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Theme Guidelines

The theme of Salon Saint Louis 2021 is “Storytelling — American Regionalism” – think Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood; as well as the Luminist Style – think George Caleb Bingham and Henry Lewis. These 18th and 19th Century artists created stories of the rivers and the plains of the Midwest in their artwork.

Participants will interpret this theme creating their own stories with various techniques and styles of decorative painting such as: gilding, sign writing, illustration, ornamentation, grisaille, anamorphic, fresco, marble and wood imitation, trompe l’oeil, murals, distressing, glasswork and street art.

  • Painting by John Steuart Curry 1897-1946
    John Steuart Curry 1897-1946
  • American Gothic - 1930 by Grant Wood
    American Gothic by Grant Wood 1891-1942
  • Painting by George Caleb Bingham 1811-79
    George Caleb Bingham 1811-79
  • Painting by Thomas-Hart-Benton-1889-1975
    Thomas Hart Benton 1889-1975
  • Painting by Henry Lewis 1819-1904
    Henry Lewis 1819-1904
  • Achelous and Hercules by Benton 1947
    Achelous and Hercules by Thomas Hart Benton
 

Types of Decorative Techniques

 
  • Anamorphic
  • Calligraphy & Illumination
  • Chantourne
  • Clair-Obscur—Chiaroscuro
  • Distressing, Ageing & Patinas
  • Drawn & Painted lettering, Sign Writing,
    Painted Illustration
  • Fairground Art
  • Fresco Painting
  • Gilding & Embossing
  • Glasswork: acid etching, gilding & Painting
  • Grisaille
  • Grottesca
  • Large-scale Street Art
  • Marbling
  • Mural art
  • Painted furniture & Artifacts
  • Painted Ornament
  • Panel Art
  • Quadratura
  • Scenic work for theater & film
  • Trompe L’oeil (non-moving objects on
    real measurements)
  • Vellum and drapery techniques
  • Wood graining

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