Symbols in paintings. Art purchase

Painting art has a long history which consists of a number of phases, significant movements. Symbolism is one of such movements that influenced greatly the further development of painting art. As the majority of other artistic movements, the beginning of the movement started as a reaction to the movements of Naturalism and Realism. We can see the features of Symbolism not in painting only, but also in literature where it represents an outgrowth into the darker and more gothic nature of Romanticism.

Symbolism in the painting is associated with several dissimilar groups of painters. Symbols in paintings used by multiple artists and sculptors are not necessarily universal, they are personally affected with the artist’s obscure and private references. The Symbolists regarded mythology and dream imagery as a visual language of the soul. The movement of symbolism in the painting greatly influenced current painters and painting art. There are a lot of pieces of work that feature the aspects typical to Symbolism movement.

Symbolists used indirect methods to capture more absolute truth. They used highly metaphorical and suggestive manner providing particular images or objects with symbolic meaning. The contemporary Art Nouveau movement and Les Nabis were greatly influenced by the Symbolist painters. Symbols in painting are found across centuries and cultures, and they can be found in today's works of art as well.

The movement had a significant influence on Modernism, there were Aestheticism – the closest counterpart to Symbolism in the English speaking countries. The Russian Symbolist movement initiated the careers of several major poets such as Alexander Blok, Andrei Bely, Marina Tsvetaeva. Romanian Symbolists were directly influenced by French poetry.

Th influence of symbolism can be seen in many early motion pictures staging, set designs, and imagery. In general, the movement of Symbolism had influence in music, theatre, prose fiction, and in the visual arts. Among the works by contemporary artists we can see the influence of the Symbolism movement as well.

Valeriy Klinkov is one of the painters whose works can be referred to Symbolism. There are also Surrealists and Abstract pieces in the painter's collection. If you are interested in contemporary art purchase visiting V.Klinkov gallery located at klinkov.com website you will find a lot of interesting works. The works are available for viewing and for sale as well.