No matter what the image of a painting depicts the real secrets are in the brushstrokes. The brushstrokes give you an unique artist's view of the process of creation. The mark of the brush has it's own aesthetic. If you study the strokes you can enjoy a painting just on that level. Some old school painters whose brushstrokes are particularly helpful include: Velasquez, Manet, Rubens, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Cezanne and Matisse. It is like compiling a best movie list, it can go on and on and it changes depending on who puts the list together. Painters whose brushstrokes don't really help you understand them include Leonardo, Botticelli, sometimes Bonnard and Munch. It is always worth the effort to look into a painting to see the marks and how it was constructed.
These details are from recent paintings from Sibley Park.
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