What's your favorite painting/artist and why?

[*Magic_and_Silk*]

Another outstanding painting by Dali. This was a source of inspiration for one of my works of art.
I have added them both here....The painting by Dali is top. Mine is bottom.


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h133/A_warning/Dali2-1.jpg


Title of painting below is, "Death Comes". And, yes, there is a story behind the subject matter.


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h133/A_warning/Death_Comes__by_warningshot.jpg

[Enigma]

~ Man Ray ~

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[Kätzchen]

http://denise-r.smugmug.com/photos/256872037_8oEQA-O.jpg

I like the contrast of depth, tone and richness of color in Rivera's painting
and also the calla lillies (one of my favorite flowers).

[BestButchBoy]

http://imagecache.artistrising.com/artwork/lrg//1/167/1LSG000A.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.tqnyc.org/2006/NYC063370//edward_hopper04.jpg


Serene. You can almost hear and smell the sea.

[BestButchBoy]

Beautiful tonal painting!

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwhsqdt6yX1qa4s0qo1_500.png

[BestButchBoy]

Yet, another one of my favorite artists...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CijcaA9yq58/Sc1t0aWrl8I/AAAAAAAAB9M/nGFR6obAONc/s400/Seurat%3B+study+for+Bathers+Asnieres.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/portraiture/van_gogh/van_gogh_3.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EKrCNRSfOiY/0.jpg

[Kätzchen]

http://www.internetweekly.org/images/albert_aublet_morning.jpg

I like this portrait for these reasons: symbolism, metaphor, and a particular realism that I find enchanting.

(i.e., the swans- mating rituals, mating for life as partners - mating concepts in general; the River - the plethora of social constuction pertaining to a myriad ideas - intentional use or metaphorical use; au natural beauty - the element behind living simply, authentically, dimensional applications; the tree and its leaves - for structural purpose; root ideas, anchoring principles.)

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.bestpriceart.com/vault/cgfa_hopper16.jpg


For me, Hopper is a master of light.

[Apocalipstic]

Ted Williams

http://www.tedwilliamsaviationart.com/os/catalog/product_thumb.php?img=images/twaa_panam%20poster_2.jpg&w=200&h=280

[Apocalipstic]

http://www.hoanglongart.com/images/picture/monet003_1_.jpg

I love the Impressionists and paintings of Monet's pond are fabulous. The colors calm me.

[BestButchBoy]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3456153913_5289f6ac60.jpg


Great whimsy combined with simplicity of expression.

[jenny]

My favorite is a Deacon Trust piece of an angel in the woods. Now, that sounds pretty and innocuous, but Deacon Trust is an Outsider artist, and the angel looks pretty much like a Power Puff girl with crazy eyes and a blue dress with a white stain on it (which earned her the middle name "Monica")... I love her because she's so completely unexpected and I smile every time I look at her.

Oh, and did I mention there's glitter in the painting? How can you not love fine art that includes glitter???

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/abyss.jpg

[weatherboi]

i have been exploring the museum of bad art.


http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll7/image01.jpg

[turasultana]

I've always loved Franz Kline

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/k/kline/new_york_ny.jpg

[weatherboi]

Acquired from the trash in Boston.


http://www.museumofbadart.org/images/p-pop-portrait-1-lucy.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/01_Lisa.jpg


"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
~Michelangelo

[cresnt]

http://www.treehugger.com/mark-langan-art.jpg

Mark Langan is an artist whose medium is the cardboard boxes tossed by his neighbors. The corrugated edges create a surprisingly intriguing texture and flow the pieces. Very cool.
Browsing through everyone's choices of images, I'm struck by your choices. Great assembly of form and texture. Love also the found object piece. Great eye.

[Zora77]

http://www.heidi-holleis.com/files/u/heidi_holleis/illus/Hannah_hoech.gif

http://arliquido.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/hannah%20hoch.jpg

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set?.out=jpg&id=iqBnQ2MY3xG5U8uo4g6Alw&size=l

http://elissa.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hoch1.jpg

[Galahad]

http://www.sadievaleri.com/work_01.html


Another great live female artist.

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/02_lyndacopy.jpg


"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."
~Cezanne

[Abigail Crabby]

My first love has always been Impressionism
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/Spojax/stary-night.jpg

But I enjoy art in all it's forms

I'm especially loving the Mark Langan posted earlier in this thread.

I am drawn to Jackson Pollock - I feel like I can see into his head thru his paintings.

http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/jackson-pollock-me.jpg



I adore Ruebens

http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rubens/rubens49.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5tPgogCF0lU/SyKE5IaoqiI/AAAAAAAABpY/G4MxGkdQayI/s400/Georgia+O%27Keefe.jpg

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
-Aristotle

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/Picassoesque.jpg

“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”
~G. K. Chesterton

[Outlaw]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2314812003_8719950b84.jpg

Jean-Leon Gerome (French, 1824-1904)
Pygmalion and Galeta
Oil on Canvas, 35 x 27 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York

From Ovid's Metamorphoses, X, in which Pygmalion, a sculptor fell in love with an ivory statue he had carved.

"Pygmalion made offerings to Venus and made a wish. "I sincerely wished the ivory sculpture will be changed to a real woman." However, he couldn’t bring himself to express it. When he returned home, Cupid sent by Venus kissed the ivory sculpture on the hand. At that time, it was changed to a beautiful woman. A ring was put on Galatea's finger. It was Cupid’s ring which made love achieved. Venus granted his wish."

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/Untitled_port-1.jpg

always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
e. e. cummings

[Tucker]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/lovecausessuicide/DSC_0394.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/lovecausessuicide/4350639584_8115abff3e.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/lovecausessuicide/DSC_0394.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/lovecausessuicide/4350639584_8115abff3e.jpg


Lovely work! Like!

[Julie]

Leda and The Swan * Greek Mythology...
My Dad was a avid art collector and growing up, we always had Leda and The Swan in her many forms in our house. My friends would ask, why are there paintings of a woman having sex with a swan? There would begin the story (told hundreds of times by my dad) of Leda and The Swan (Zeus) and their love story.

This is probably one of my favorite renditions... Paul Prosper Tillier

http://www.kabsyn.com/Mythfiles/LedaTillier.jpeg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.life.illinois.edu/ib/335/poppy.jpg



“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

-Georgia O’Keefe, 1887-1986

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/05_Woman_with_flwrs_lowrez.jpg

"A picture is a poem without words."
~Horace

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/lightfig2.jpg

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
~Plato

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/torsodraw.jpg


"She stands before you naked you can see it, you can taste it, and she comes to you light as the breeze."
~Leonard Cohen

[BestButchBoy]

http://blog.pangoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/les-noces-de-pierrette_pablo-picasso_49point3mil_msp1.jpg]
Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 - ‘les noces de Pierrette’ - La Période Bleue.

