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 Painting Styles and Schools
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Through the ages different styles or schools of painting have developed. By studying and copying what these artists did and the techniques they developed, you can advance your own painting skills.

• Baroque

• Abstract Expressionism

• Cloisonnism

• Cubism

• Expressionism

• Fauvism

• Neo-Impressionism

• Op Art

• Pointillism

• Pop Art

• Primitive

• Surrealism

See also: Palettes of the Masters – Vincent van Gogh

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From Marion Boddy-Evans,
Your Guide to Painting.
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