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Tree Art

Finally the time has come to post about the last tree I painted as a part of the contemporary art tree project I invented and already previously posted about several times.

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The last tree is one of the trees I like best not only because of the concept and colour but also because of what it represents - Pop Art - one of my favourite contemporary art styles. I'm sure Pop Art is one of the most known movements, so I'm not going to go much into the details about it. I can only say that what I like about it is its kitschiness and irony, connection to adverts, comic books and popular mass culture - all the very visual forms of expression!

I also thought it would make sense to put all the rest of the trees already mentioned before together in the same post. So here they come one by one:

Cubism tree from Out Of My Tree post:

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Art Nouveau tree from Art Nouveau Triumphs! post:

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Suprematism tree from Tree time post:

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Futurism tree from Trick or... Tree? post:

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Post-Impressionism tree from Has Anyone Seen A Tree Here?.. post:

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Dada tree from Art Nouveau Triumphs! post:


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Expressionism tree from Has Anyone Seen A Tree Here?.. post:

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Abstract Art tree from Out Of My Tree post:


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Impressionism tree from Trick or... Tree? post:

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Constructivism tree from Tree time post:

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Although I actually painted the trees a while ago I enjoyed the whole process very much as I learned really a huge deal about the mentioned (and not!) movements of contemporary art and I was quite pleased with the results. Definitely with time I discovered (also with some bloggers' help :)) some mistakes I made representing each style - so there are lessons learned and things to work on! I'm very curious about your thoughts and feedback about the trees. Which one is your favourite and which do you like least?

Trick or... Tree?

It is time for yet another 2 trees from my collection (I have only 3 left now... ;)). Today I have decided to go sort of more classic way - if one can call it classic of course. I just think the modern art movements I'm presenting today - and actually the trees themselves - are more conventional than those from the previous post. (Do let me know if you don't agree!)

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With the first tree I tried to portray a lot of movement, which is so characteristic of all the works of Futurism. One of the most interesting futuristic works I'd say is 'Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash' by Giacomo Balla. I think the work is very representative of the art movement itself.

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As for the second one - I guess many of you have guessed straight away - yes, this is good old Impressionism with all its amazing history, hundreds of genious paintings, colourful strokes and - well - impressions!

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I could add so many pictures of impressionists works here right now - but I think I would just limit myself to posting one of my absolutely favourite works of Impressionism - The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh:

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