Symbolism in paintings of Valeriy Klinkov modern artist

As well as many other movements, symbolism emerged as a reaction to certain events and situations. In case of symbolism it was a reaction against two movements naturalism and realism. Opposed to these two movements, symbolism goal was not to depict ordinary reality, but to highlight spirituality and dreams. The symbolism art movement touched various areas, including visual arts, poetry, literature, psychology.

As for literature, the movement origin dates back to 1857 and Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) by Charles Baudelaire, who greatly admired and was influenced by the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Symbolism in paintings reveals dark side of Romanticism, however, symbolism Romanticism is static and hieratic.

Symbolism art movement combined different features such as psychology, linguistics, science, mystics, Platonic-inspired philosophy, etc. The great interest in occult doctrines was common to all the followers of the movement. The movement was opposed to positivist philosophy, social Darwinism, and it popularized such practices as hypnosis to find access to important realms of knowledge. Feeling and evocation prevailed over definition and fact.

The goal of the movement is to evoke subjective states of mind by visual means. This is the way the works of Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh were created. Such tendency to make stress on subjective and symbolic spread worldwide, however the movement primarily associated with France.

Color symbolism in art has different interpretation in various cultures. In some cases one and the same color is understood and interpreted oppositely. Colors also have their meanings and can have great influence on one's mood. Such knowledge of color meanings can be helpful when it goes about color symbolism in art. For example, green color cause mental and physical relax, yellow relieves depression, red increases heart rate, while blue color has quite opposite effect - it lowers blood pressure.

That's why not in vain they say that some painting has healing effect on the viewers. The works presented on this website are created by Valeriy Klinkov, psychiatrist and painter. Among the methods the painter applies in his practice are art-therapy and game-therapy and his own painting he characterizes as deep symbolism by the author. The painter is knowledgeable in color symbolism in art theme and his works reveal these skills. If you are interested in symbolism painting and want to obtain such work for your home collection, or you are just interested in viewing of the painting, you are welcome at Valeriy Klinkov online collection located on klinkov.com web site.