Plutôt hypnotiser et intense dans le ton et la sensation, oui?

[JAGG]

My Fav. artist goes by the name Miss Maddie. She has been drawing still life, ocean scenes, flowers etc. free hand for about 5 years now. At times she'll paint her masterpeices , or use chalk, it varies with her mood. Her self-portraits are a speciality. Her work is not for sale. But you can trade it for candy or a kiss.

[BestButchBoy]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZfSiy2A9mow/S0ZS5R_MBCI/AAAAAAAACOk/87KvUkuaD-4/s400/a_painting_by_Zhaoming_Wu.jpg

Visceral meets femininity meets sensual meets ...

[Sparkle]

If I had the resources I would own paintings and murano glass sculptures by Shan Shan Sheng

http://www.shanshansheng.com

[Sparkle]

another favourite, Chris Ofilli

http://gu.com/p/2ea7g

i had the extraordinary good fortune to see his exhibit at the venice biennale in 2003 & to meet him.
one of my most treasured possessions is the drawing he did, for me, in my exhibition catalog.

[BestButchBoy]

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2003/01/21/hockney1.jpg

I am a fan of David Hockney. I particularly favor his photography, however, he has many paintings that I admire. If you are not familiar with his work, check it out. Interesting artist with a very interesting point of view. Unafraid to explore and exploit possibilities.

[Jet]

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture3-3.png

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture2-11.png

[dixie]

Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger

I just love all of his work...


http://www.hrgiger.com/images/spell1_40.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.sapergalleries.com/PicassoSelfPortrait1896.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/03_sleepingnude1.jpg

“You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her”

[BullRider_Dillon]

My favorite artist is the Swede Carl Larsson (May 28, 1853 – January 22, 1919).I am always fascinated with his work because he painted so many pictures of his wife and children.His obvious love of "familijen or The Family" is evident and well respected by myself because that is how marriage should be.The devotion and love of his family radiates in all he has produced.

As a cowboy I am not very cultured but I love nature and animals and see art in almost everything e.g.,an old pair of cowboy boots,the bull elk I was fortunate enough to see in the woods near my farm (he was within 5 yards of me)and my Holstein bull who has perfect confirmation.

When my bull Thor urinates and then steps back and curls his lips back and uses his Jacobson gland (that all bovines have on the roof of their mouths)to taste his testosterone level,it is almost the most beautiful art work I have ever witnessed.
Dillon

p.s.I also love the Haka dance that the New Zealand all blacks perform before every Rugby match.Pure art...

[Gemme]

p.s.I also love the Haka dance that the New Zealand all blacks perform before every Rugby match.Pure art...

Do you mean the Maoris?

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/ModFig.jpg

"Pictures must not be too picturesque."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/drapednude_1.jpg

"Believe it or not, I can actually draw."
::: Jean Michel Basquiat :::

[EnderD_503]

My favorite artist is the Swede Carl Larsson (May 28, 1853 – January 22, 1919).I am always fascinated with his work because he painted so many pictures of his wife and children.His obvious love of "familijen or The Family" is evident and well respected by myself because that is how marriage should be.The devotion and love of his family radiates in all he has produced.

As a cowboy I am not very cultured but I love nature and animals and see art in almost everything e.g.,an old pair of cowboy boots,the bull elk I was fortunate enough to see in the woods near my farm (he was within 5 yards of me)and my Holstein bull who has perfect confirmation.

When my bull Thor urinates and then steps back and curls his lips back and uses his Jacobson gland (that all bovines have on the roof of their mouths)to taste his testosterone level,it is almost the most beautiful art work I have ever witnessed.
Dillon

p.s.I also love the Haka dance that the New Zealand all blacks perform before every Rugby match.Pure art...

I really like Carl Larsson's work as well, but not so much for his family portraits as well as portraits of every day life, but for his paintings related to Norse mythology and the Germanic Heathen past. One of his painting's I've long been a fan of is his rendition of a Yule celebration/sacrifice (Midvinterblót) at the temple in Uppsala.

http://anaulin.org/wordpress/wp-content/carllarsson_midvinterblot.gif

There is also one representing Þrymsviða where Thor and Loki are dressed in women's clothing in order to retrieve Thor's hammer from Þrym.

http://media.nowpublic.net/images//9c/1/9c16b82cee105a836dcb2475a973cd9a.jpg

Some other favourites (not Larsson, obviously):

One of my favourite statues called The Dying Gaul

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/greek/10_97_5_70.jpg

http://www.artvehicle.com/content/images/41/russian-linesman-the-dying-gaul.jpg

And:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~islwgw/Scandinavia/runestoneSweden743.jpg

http://www.travelblog.org/pix/shim.gif

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/313113165_bc9beb04dd.jpg

http://www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk/illustrations/sutton_hoo_helm_rider_small.gif

http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kids/images/sutton_helm_warriors.gif

Have to agree with you on the All Blacks' Haka, as well. For those who aren't rugby fans, the New Zealand All Blacks perform a traditional Maori war dance (the Haka) before every match.

tdMCAV6Yd0Y

P.S. Kudos for naming your bull Thor :D

[Leader]

Have to agree with you on the All Blacks' Haka, as well. For those who aren't rugby fans, the New Zealand All Blacks perform a traditional Maori war dance (the Haka) before every match.

tdMCAV6Yd0Y



I played rugby for a team years ago and we had a Maori coach. He taught us the Haka and we did it before every game. Performing the haka is truly an amazing thing to experience. You feel the energy. It was a ritual that put us in that primal headspace and helped focus and deliver intensity on the field. I loved it. Thanks for sharing the AB video.

[Mitmo01]

I love Tribal art, Growing up in Hawaii I got the chance to see on a daily basis the beauty and strength that lies in tribal culture from the Hula to petroglyphs on still eurupting volcanos like Kilauea....the Haka and the tradition of the dance is phenomenal and powerful...I would love to experience it firsthand someday.

[Mitmo01]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ahulii_%28Feather_Cape%29%2C_Hawaiian_Islands%2C_l ate_18th%E2%80%93early_19th_century%2C_Iwi_and_oo_ feathers%2C_olona%2C_fiber%2C_netting.jpg

[Mitmo01]

http://www.thecityreview.com/s00tribs1.gif

[Bootsandheels]

This is by my dear friend Jess Jones in Portland, OR and she is an amazing emerging artist. I am blessed to own this piece called "Pyre", based on the Hafiz poem below....I hope you enjoy! Can anyone help me get this pic posted on here? Not sure if this will work...sigh...suggestions? Thanks!



Love is
The funeral pyre
Where I have laid my living body.

All the false notions of myself
That once caused fear, pain,

Have turned to ash
As I neared God.

What has risen
From the tangled web of thought and sinew

Now shines with jubilation
Through the eyes of angels

And screams from the guts of
Infinite existence
Itself.

Love is the funeral pyre
Where the heart must lay
Its body.


