The Industrial Era: 1800-1900’s Canvas Oil Painting

Spain in the 1800s played an important part in the social, political, economic and cultural history of the world. The material and spiritual changes introduced into Spanish life were huge. You might say that the start of artistic development of many Spanish regions was initiated, especially pertaining to painting, in the 19th century where it reached an even higher level.

During this time well known artists of importance combined their work with artists who were not known, creating works of art that displayed illustrations of documentaries and of monumental occasions.

Many of the painting of this time reflect the Spanish landscapes that were filled with the development of industry. Artist’s interpretation sometimes portrayed the lifestyle of the modest folk or the pastoral picture of the surrounding civilizations. Most of the artists told a story of the time and happenings of the world around them.

In the industrial age, Spanish romanticism contributed its own semantic version, starting with the mythological and moving on to a flavor region, then from the technical to the religious. The mark that the Spanish romanticism left during the industrial age became a future reference point for many generations of painters.

At the same time, Spanish romanticism opened doors for painting in the form of realism as a documentary through direct observation of life, the paintings often times captured local manners and customs of the local people, many times creating burning questions of society and even contributing to and questioning a certain ideology that might be connected to the values of regional sentiments.

You will find very few Spanish paintings that show representations of machines alone in the 1800-1900’s, you are more likely to see machines that are used as part of the scenery where people are working or where it has been involved in an accident.

You will find that artists of the era where more likely to experiment color and light, following the traditions of the European impressionists.

The era of the 1800-1900’s was known as the industrial age which is shown in painting of artists by adding powerful machines into the landscaping. You will find pictures of steam engines and factories set in backgrounds of landscape. Factories of majestic industrial constructions with billowing smoke coming from the use of coal are often favorite scenes of the era. Iron bridges and railways, the first water mains and steam ships. The realist and romantic artists undertook painting maritime and fluvial ports, small businesses and factories, pickling factories and interiors of bodegas, as well as inventions of technology such as the dirigible or submarine, changing the way that artist had painted. Not to mention the painting that were filled with industrial catastrophes, the working conditions of women and children, riots, work-related accidents, and anything of realism.

Art in the industrial area had become a way reporting by the capturing true life incidents a putting them on canvas. Not only was it a way of recording history, but a way of capturing what was going on at that time.

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