Purpose:
- To become familiar with the history of watercolor;
- To become familiar with various watercolor artists throughout time;
- To make connections between watercolor purposes and techniques from long ago to its uses today.Centuries ago during prehistoric ages in a caves and Egyptian walls in tombs. China also, had printed watercolors on silk centuries ago, as well. Albrecht Duher was the first person to treat his watercolor work equal to all of his other artwork with different art materials like tempera and oil. He details his work amazingly with watercolor.
Title: The Little Owl
Date: 1508
Artist: Albrecht Duher
Anthony Van Dyck is a very noteworthy artist. He mainly used watercolor to paint landscapes, like the one below. His watercolor artwork is not very busy but it is very well balanced and says a lot about his style of art.
Title: Landscape
Date: 1632
Another noteworthy artist is Claude Lorraine. Starting off, he was asked to paint landscapes for monarchy and clergy. His paintings were typical pretty colorful and had a simple yet interesting point of few to them. He used many different techniques to create a great watercolor painting.
Title: Landscape with River
Date: 1640-1650
In the 1700’s, watercolor began to make a peak. Because water color was easy to carry around and pack, it was often used to plan a battle in this time period. Then, in the late 1700’s to early 1800’s, mainly upper class women, began to take up this style of art and teach themselves and other how to use it. These women were also tutored a lot so it was also used to teach children and teenagers.
In the 1970’s to 80’s, watercolor began to make a comeback. Often, students would become interested in the history of watercolor and began trying it for themselves or learn from others. After students became interested, museums began forming art galleries where there would be many different watercolor paintings. Today, there are still different types of watercolor paintings around like earth-friendly paints.
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