[IMG]http://file:///C:/Users/computer/Pictures/2010-09-19/001.JPG

[dark_crystal]

just spent a week in Paris museum crawling...made many discoveries that i will share over the coming daysm starting with Kupka..

http://www.studio-international.co.uk/studio-images/eye_music/Kupka_b.jpg

[Sparkle]

i'm a huge experiential art and sculpture fan

Olafur Eliasson

Probably most famous in the States for his recent 'Waterfalls' in New York....
but he's been incredibly prolific in the past decade - having major exhibitions at Tate Modern, SF MoMA, The Venice Biennalle, The Serpentine Gallery, MoMA etc.

This was one of my favourites
'The Weather Project' at the Tate Modern in London

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/10/13/eliasson460.jpg

http://www.urban75.org/photos/london/images/lon547.jpg

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=olafur+eliasson+%27the+weather+project%27&wrapid=tlif12853501079652&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1020&bih=542

http://www.olafureliasson.net/works/the_weather_project.html

[Enchantress]

Gustav Klimt.

His paintings elicit a feeling of rich, ethereal sensuality. Dreamy if you will.

For your viewing pleasure.

yjOLhR04K28

[BestButchBoy]

i'm a huge experiential art and sculpture fan

Olafur Eliasson

Probably most famous in the States for his recent 'Waterfalls' in New York....


I saw the Waterfalls exhibit via the S.S. Manhattan yacht. Very cool exhibit and sailing around Manhattan is always a great way to spend an afternoon.

Did you come here to see it?

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.arthistoryguide.com/images/214.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.moistworks.com/images/art_hopper_painting.jpg

[dark_crystal]

http://www.insecula.com/PhotosNew/00/00/05/35/ME0000053536_3.JPG

[dark_crystal]

http://www.arthistoryguide.com/images/214.jpg

LOVE MIRO! and he grabs at my heart for how he painted from hunger hallucinations. Most people would think that is a good enough excuse NOT to paint

http://www.moistworks.com/images/art_hopper_painting.jpg

Hopper FTeternalW

i'm a huge experiential art and sculpture fan

Olafur Eliasson

Probably most famous in the States for his recent 'Waterfalls' in New York....
but he's been incredibly prolific in the past decade - having major exhibitions at Tate Modern, SF MoMA, The Venice Biennalle, The Serpentine Gallery, MoMA etc.


OH! Speaking of "sculpture in the expanded field" ;)
i saw this on Thursday!

http://www.videoartworld.com/beta/video_66.html

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.judithgrassi.co.uk/media/poppy.gif

[dark_crystal]

http://www.judithgrassi.co.uk/media/poppy.gif

mmm. sumptuous. velvety.
mmm

[dark_crystal]

Nymph with a Scorpion - Lorenzo Bartolini (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nymph_with_a_Scorpion_(Hermitage))

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bartolini-Nymph_with_a_Scorpion-0degrees.jpg/120px-Bartolini-Nymph_with_a_Scorpion-0degrees.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bartolini-Nymph_with_a_Scorpion-300degrees.jpg/120px-Bartolini-Nymph_with_a_Scorpion-300degrees.jpg

this piece was just breathtaking in person, and i love the bemused serenity in her face, despite having just been stung!

[BestButchBoy]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3490257620_d9075e9c7a.jpg

[dark_crystal]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3490257620_d9075e9c7a.jpg

the New York series are my fave o'keefes!

[dark_crystal]

http://img.over-blog.com/354x500/0/41/70/57/BEAUBOURG/Beaubourg-Sylvie-Fleury-Mondrian-1615.jpg

i saw this piece (http://archeologue.over-blog.com/article-sylvie-sylvie-fleury-un-mondrian-a-fourrure-exposition-elles-a-beaubourg-47513072-comments.html) at the Centre Pompidou on Thursday and i thought it was cool enough to photograph it, but now that i am googling her i see that this is not even the tip of one crystal on the tip of her iceberg! OMG

[katsarecool]

I am rather fond of artists who were called Impressionists. I am also an artist and an art lover! Good topic btw

[BestButchBoy]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uuIarcA33Q/SyEW-4Eq4kI/AAAAAAAAAr0/naRLe7FMQIw/s400/Wassily-Kandinsky-Accent-in-Pink-.jpg

"The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals."
~john hartford

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.artbeat123.com/marymac/OKeeffenSteiglitz/okeeffe_night.jpg

[dark_crystal]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uuIarcA33Q/SyEW-4Eq4kI/AAAAAAAAAr0/naRLe7FMQIw/s400/Wassily-Kandinsky-Accent-in-Pink-.jpg

"The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals."
~john hartford

i got so drunk on Kandinsky at the D'Orsay!! They have a TON

[Gemme]

http://www.artbeat123.com/marymac/OKeeffenSteiglitz/okeeffe_night.jpg

Simple, but it really speaks to me. Thanks for posting!

[weatherboi]

Gender Variant Artist


http://www.twizart.com/images/09_72dpi.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3456972778_35c1f85001.jpg

Joie de vivre

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.listedartistsgallery.com/images/paul_cezanne_the_bathers_1900-1905_oil__london_4tbq.jpg

[Sparkle]

Pablo Ruiz Blasco & Picasso

'Femme nue allongee'

http://www.bluetravelguide.com/photosBTG/00/00/05/48/ME0000054861_3.JPG

[dark_crystal]

Clotho, by Camille Claudel

http://www.rodin-web.org/claudel/bio/pix/clotho.jpg

[dark_crystal]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3456972778_35c1f85001.jpg

Joie de vivre


i love this! it seems simple but i imagine myself touching MY nose to THAT nose and i can totally feel the cold moist velvetiness!

[BestButchBoy]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcfQTb3MMxw/SuzgaoUkdfI/AAAAAAAAJWE/sZtlF80EWXY/s400/Tamara+de+Lempicka2.jpg

[Jess]

Couple of favs...

Aggie Zed
http://www.aggiezed.com/index.htm


http://www.aggiezed.com/images/dogmanside.jpg


Lora Beldon
http://www.lorabeldon.com/bio/

Rebby Sharp
http://www.rebbysharp.com/gallery.html

[Jess]

another fav..

Marina Abramovic

YouTube - Marina Abramovic 'Art must be beautiful', 'Artist must be beautiful'



and everyone who works on the Declaration for Human Rights project

YouTube - Stories on Human Rights trailer.

[dark_crystal]

Couple of favs...

