How Figurative Painting (almost) Died

Is Figurative Painting dead? Surely this expression is kind of excessive, maybe on purpose. I think that the best way to phrase it is to say that figuration in painting has been on life support since the second half of the twentieth century. How did this happen and is there hope for the future of figuration ?

The twentieth century was the age of excess in art, everything had to be extreme : extreme concept, extreme provocation, extreme innovation. Figurative painting was swept away and barely survived.

If figurative painting has a destiny for the future of art, it will build up slowly but surely. We’ll see what happens in the next decades but I know that figurative painting has a role to play, artists just have to claim their due.

What do you think ? Do you think that figurative painting will have a new Renaissance and become relevant again for the mainstream art world ? Do you think that it will stay a niche art form, reserved for a small number of enthusiast or do you think that it has the potential to become popular again, both for the elites and the general public ? Let me know in the comments section below.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:56 How figurative painting was rejected
02:14 Peindre avec son temps
05:36 The double Crisis of the 19th century
07:11 Why continue to paint ?
13:26 New Perspectives ?

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I am an artist living and working in France. I learned the techniques of the Atelier of the Nineteenth century and now I try to share some of my knowledge with the rest of the world, because I think that beauty still has an important role to play in artistic creation. I do mostly drawing and oil painting, and my goal is always to provide techniques, thoughts and explanations that can be useful to anyone, from beginners to more advanced artists.

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