Painting School (1871) is a painting on canvas with oil paints created by an Italian painter named Giacomo Favretto. He is well-known for genre paintings and the realism in his works. Painting School is an inside scene in a painting school with some students learning how to paint. It can be seen through many details in the painting, including people, lights, tools, and other things one will find in a painting class. The distinctive style of Giacomo is shown in the painting through his loose yet realistic style of painting.
Theme of the School of Painting should be analyzed in terms of celebration of artistic talents and the process of education and process of creation of the painting. Unlike other works where the accent is made on the process of creation of the painting, the author makes accent on the process and notes that creation of artwork is the outcome of the process of education and experience.
The gathering of students in the studio can be perceived as an eternal chain of artistic traditions, which were transferred from one generation to another. Every figure plays its part in the creation of atmosphere of cooperation and learning showing that the artist is educated by means of his/her experience.
One more possible way of interpretation of the painting may be related to perception of the scene as the symbol of the society where talented and experienced people unite with the aim of reaching the common goal, which shows that the society is educated with the help of cooperation and education.
Favretto pays special attention to the light in his paintings using bright and optimistic coloring of the work. The author draws the background in the animated way stressing the importance of small
Giacomo Favretto had a relatively brief career as a painter. He was born in a modest family and was particularly known for his genre painting and realism. "The School of Painting" is a well detailed and descriptive scene of the inside workings of a painting school. Five students are seen painting the model in front of them. The warm undertones of the paints used provide a cozy atmosphere. The yellow-brownish background is contracted with their stark black uniforms. This artwork shows the tradition of the celebrated art schools and the legacies of the prodigies. Even though the painters are concentrated on their individual canvases, there is an air of unity among them. This unity can be defined as the unity of brilliance and creativity.