Aggie Zed
http://www.aggiezed.com/index.htm

Lora Beldon
http://www.lorabeldon.com/bio/

Rebby Sharp
http://www.rebbysharp.com/gallery.html

Aggie Zed:
just a sidenote- it heartens me that she has been successful and yet does not have the MFA degree....it was drilled very firmly into my class that no gallerist would even LOOK at our slides unless we went on to graduate school

[dark_crystal]

Portable War Memorial

http://www.kunstonline.dk/indhold/pics/pop_classics_3.jpg

[squeak]

http://graememitchell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/goya_2.jpg
One of my favorite paintings, which I desperately want as a print in my future dining room. Francisco Goya, "Saturn Devouring His Son."

http://www.jeanleongerome.org/110870/Duel-After-a-Masquerade-Ball-large.jpg
Most Jean-Leon Gerome paintings do it for me, even though he was a bit of a jerk. But this one, "Duel After a Masquerade Ball" cracks me up. So... serious... yet, so many clowns. The original and the sketch were displayed at the Getty (http://www.getty.edu/) recently - amazing!

And yes, I do like Dali. I also really dislike cubism, abstract and impressionism.

xosqueak

[SassyLeo]

I love David Hockney...I fell in love with him when I visited MOMA in NYC about 20 years ago...

http://premierartscene.com/typo3temp/pics/3378bc97bf.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/15/arts/18kino_600.jpg

[Cyclopea]

Very sad to find out that one of my fave surrealist/absurdist media artists "Shaye St. John"/Eric Fournier died this year. The creator's identity was never revealed during his lifetime. He was the lead singer for Blood Farmers.

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R.I.P. Shaye.
:vigil:

[BestButchBoy]

http://mindofsjb.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/joan-miro-the-garden2.jpg

Whimsy meets surrealism.

[dark_crystal]

been in love with Carherine Opie since 1993!

http://www.theslideprojector.com/images/1990s/opie/oliverinatutu.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.daydaypaint.com/images/Portraits/Marilyn-Monroe-Painting-05.jpg

"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one."
~Marilyn Monroe

[Miss Scarlett]

http://www.artbeat123.com/marymac/OKeeffenSteiglitz/okeeffe_night.jpg

I love O'Keeffe's views of the city. A lot of folks have no idea she did these and are only familiar with her flowers and southwestern work.

[Miss Scarlett]

http://img.over-blog.com/354x500/0/41/70/57/BEAUBOURG/Beaubourg-Sylvie-Fleury-Mondrian-1615.jpg

i saw this piece (http://archeologue.over-blog.com/article-sylvie-sylvie-fleury-un-mondrian-a-fourrure-exposition-elles-a-beaubourg-47513072-comments.html) at the Centre Pompidou on Thursday and i thought it was cool enough to photograph it, but now that i am googling her i see that this is not even the tip of one crystal on the tip of her iceberg! OMG

Totally cool - a furry Mondrian!

[Jet]

Jonathan Yeo.
The collage of Bush is made from clippings from porn magazines.


http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture24-2.png
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture25-1.png
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture27-1.png
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture23-1.png

[Glenn]

Louise Nevelson because she made amazing works of art from scraps off the streets of New York.

[Diva]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh77/chichis426/Paintings/FridaPainting.jpg

Frida Kahlo

[Sparkle]

Andrew Wyeth

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cJylF7fwaQ4KdM:http://www.artnet.com/Images/magazine/features/kuspit/kuspit10-06-05-19.jpg&t=1

[BestButchBoy]

http://towleroad.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c730253ef0133ed3f7227970b-800wi

PICASSO PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN MY ART APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE BEEN INTRIGUED BY HIM AND HIS WORK SINCE I WAS A YOUNGSTER. HIS
INFLUENCE ON THE ART WORLD, AND ME, IS SIGNIFICANT AND POWERFUL.

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.bible-topten.com/images/EVE-Adam__Eve_Tamara_de_Lempicka.jpg


I typically stay clear of ecclesiastical art, well, ecclesiastical anything, really.
This piece just sums it up [for me!]: Beware of the girl with the luscious apple.

[BestButchBoy]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2063021233_8fd19adcf3.jpg

Am I not zee most handsome one?

Monsieur Pudell.

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.galeriedada.com/img_big/Hock7.jpg

You may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
You may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!

~Talking Heads

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/files/vangogh2-feature.jpg

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
~Vincent Van Gogh

[BestButchBoy]

A must see!

http://www.monet2010.com/en#/home/

[Miss Scarlett]

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/files/vangogh2-feature.jpg

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
~Vincent Van Gogh

Beautiful! "Avenue of Poplars at Sunset" one of my favorite of his pre-Impressionist works. Another is his "Autumn Landscape at Dusk."

[BestButchBoy]

http://incognitas.ghotihosted.com/Olga-Picasso.jpg

Picasso was born 25 October 1881.

[Miss Scarlett]

http://incognitas.ghotihosted.com/Olga-Picasso.jpg

Picasso was born 25 October 1881.

Beautiful! I have always been in awe of his ability to capture her lightness and grace. Step back and just take her in - you can see her dancing.

[katsarecool]

http://incognitas.ghotihosted.com/Olga-Picasso.jpg

Picasso was born 25 October 1881.
I am not find of Picasso but this is stunning. I have always loved impressionist artists the best.

[Sparkle]

A must see!

http://www.monet2010.com/en#/home/

One of the *best* exhibition websites I've ever seen.
I love all of the interactive pieces!

Thank you for sharing.

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.nyss.com/paint1/0030.jpg

“People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.”
~Claude Monet

[katsarecool]

A must see!

http://www.monet2010.com/en#/home/
Thank you for the link!!!

[BestButchBoy]

Thank you for the link!!!

You are most welcome. It is a stunning website! I hope you enjoyed it.

[Miss Scarlett]

http://www.nyss.com/paint1/0030.jpg

“People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.”
~Claude Monet

Lovely! I love Monet's Argenteuil works and that his studio there was on a boat.

[dark_crystal]

neither are my favorite OK FINE I <3 LISA FRANK

http://images.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/40/371/154/1403711542.jpg

but has anyone ever heard her acknowledge her debt to Peter Max?

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MnLr_ur1BRg/SyhZQBu4JMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/SJhpWoY0VyE/s640/PeterMax.jpg

[Miss Scarlett]

neither are my favorite OK FINE I <3 LISA FRANK

http://images.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/40/371/154/1403711542.jpg

but has anyone ever heard her acknowledge her debt to Peter Max?

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MnLr_ur1BRg/SyhZQBu4JMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/SJhpWoY0VyE/s640/PeterMax.jpg

I was not aware of this but when you see her work next to his it makes sense.

[Diva]

Georgia O'Keefe ~ Poppies, 1928

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae154/deyeofbeautyl/Art/Georgia%20O%20Keefe/poppies1928okeefe.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.getoilpaintings.com/image/diego-rivera/diego-rivera-painting-0001.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.galaide.org/old_weblog/image/hopper_540.jpg

[Gemme]

http://www.galaide.org/old_weblog/image/hopper_540.jpg

Is she wearing WHITE shoes with a blue dress? Is it after Labor Day?

