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Contemporary artwork, created by La Cigogne, Named
D'après August Piepenhagen, Moonlight on The Lake and The Forest
Painting: timeless art…
One of the seven arts, painting is de facto reminiscent of the paintings exhibited in the most prestigious museums, like the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. However, it is a timeless form of art which has remarkably managed to span the ages, from before Jesus Christ to Prehistory, Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. If being a painter had nothing rewarding, today its democratization has made small shadow painters into protagonist artists of society. Oil painting, acrylic, watercolor, pastel or mixed media, painting captivates in all its forms.
Learn moreOil painting
Oil painting is a painting technique well known to artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. However, this technique dates back to the end of the Middle Ages, gradually replacing tempora, which then consisted of an emulsion of egg yolk and egg white as well as colored pigments.
Its consistency was quite close to oil paint although it was later preferred for reasons of practicality.
If oil paint is popular, it is because it is a noble, rich, brilliant and creamy paint, particularly pleasant to work with for the painter.
Learn moreThe artistic work of La Cigogne
Newly added works
Marines
![dapres-pieter-mulier-le-jeune-shipwreck-on-a-seastorm](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280532/280532_1.jpg)
![dapres-george-dimitriev-moonlight-sea](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280500/280500_1.jpg)
![dapres-carl-bille-seastorm-at-night-with-a-ship](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280442/280442_1.jpg)
![dapres-willem-van-de-velde-fishing-boat-and-ships-at-storm](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280440/280440_1.jpg)
![phare-et-navire-renverse-dans-une-tempete](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280408/280408_1.jpg)
![dapres-knud-baade-ship-in-the-moonlight](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280403/280403_1.jpg)
![dapres-edward-moran-fishing-boats-in-the-moonlight](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280401/280401_1.jpg)
![dapres-claude-joseph-vernet-shipwreck-in-a-storm](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280400/280400_1.jpg)
![dapres-knud-baade-boat-at-the-moon](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280344/280344_1.jpg)
![dapres-ludolf-backhuyzen-fishing-ships-in-a-seastorm](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280304/280304_1.jpg)
![dapres-willem-van-de-velde-ships-in-a-seastorm](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280303/280303_1.jpg)
![dapres-willem-van-de-velde-english-ships-in-a-seastorm](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280299/280299_1.jpg)
![dapres-knud-baade-moonlight-on-the-coast](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280298/280298_1.jpg)
![dapres-richard-brydge-ship-in-a-seastorm-on-the-coast](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/279692/279692_1.jpg)
Portraits
![dapres-rembrandt-jeune-chevalier-vagabond-en-armure](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280445/280445_1.jpg)
![dapres-un-ancien-maitre-portrait-de-giovan-francesco](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280441/280441_1.jpg)
![dapres-rembrandt-laitiere-dans-une-tenue-noble](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280438/280438_1.jpg)
![dapres-anthony-van-dyck-sir-kenelm-digby](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280418/280418_1.jpg)
![dapres-rembrandt-portrait-dun-archiviste](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280406/280406_1.jpg)
![dapres-rembrandt-dame-ronde-ornee-avec-une-robe](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280404/280404_1.jpg)
![inspire-de-rembrandt-old-military-in-armor-smoking-his-pipe](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280342/280342_1.jpg)
![dapres-anthony-van-dyck-homme-en-armure-noble](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280320/280320_1.jpg)
![portrait-dune-sainte](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280318/280318_1.jpg)
![portrait-dune-vieille-femme-ronde-avec-un-beret](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280317/280317_1.jpg)
![trogne-de-jeune-homme-en-armure-dapres-rembrandt](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280313/280313_1.jpg)
![dapres-govert-flinck-homme-orne-dun-chapeau-a-plume](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280305/280305_1.jpg)
![dapres-rembrandt-homme-noble-a-lamphora](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280302/280302_1.jpg)
![dapres-anthony-van-dyck-jeune-homme-en-armure-royale](https://en.artactif.com/data/works/small/280300/280300_1.jpg)