Western Painting includes the art forms originated in European countries. Folk Art is the subtle and traditional art form that emerges out of a rural or country scene. It has a naïve enduring style that captures the simplicity and innocence of the places, people, or things. Western Folk Paintings, as the name suggests, depict the rich cultural grandeur of Europe and Americas. Western Folk Art has many fascinating features and can wondrously depict the rich colorful natural landscapes, green forests, and life at the local level. Renowned western artists, such as Goya, Picasso, and Rembrandt derived heavy inspirations from Western Folk Art. American Art is especially prolific and notable. Famous Mexican and American artists use many types of canvas or bases such as wood or handmade tiles, to display their talent. This article picks up the best wings of Western Folk Painting, American and Mexican.
Mexican Folk Paintings: Mexican Folk Art though western, is mingled with ancient Indian tribe culture and Spanish traditions. Every single region in Mexico has its own artistic side, handed down through ancestry. Some Mexican Folk Painting types are:
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Bark Painting: Also known as Papel Amate, Bark Painting originated from the Guerrero Mountains of Mexico. These paintings are specialty art works of skilled Nahua Indians.
Clay Paintings: Mexican Clay Folk Paintings are usually done with and on pottery, plaques, and clay masks. The themes here are varied, spanning from a general village life to their gala festivals and rituals.
Wood Paintings: Wood Paintings employ Pyrography techniques. For this purpose, handmade special tiles are hand painted, depicting the interesting lives and scenes of Mexican pueblos.
American Folk Paintings
American Folk Paintings are done on glazed surfaces and Masonite bases. 18th and 19th century American paintings richly depicted village life, simple homes, vast farmlands, animal portraits, and sketches of fruits, flowers, & plants. Many American artists also dabbled in painting Biblical scenes of holy churches and the inner peripheral wonders of a church. Some important features of American Folk Art Paintings are:
o Competence: Due to their simplicity, originality, and great visual appeal, American Folk Art forms, such as polychromed wood based paintings and sculptures done during the 18th century, became very popular in the 20th century and have managed to gain prominent space in many American art museums.
o Themes: They are centered on local life, mainly young Americans, wild nature, cultural sequences, and ancient churches.
o Quality Artists: Gifted artists such as Barbara Steele Thibodeaux have given new life and meaning to Contemporary American Folk Art. American Folk artists mostly depict rich American culture and places of interest. The scenery down Old South, Louisiana, grand biblical sketches, and the portraits of American people are captured effortlessly by the talented artists of the new American Folk Art generation.
Western Painting - Folk Art - The Cultural Pulse of Mexico and America
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