Presumably, we all know that painting is a visual art, which is the effect and influence produced by people's visual senses, and objectively speaking, the figurative function and color expression function of oil painting are incomparable with other types of painting. So why are Western oil paintings so famous? Some people may not be convinced, so the next editor will tell you why Western oil painting is so famous.
Looking at the current Western oil painting, you will find that it is like a dazzling "star" from the European Renaissance to the present, it is no exaggeration to say that it is simply the "evergreen" of the world painting world, and it has to make people feel very magical.
Monet was one of the most prominent French painters of the late 19th century, and his impressionist style was particularly unique, which was appreciated and sought after by art lovers. In November 2012, his work "Lotus Pond" sold for £43.5 million at Sotheby's, a record for Monet's work.
Another famous foreign oil painter is the Dutch painter Van Gogh, whose impressionist style is loved by the world. His work The Starry Night sold for $92.5 million at Sotheby's in May 2015, the highest price ever paid for a Van Gogh work and the second highest price ever paid for any oil painting in the world. In addition to Impressionism, the representative painter of realism, Buiclin, also has a great influence on the contemporary art market. His work Woman in White sold for $56.34 million at Christie's in May 2015, making it one of the highest realist examples at the time.
In the attempt of T.n. Durand-Ruel, two outstanding French Impressionist painters, Renoir and Monet, are called the Persistents. Monet's Water Lilies, which sold for $51.1 million at Sotheby's in May 2019, and Renoir's The Vegetable Garden, which sold for $82.29 million at Sotheby's in January 2022, still holds an important place in today's market.
In short, the works of famous foreign oil painters have always been scarce and high-priced in the contemporary art market, which also reflects their artistic value and influence. These outstanding oil painters, both in terms of the quality of their works and the prices they sell for on the art market, prove that they are an indispensable and important part of contemporary art, both in terms of the quality of their works and the prices they sell for on the art market.