What is pen and ink?
Pen and ink is a traditional drawing technique using a dip style pen with India ink on paper. The fine tip on the old-fashioned pen is excellent for drawing varied lines and shading details. Some artists use a fountain pen with ink reservoir.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO PEN AND INK
Fernando Botero
Profile de Jeune Homme, 1992
Drawing / Watercolor
Pen and ink
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Dadamaino
Il movimento delle cose, 1994
Drawing / Watercolor
Pen and ink
EUR 8,350
Victor Vasarely
Face, 1970s
Drawing / Watercolor
Pen and ink
EUR 3,650
Yaacov Agam
Sketch #1b,
Drawing / Watercolor
Pen and ink
USD 1,300
Yaacov Agam
Sketch #1,
Drawing / Watercolor
Pen and ink
USD 1,300
Derogatory term that refers to some popular culture forms. It describes an art movement that began in Los Angeles in 1970s. Lowbrow relates to a person with little intellectual or taste interest.
In 1981 Patti Aster opened the first art gallery in East Village. She helped launch the careers of several various artists and musicians. It all started out as a small gallery, but began to gain popularity and pop up more frequently, and eventually making East Village the starting point for other art movements such as Neo-Expressionism and Street Art. The Gallery closed in 1985 due to loss of interest.
Hard Edge art is a style of abstract painting which became popular in the 1960s. It included areas of color differentiated by the use of crisp, sharp edges which are precisely painted with geometric precision. Jules Langster described the art as hard-edge painting.
