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Automotive Art: Terms, Explanations, Glossary

August 2, 2016 By pete

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FOR THE BEGINNING AUTOMOTIVE ART COLLECTOR

Reading this won’t qualify you for a BFA, but you’ll know more than you knew before… and it will be very helpful to those looking to buy automotive art but don’t know a Giclee from a Gouache. Before embarking upon a trip to Monterey, save this article on your hand held! Wallace Wyss leads us through the maze.

By Wallace Wyss

Most people think “automotive art” and think of posters, the type they hand out at car shows with pretty girls sitting on the fender of a low rider ’55 Chevy. But automotive art is part of the art world in general, so I have volunteered this little glossary for a quick up-date on what you will see at the next concours selling fine art.

ABSTRACT Also called non-figurative painting, generally relies on colors, lines, and shapes instead of recognizable images or symbols for its compositional elements, hence not too popular in automotive art where we want to see something that looks like our favorite car. [Read more…] about Automotive Art: Terms, Explanations, Glossary

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