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One art school in Stockholm, Sweden, is one of its kind in teaching its students how to draw and paint realistically—like the old masters of Renaissance and the 18th and 19th century academies of Europe and Russia. Our Correspondent joins an art class to get a better picture.
Following the footprints of the old Masters, one fine art school in Stockholm, Sweden is dedicating itself to traditional, realistic drawing and painting.
"Atelier Stockholm—The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA)" is the first art school of its kind in Sweden and northern Europe.
The school is teaching that "beauty inspires beauty".
In line with traditional teaching methods, drawing, copying and croqueting form the foundation for the technical skills and the craftsmanship of painting.
Hans-Peter Szameit founded Atelier Stockholm with his wife, Sanna Tomac in 2006.
[Hans-Peter Szameit, Founder of Atelier Stockholm]:
"We were seeking this sort of training, in other words teaching how to draw and paint things the way they looked in nature, it were very difficult for us so when we finally found it and were trained, we decided to make it available; the knowledge that we gained to other people who might be like us, wanting this but unable to find it."
The two have traced the lineage of their teachers—like a family tree—descending back to the old masters and teachers of the13th century, including Leonardo Da Vinci.
Szameit says the training and study needed in portraying expressions in realistic drawing and painting has sadly not been available for many decades, because all schools now teach modernism instead.
[Hans-Peter Szameit, Founder of Atelier Stockholm]:
"State funded art schools, when you go to an art school, you don´t really learn how to draw and paint. It's more about self-expression, finding something original to say in a way things hasn't been done before, it's video installation, these sorts of things."
Atelier Stockholm teaches long-established techniques from the Renaissance and the 18th and 19th-century European and Russian academies.
The first step for students is to sharpen their eyes by trying to make perfect copies of images.
Once students have mastered the black and white and limited palette colors, they can move on to using a full palette of colors.
A second-year student from the Nederland is working towards an art career in illustration, games or movies.
[Second-Year Student, Netherlands]:
"They teach you to work with traditional media as charcoal, chalk, pencil, oil paint, and if you want you could apply those things to digital art as well—what you learn is just skills that you can apply in all areas, all media."
According to its founders, Atelier Stockholm is devoted to preserving, promoting and developing the traditional values and skills used before modernism.
Not by returning to the past, but by building on it.
NTD News, Stockholm, Sweden.
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@theLoneDarkHorse you are totally wrong. You have no idea what painting is about. It's not about making money or being famous. And they said : ''We are not returning to the past , we are building on it'' , which means they are , we are, doing something different. Not copying old masters, but obtaining knowledge,techniques and through them making our own art.
MrEzi0n 3 weeks ago
if eneyone went here they would never be famous because its all been done before if they cant think of new ways and methods they shouldnt do it at all (but make up ur own masterpeices and u two can oneday be a master) examples rolf harris, L.S lowry
theLoneDarkHorse 1 month ago
Finally, help in mastering the medium. Bravo!
youst9 2 months ago
Beautiful!!!
SunBeamsan 2 months ago