These are the weird things that pop into my mind when I see work like this. :blink:

[little_ms_sunshyne]

My favorite artist hands down is Diego Rivera. I like too many of his paintings to pick one. I love them for the rich colors and cultural representation! He is fantastic!!!

[naturlover_52]

the First is Vincent Vangough
and the second Is Georgia O'Keeffe

anything by Georgia
and Starry Starry night and Irises by Vin....V.

[dale2555]

For years I adored El Greco. The way he painted eyes and hands still amazes me. And that he placed himself in virtually all, if not all, group paintings is very funny to me.

Still love his work, but a number of years ago I came across a painting titled, Rosa LaRue A Montagne by Toulouse-Lautrec. Before then, I'd only known of his dance hall girls and advertisements. Rosa is totally different. I was drawn to the painting when I first saw her while browsing online, and was so surprised to find that he is the painter. I knew I had to see this painting in person and was delightfully surprised that she was a train ride away in Lower Merion, Pa. - The Barnes Foundation. Off I went, found her in room #22, and spent at least an hour looking at her from every possible angle. I also wrote about her - "Contemplating Rosa". And of course, I have a print.

If anyone is interested in seeing this particular painting, the Foundation is moving to Center City Philadelphia. Sad in a way, because the Lower Merion location is a one of a kind; but good in a way because she will be a hands throw from me. Renoir, Matisse, Rembrandt, Rousseau, Modigliani, and more are also part of the Barnes collection.

[dale2555]

Is she wearing WHITE shoes with a blue dress? Is it after Labor Day?

These are the weird things that pop into my mind when I see work like this. :blink:


Hahahahahahaha.... I can hear Kathleen Turner now saying almost the same thing in John Water's film "Serial Mom" right before she murdered the woman because she was wearing white shoes(Patty Hearst) before "the season". :superfunny::clap::popcorn:

[BestButchBoy]

My favorite artist hands down is Diego Rivera. I like too many of his paintings to pick one. I love them for the rich colors and cultural representation! He is fantastic!!!


I am a fan of Diego Rivera as well.

[BestButchBoy]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3464423752_fee2ff3c54.jpg


This, to me, epitomizes joy. I simply love dogs.

[Miss Scarlett]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3464423752_fee2ff3c54.jpg


This, to me, epitomizes joy. I simply love dogs.

Fabulous!

I love Hopper and Rivera too.

Are you familiar witih Mark A Durham? I have a copy of "The Purrmeistress" in my office.

http://www.markdurhamstudio.com/

Am also a big fan of the surrealists - one favorite is Pierre Roy's "Danger on the Stairs."

[BestButchBoy]

Fabulous!

I love Hopper and Rivera too.

Are you familiar witih Mark A Durham? I have a copy of "The Purrmeistress" in my office.

http://www.markdurhamstudio.com/

Am also a big fan of the surrealists - one favorite is Pierre Roy's "Danger on the Stairs."

Ah, you dig snakes and such? Not my thing, but, I can appreciate the work.

Durham's pop art. A kitty with a crown! Thanks for the link.

Glad you like Joe Brown's work too!

[BestButchBoy]

http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/21/2113/IYHED00Z.jpg

[Miss Scarlett]

Ah, you dig snakes and such? Not my thing, but, I can appreciate the work.

Durham's pop art. A kitty with a crown! Thanks for the link.

Glad you like Joe Brown's work too!

Not a fan of snakes - reptiles are creepy and icky! I just loved the suprise of a snake on the stairs. Kind of an Addams Family thing.

Speaking of the Addams Family...I loved the portrait they had of the Giraffe (at the top of the stairs in their living room) intrigued me as a child and sparked my interest/love of the surreal.

My Mom is responsible for my art education. She was an artist (as am I) and there were loads of books in our house. If we were traveling, she made sure we visited museums. She encouraged me and my brothers to nurture our inner artist and express ourselves in our favourite media. I had 4 years of art in high school and adored every second. But like her parents (who forbade her to study art in college - "You can't eat art!" - is what they told her), she did not encourage us to pursue a career in the arts.

It was from her many books that I discovered Pieter Brueghel the Younger. What amazing works! Fascinating...I have spent hours searching some of his work. There is so much going on.

[BestButchBoy]

Kind of an Addams Family thing.

Speaking of the Addams Family...I loved the portrait they had of the Giraffe (at the top of the stairs in their living room) intrigued me as a child and sparked my interest/love of the surreal.



The Addams Family. Now, you're speaking a language I understand.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t5hiEMMeUYo/Rx5xmfdbFGI/AAAAAAAAArY/lTLNvvxgZfc/s320/gallery+terror+giraffe.jpg

[Gemme]

http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/21/2113/IYHED00Z.jpg

Is it wrong of me that the mismatched nails and lips bother me? Other than that, I like it.

[Miss Scarlett]

The Addams Family. Now, you're speaking a language I understand.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t5hiEMMeUYo/Rx5xmfdbFGI/AAAAAAAAArY/lTLNvvxgZfc/s320/gallery+terror+giraffe.jpg

Yes! I love this! Thank you!

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/LWR.jpg

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.
~Marcia Wallace

[weatherboi]

http://www.molif.com/wp-uploads/2008/04/imgp_carl_warner.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

View classic pin-up nudes and other sexy highlights from Alberto Vargas’ artwork, in honor of his retrospective at the SFAE:

http://www.sfae.com/index.php?action=gallery&status=show_artist&ID=3

Gallery:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2278/1/?redirectURL=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-06/alberto-vargas-classic-pin-up-nudes/

[Miss Scarlett]

View classic pin-up nudes and other sexy highlights from Alberto Vargas’ artwork, in honor of his retrospective at the SFAE:

http://www.sfae.com/index.php?action=gallery&status=show_artist&ID=3

Gallery:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2278/1/?redirectURL=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-06/alberto-vargas-classic-pin-up-nudes/

I absolutely adore Vargas! In my teen years I would daydream about being a Vargas Girl. My progressive mother recognized that my oldest brother would be interested in Playboy, etc., so she let him know which magazines were welcome in her house. Everyone read them - sometimes Mom and I would discuss articles, etc.

In his novel "The Stepford Wives," Ira Levin included a character, Ike Mazzard, based on Vargas. He would draw portraits of the women before they were "Stepfordized" and then the new, improved version was an "Ike Mazzard girl."

