The Pastellists
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| - | + | '''The Pastellists''' was an organization of artists that formed in [[New York City|New York]] at the end of 1910 for the purpose of exhibiting artwork produced in the medium of [[pastel]]. The group was short lived, but filled a void in the art scene of the time. | |
| - | '''Pastel''' is an [[art medium]] in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered [[pigment]] and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation. | + | |
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| - | The noun "pastel" gives rise to: | + | |
| - | * another noun, for an artwork whose medium is pastels | + | |
| - | * a verb, meaning to produce an artwork with pastels | + | |
| - | * an adjective, meaning pale in color | + | |
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| - | ==Pastel art in art history== | + | |
| - | The pastel medium was first mentioned by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in 1495. | + | |
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| - | Artists such as Maurice Quentin de La Tour and Rosalba Carriera have been using pastels to create masterpieces as far back as 1703. | + | |
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| - | During the 18th century the medium became fashionable for [[portrait]] painting, sometimes in a mixed technique with [[gouache]]. | + | |
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| - | In the United States, initially pastels only had occasional use in portraiture. However in the late nineteenth century, pastel (like [[watercolor]]) became more popular. The Society of Painters in Pastel was founded in 1885. [[The Pastellists]], led by [[Leon Dabo]], organized in New York in 1910. | + | |
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| - | Pastels have become popular in modern art because of the medium's broad range of bright colors. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Caran d'Ache (company)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Chalk]] | + | |
| - | * [[Color theory]] | + | |
| - | * [[Drawing]] | + | |
| - | * [[The Pastellists]] | + | |
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The Pastellists was an organization of artists that formed in New York at the end of 1910 for the purpose of exhibiting artwork produced in the medium of pastel. The group was short lived, but filled a void in the art scene of the time.
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