paintings

     

Painting is the practice of applying color to a surface (support) such as, e.g. paper, canvas, woo, glass, lacquer or concrete. However, when used in an artistic sense, the term "painting" means the use of this activity in combination with drawing, composition and other aesthetic considerations in order to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner.

Trivia about paintings

  • Jan Vermeer, who made only about 40 of these in his life, gave 2 to a baker in exchange for credit
  • At an estate sale, Carl Rice spent $60 on 2 of these by Martin Johnson Heade; they later sold for over $1 million