[DomnNC]

Lee Roberson - he is an artist in the Smoky Mountains. I have quite a few of his works hanging in my house, even a few unframed ones as well. His work speaks to me as I'm a great fan of the Smokies and a lil town called Townsend, TN. It's a great refuge for me and his paintings are typical of the area landscape. I have the one below hanging over my bed.

http://www.smokymtnmall.com/images/winterscenerysmokymountains.jpg

I also an a fan of Jim Booth. He's a Charleston, SC artist. I have several pieces of his work as well hanging in my house. One of my favorites is the one of the old Cooper River Bridges in Charleston, SC before their demolition.

http://www.pressomatic.com/jimboothartgallery/upload/The-Bridges.jpg

[Miss Scarlett]

Lee Roberson - he is an artist in the Smoky Mountains. I have quite a few of his works hanging in my house, even a few unframed ones as well. His work speaks to me as I'm a great fan of the Smokies and a lil town called Townsend, TN. It's a great refuge for me and his paintings are typical of the area landscape. I have the one below hanging over my bed.

http://www.smokymtnmall.com/images/winterscenerysmokymountains.jpg

I also an a fan of Jim Booth. He's a Charleston, SC artist. I have several pieces of his work as well hanging in my house. One of my favorites is the one of the old Cooper River Bridges in Charleston, SC before their demolition.

http://www.pressomatic.com/jimboothartgallery/upload/The-Bridges.jpg



Absolutely beautiful! I love the bridges too - the images have a haunting feeling to them as they vanish into the misty horizon.

[Chancie]

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Woman%20with%20Black%20Feather%20Boa%20Henri%20de% 20Toulouse%20Lautrec.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NlXLy36jo0g/S9CECH3_NHI/AAAAAAAADhI/ADagPfLf1pc/s1600/01picasso-in-the-metself-portrait-yo1900.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3477392295_57616713ed.jpg

Joe Brown

[Diva]

Diego Rivera (hubby of Frida)

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/ampulido20/diego.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a464/BestButchBoy/R.jpg

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." -Pablo Picasso

[Passionaria]

I have a love of Art de Odalisque. I put together this Youtube video, as way to caress unattainable longings....

:rose:Pashi

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[Jet]

My favorite rendering of Jesus. The Laughing Christ

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Jesus-laughing3-1.jpg

[katsarecool]

I have a guestion for art lovers here especially the lovers of Impressionist artists. I remember the teacher in art class showing us a painting that I just loved. And I have been looking for it for years on the internet. I believe it was either an Italian or a Spanard that painted it.

It shows a scene with St. Francis of Assis; a very detailed painting of him with animals. One can almost see the individual eyelashes on the subjects that is how detailed it is. I thought it was El Greco or Velaquez but have not see anything like that in their works.

Anyone have any idea?

[Sparkle]

I have a guestion for art lovers here especially the lovers of Impressionist artists. I remember the teacher in art class showing us a painting that I just loved. And I have been looking for it for years on the internet. I believe it was either an Italian or a Spanard that painted it.

It shows a scene with St. Francis of Assis; a very detailed painting of him with animals. One can almost see the individual eyelashes on the subjects that is how detailed it is. I thought it was El Greco or Velaquez but have not see anything like that in their works.

Anyone have any idea?

Oh there are so many images of St. Francis...

any of these? http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1232&bih=673&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=st+francis+of+assisi+paintings&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&gs_rfai=

From the description you provide it sounds like an Italian Renaissance painting, rather an Impressionist. But that is just a guess.

One of my favourites of Francis is Caravaggio's 'St. Francis in Ecstasy'

http://www.backtoclassics.com/images/pics/caravaggio/caravaggio_stfrancisinecstasy.jpg

I <3 Caravaggio!

[katsarecool]

More memories of the painting. It was set outdoors with lots of trees. I checked out the link you provided (thank you very much) and it was not there. I HAVE to find it. LOL

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/Braque_Large_Nude_1907-8.jpg

“Truth exists; only lies are invented.”
~Georges Braque

[BestButchBoy]

http://www.pool.org.au/files/imagecache/full_size/image/audio/AK/kandinsky.jpg

There is no must in art because art is free.
~Wassily Kandinsky

[StillettoDoll]

Charles Rohlfs 1853-1936. He was a American furniture maker. I love gothic furniture and I find his style very gothic , He did some furniture for buckingham place. Would love to have anything of Rohlfs for my bedroom

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http://www.bechs.org/exhibits/esenwein_johnson/art_nouveau/rohlfs/interior1.jpg

[BestButchBoy]

http://worldsworsttourist.com/Painting%20in%20Italy/Painting_Italy/image041.jpg

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sarg/hd_sarg.htm

[dark_crystal]

i just found my program from AMOA's "New Art in Austin: 15 to Watch, February 26- May 22, 2011" and remembered how mush I loved Debra Broz (http://www.debrabroz.com/):
http://www.debrabroz.com/feeding%201.jpg

[deb_U_taunt]

One person's trash is another person's art:

http://www.nemomatic.com/nemomatic/portfolio.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_Gould


I love people who can think, feel and see outside the box.

[dark_crystal]

One person's trash is another person's art:

http://www.nemomatic.com/nemomatic/portfolio.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_Gould

I love people who can think, feel and see outside the box.



OOOO good catch, Debby! Here's a trash-to-treasure out-of-the-box jeweler that turned up on my twitter feed:

http://homemade-speed.com/

[Violette]

Wow! What a great lot of art lovers you are! I have enjoyed the posts and the wide variety of art represented.
Several years ago I went to a traveling MOMA exhibit that came to Houston. There were many famous paintings including Starry Night by Van Gogh. I had seen the painting many times in books and frankly wasn't a huge Van Gogh fan. But as I stood in front if it, you could see every single brush stroke and suddenly I felt overwhelmed with emotion. It was like I was standing there watching him paint it and you could feel the raw power, love, pain and desire for perfection all in one moment. I actually started to tear up right there in the museum. I have never felt that way about a piece of art before or since, and feel it was one of those rare moments in life when your soul is truly touched by something.

I felt very similarly when I saw Il Davide (I actually saw all three, but I am speaking of the one in the Accademia). Standing in front of it was very moving. There is a reason it is such an art cliche.

Wow, love this thread! So many artists came to mind, here's only a few:

Caravaggio: for his dramatic use of chiaroscuro
Munch: well, b/c, who hasn't felt like that guy in The Scream?
Michelangelo, Bernini, Rodin: I think sculpture is magical (Come on now, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa--amazing!)
O'Keeffe: she was just pretty damn cool. Strong. Brilliant.
Kahlo: one of my absolute favorites. Her work touches me deeply.
My kid: I am biased, but I think she is brilliant!


Oh, I haven't even gotten to the photographers. And don't get me started on dancers...

[Tommi]

The stunning reality in his work..

