Overpainted Photographs
The art of Gerhard Richter consists of using paint over photos. The end result looks abstract, expressive, and like something made in the Impressionism era.
Notes about the artist (from Gosee):
Gerhard Richter discovered the technique of painting on photographs by chance: whilst using photographs and newspaper clippings as a guideline for his oil paintings, he repeatedly dripped oil paints onto the photos by mistake. The resulting colour effects and the juxtaposition of the different media of photography and painting inspired him to intensely experiment with this unusual combination.
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Oct 04, 2009 // Published in Mixed-Media Painting Photography Uncategorized
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I find this art perfect if you paint all the photographs of yourself that you don’t like. Cover your face with a pink or yellow coat for example. Or people you don’t like, it could be like exorcize that situation or that people. And to turn it in art!
Love Richter, great you are bringing him to peoples attention. Think this body of work has more to do with Abstract Expressionism than Impressionism though.
You may also like work of Australian artist Julie Fragar, who also plays with photography versus painting: http://www.juliefragar.com/2002-01.htm