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impasto (ĭmpăs`tō, –pä`stō), thickly applied paint that projects from the picture surface. Such works as Childe Hassam's Allies Day (1917; National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.) and Hans Hoffman's abstraction In Upper Regions (1963; David N. Marks Coll.) exploit to advantage the vigorous effect inherent in impasto technique. impasto 1. paint applied thickly, so that brush and palette knife marks are evident 2. the technique of applying paint in this way impasto [im′pä·stō] (graphic arts) The thick, heavy application of oil paint to a canvas, often with a palette knife; impasto sections stand out in considerable relief. The thick application of polymer or other paint to any surface. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In el Salahi's enamel and oil painting, this interest in the sculptural is expressed through use of heavy impasto. It has often been observed that Merlin James's solo shows look like group shows, and this twenty-year survey proved the point, with a full range of painterly genres--seascape, landscape, portrait, erotic, interior, still life--on display, as well as variations in style ranging from dark impasto on misshapen, detritus-strewn canvases to smoother, Fauvish studies. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass . |
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