Frederic Remington * (http://www.fredericremington.org/page.php?p=85&s=3)

http://www.artbronze.com/images/broncho_slider.jpg
Sculptures

History
Frederic Remington (1861-1909) cast 22 different subjects. The first foundry with which he worked was the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company in New York. Four different sculptures were cast in bronze, starting in 1895, using the sand-casting method. They were The Broncho Buster, The Wounded Bunkie, The Wicked Pony, and The Scalp. In 1900 Remington began working exclusively with the Roman Bronze Works, New York. They produced his bronzes using the lost-wax bronze casting process until his death in 1909. Remington's widow, Eva, authorized the foundry to continue casting Remington's bronzes, until her death in 1918. By direction of Eva Remington's will, the foundry destroyed the molds shortly after her death

[deb_U_taunt]

OOOO good catch, Debby! Here's a trash-to-treasure out-of-the-box jeweler that turned up on my twitter feed:

http://homemade-speed.com/

This is some fun stuff :)

[dark_crystal]

I felt very similarly when I saw Il Davide (I actually saw all three, but I am speaking of the one in the Accademia). Standing in front of it was very moving. There is a reason it is such an art cliche.

Il Davide as photographed illegally from inside my purse

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215797_10150167278888965_795828964_6742138_6465090 _n.jpg

[deb_U_taunt]

I love sculputure and Marco Cochrane is a favorite:
http://www.marcocochrane.com/

http://news.cnet.com/i/tim/2010/09/15/BlissDanceBlue.png

[kannon]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Kiefer.jpg

[kannon]

http://artinvestment.ru/content/download/news/20081005_joseph_beyus_in_the_usa.jpg

http://db-artmag.com/cms/upload/56/onview/instanbul/05_K19870398.jpg

[deb_U_taunt]

Dale Chihuly - love the bright colors and the way the light bounces.

http://www.chihuly.com/Data/Sites/2/PhotoDetail/Ekta_Chihuly_B.jpg

[Violette]

Dale Chihuly - love the bright colors and the way the light bounces.

http://www.chihuly.com/Data/Sites/2/PhotoDetail/Ekta_Chihuly_B.jpg



oh, yes! Chihuly. Love Chihuly!!



art gets me really excited

[deb_U_taunt]

oh, yes! Chihuly. Love Chihuly!!



art gets me really excited

I see art in most everything. I put my partner is brain overload sometimes. lol

[dark_crystal]

I am reading this right now:

http://www.woostercollective.com/cover_fo_trespass_1006042243_id_345295-thumb.jpg

And it is amazing. What does everyone else think of (i love it) graffiti?

[deb_U_taunt]

I am reading this right now:

http://www.woostercollective.com/cover_fo_trespass_1006042243_id_345295-thumb.jpg

And it is amazing. What does everyone else think of (i love it) graffiti?

I love some graffiti. Not tagging. My back fence gets gang tagged all the time. Wish they would paint the good stuff.

[deb_U_taunt]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-_OMl505-tM/SwsxYALhaxI/AAAAAAAADsc/BmBmcIjoEDA/s320/Fremont_Troll_3_OTIS.JPG

I love the troll under the Fremont Bridge in Seattle.

[T4Texas]

Doug West's seriagraphs

http://www.dougwestart.com/gallery/thumb/the_callingth.jpg

[DoReMiFemme]

I happened upon this late last year and it took my breath away.

The premise is that the artist, Marina Abramovic, becomes the art. Living, breathing, reflective. She sits in a chair, either in front of a table or not, and those viewing her exhibit have the opportunity to sit across from her. She is stoic, silent, reflective.

I think what moved me most about this piece was the people who sat across from her. Some cried, some smiled. Their faces so were so open, so honest.

I have to stop and think of how I would feel in such a situation, or how she felt. To have locked eyes with so many people, to have shared their secrets without a word! Gah! I think the concept is so beautiful.

Here are a couple portraits that I fancied:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4562991067_ae5e9c9ebe_m.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/4575302472_fc7f48f4ae_m.jpg

And the artist herself (isn't she beautiful?):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/4575307072_4478072923_m.jpg

Here's a link to the flickr feed with portraits, as well as a link to the MoMA site.

Flickr. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themuseumofmodernart/sets/72157623741486824/with/4575307072/)

MoMa: The Artist Is Present (http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/marinaabramovic/)

[Rivkeh]

I LOVE the work of Mark Ryden, for technique and for subject matter

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_thZYaOl96DI/TB9_Eyox1oI/AAAAAAAAAz4/x4qXDcGMWjA/s1600/mark_ryden2.jpg

[musicman]

I love Trish Romance work. The winter scenes, the time frames of 1800/ early 1900. The old houses, huge fire places, horse and carriages. A much more simpler time.

http://clickart.homestead.com/tr.html

[dark_crystal]

I might be in love with Howard Fister('s ghost)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/ParadiseGardens.jpg

[T4Texas]

John Baeder, photorealist painter of diners and the American Roadside

http://www.johnbaeder.com/2005/images/2005-Olympia-Diner.jpg

[Sachita]

I love RC Gorman. His soft colors, paintings of native american women.

[Rockinonahigh]

Recently I was shoping at the goodwill store bear by,I didnt really need anything but I often go just to brouse the place,As I was checking out the store I passed a large mirror with somethng behind it,I kept walking but I had he nagging feeling I should go back and see what was behing the morror..so I did.What I found was a hand painted water color of a native american woman rideing a paint horse draging a travios.It was a winter pic cause she was wraped in a colorful blanket with desert mountains in the back ground,it was well mounted and framed..I have no Idea who JC Madden is but the work is really good.

[gotoseagrl]

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/296/3/256/embed/graphic-1.jpg

John Sloan The Cot, 1907

[Softly]

Gustav Klimt

I have The Tree of Life in my living room.

http://64.19.142.13/imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/26/2665/IO3UD00Z/posters/Gustav-KlimtThe-Tree-of-Life.jpg

[weatherboi]

http://www.queer-arts.org/archive/show3/jones/11.jpg

[dark_crystal]

Margaret Keane
http://www.keane-eyes.com/anewwebpage2.jpg

[Rockinonahigh]

AS I posted earler I bought a watercolor that was signed by jCMadden,well ive been doing some checking up on this picture,seems like jCMadden has works that have been soled in several art auctions..if the signature is really hers my $7.95 watercolor will be worth a fair amount of $$.Her history is amazeing she was born of slaves and ended up a millionair liveing in NYC,her family had a buisness of hair products for black men and women,she was born in Louisiana and passed in 1919 at age 58.I am still doing some reserch and have been in contact by email with the last auction house that sold a watercolor of hers that is very simular to the one I have.I dont know if it will pan out cause im not that lucky, but one can dream.Since she passed in 1919 there is no telling how old this picture is.

[Sparkle]

Rest In Peace Lucian Freud

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/07/21/arts/design/Lucianfreudss.html

[Rivkeh]

Hyper-Realistic sculptor Ron Mueck

http://insomni-art.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ron-mueck-4.jpg

[imperfect_cupcake]

I have a deep love of various Japanese artists and prints of landscapes. Most of them from about the 1700's but a few contemporary ones. I also love Tibetian, javanese, balinese and Indian (more so southern India) art.

western paintings can be cool and I have a few favourites but they just don't move me as much.

