult to establish the beginning of the history of cityscapes, but some early works date back to ancient Rome. The 19th century brought the American cityscape painting with important figures such as Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Everett Shinn and George Bellows. The peak was reached with Ashcan School when American realist painters focused on painting everyday life in New York City. The avant-garde brought the varied vision of the cityscape, from the works of cubist painters such as Fernand Leger and Robert Delaunay, through works by painters from the School of Paris such as Matisse and Chagall to the paintings on the way to abstraction by Piet Mondrian. Even though cityscapes painting declined in popularity during the 20th century with the rise of abstraction and conceptual art, it inspired some abstract painters like Joan Mitchell and Willem de Kooning. Still, with the revival of figurative art towards the end of the 20th century, cityscape has experienced a renaissance through the works of the painters from the Bay Area Figurative Movement, hyperrealists and street photographers. So let’s take a look at the most impressive cityscapes artworks from the world of contemporary art.
It is difficult to establish the beginning of the history of cityscapes, but some early works date back to ancient Rome. The 19th century brought the American cityscape painting with important figures such as Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Everett Shinn and George Bellows. The peak was reached with Ashcan School when American realist painters focused on painting everyday life in New York City. The avant-garde brought the varied vision of the cityscape, from the works of cubist painters such as Fernand Leger and Robert Delaunay, through works by painters from the School of Paris such as Matisse and Chagall to the paintings on the way to abstraction by Piet Mondrian. Even though cityscapes painting declined in popularity during the 20th century with the rise of abstraction and conceptual art, it inspired some abstract painters like Joan Mitchell and Willem de Kooning. Still, with the revival of figurative art towards the end of the 20th century, cityscape has experienced a renaissance through the works of the painters from the Bay Area Figurative Movement, hyperrealists and street photographers. So let’s take a look at the most impressive cityscapes artworks from the world of contemporary art.
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