[dark_crystal]

Hyper-Realistic sculptor Ron Mueck


You would think a lot of the impact comes from the scale but NOOOO:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/ron-mueck-sculpture4.jpg


http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/ron-mueck-sculpture7.jpg

Thanks for sharing this, Rivkeh!

[dark_crystal]

Rest In Peace Lucian Freud


likelikelike:

http://blog.raileurope.com/wp-content/uploads/Lucian-Freud-Reflection-with-two-Children-Self-Portrait-1965-300x306.jpg

[dark_crystal]

I have a deep love of various Japanese artists and prints of landscapes. Most of them from about the 1700's but a few contemporary ones. I also love Tibetian, javanese, balinese and Indian (more so southern India) art.

western paintings can be cool and I have a few favourites but they just don't move me as much.

my favorite non-western artworks are the paintings of the indigenous ppl of Australia

http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/aboriginalpainting/amata.php?type=10&local=18#

[Greco]

aOaBy-Weu6w


a painter's painter RIP Lucien Freud

[NJFemmie]

NJFemmie, Do you have the name of the Cloud Balloon artist or a link to where you found it? I have been looking for it for some time now.


vladimir kush

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZpBRFi3VrELSb_zt389Q8n033A_qOE 5VGUZGj0oQY6vu0FzDp3g

http://www.reprogramacion.com/upload/vladimir-kush.jpg

http://www.paragonfineart.com/images/kush/sunrise-by-the-ocean.jpg

[Kätzchen]

http://www.leftyrodriguez.com/images/20101209220253_img_1520-edit-2-1.jpg

Blowing glass is an intricate process and I once saw an exhibit of his at the Bellagio in Las Vegas (couldn't find the photos I took of it, but found this one online). Dave Chihuly is a fabulous artist! I love the rich depth of colors he uses when he creates glass works of art.

[Kätzchen]

http://img.artknowledgenews.com/files2009a/Murakami_Tan_Tan_Bo_Puking.jpg

Takashi Murakami - as an artist and his genre - is new to me: I came across his acrylic painting while browsing the Guggenheim Museum website. I love the futuristic theme of this peice of art and the bright colors - it feels freeing to me.

[Kätzchen]

http://img.artknowledgenews.com/files/repin.jpg

Ilya Repin's oil painting of Barge Haulers on the Volga is beautiful to me. I know nothing about him at all (will do a bit of research on him when I get the time), but this painting spoke to me in ways that touched my heart deeply. I felt the struggle, hardship, and desolate atmosphere that this painting seemed to convey through the illustrative framwork evoked in this painting.

[Kätzchen]

http://www.globalgraphica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i-heart-u-you-maurizio-cattelan-photo-art-artwork-guggenheim-museum-2011-ny-mag-new-york1.jpg

The indexicality and iconicity expressed in this multi-mixed media presentation of art work, is amazing to me! The doubling of entendre's - the many messages one could possibly get from this work of art, seems to me, provocative by nature: it's mesmerizing, soothing and yet provokes and invokes specialized ways in which humans communicate what's on our mind. I love the semotic visualization process this peice of work evokes for those who appreciate this type of art.

[chai~]

I do adore Gustav Klimt, the shapes, colors.
Some of the women muses looking so haughty and bitchy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/ashera1/JudithGustavKlimt.jpg

Others, completely ethereal~

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/ashera1/GustavKlimtVeritasdetail.jpg

I would love to do "The Tree of Life" on an entire bedroom wall. Minus the people on either end!

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/Viscountess_Social_Butterfly/Gustav%20Klimt/tree_of_life.jpg

And I want to paint "Starry Night" on an upright piano.....just the sky and moon part!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/ashera1/starry_night.jpg
great thread~

[Hollylane]

My friend, photographer Andrew Kaiser. Because in my opinion, he truly sees all that is beautiful in women...

Unfortunately, I can not show many here, because they are mostly works of art that are nudes. But Google him and you'll find much better examples of what I am talking about. He is incredible.

http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/entertainment/spew-blog/2011/04/Sunday-is-Worldwide-Pinhole-Photography-Day/uploads/blogs/27066-banner-ArtsPinholePhotoDay4-625.jpg


http://media.allnegative.com/artwork/andrew1_jpg_745x1500_q85.jpg



https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421324_2239816694232_1812482381_1454418_1468514548 _n.jpg


This is one of me, taken in September 2011...Not my favorite, but he loves it.



https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Kgg-HAnILKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/CZdkHvQu2nw/photo.jpg


The artist himself...

[barnes]

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x360/barnesthestud/art%20for%20share%202012%20feb/corneille1.jpg

not my favorite but an awesome artist !

[WomenMoveMe]

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967)...American Painter

He is best known for his work "Nighthawks". The effective use of light and shadow to create mood is central to Hopper’s method and has been compared to the cinematography of film noir. I find the 'starkness' of it appealing.

Most of Hopper's figure paintings focus on the subtle interaction of human beings with their environment...carried out with solo figures, couples, or groups. His primary emotional themes are solitude, loneliness, regret, boredom, and resignation. He expresses the emotions in various environments, including the office, in public places, in apartments, on the road, or on vacation. As if he were creating stills for a movie or tableaux in a play, Hopper positioned his characters as if they were captured just before or just after the climax of a scene.

"Nighthawks"
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb464/ladams402/nighthwk.jpg

"Morning Sun"
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb464/ladams402/morningsun.jpg

[barnes]

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x360/barnesthestud/new%20art%20to%20share%20with%20others/paul-klee-sinbad-the-sailor.jpg

Paul Klee is an amazing artist and extremely prolific !

[Kätzchen]

http://artstyleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/butterfly-ship.jpg

http://www.artcentergallery.com/gallery/vladimir-kush/vk2006b-morningblossum.jpg

http://www.spiritofspider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Art-Fantasy-Fantastic-Illusion-Magic-Painting-Surrealism-.jpeg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yRQ1YydGYKU/ShQCO5v48yI/AAAAAAAAAqg/n5CjVEQr0AU/s400/vladimir-kush-01.jpg

[LaneyDoll]

I purchased a copy of this, not long after it was released. I was a teenager. I still have it. Currently it is not hanging up but I plan to frame it and hang it in my room at some point in the future-when I find my new comforter set etc...



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OHX9B86MTPs/TaTPRNKY_8I/AAAAAAAAAsI/6VcgwisQwng/s1600/Ty+Wilson+the+date.jpg

[LaneyDoll]

http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/3/75/836/75836361_large_72374858_1300712673_39421587_promen ade.jpg

[Kätzchen]

http://faculty.jscc.edu/cnorman/1020Tests%20study%20guides/images/Botticelli%20Birth%20of%20Venus_JPG.jpg

[Kätzchen]

http://img.artknowledgenews.com/files2010july/Leonardo-da-Vinci-Virgin-and-Child.jpg

[Kätzchen]

http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fc7e178/turbine/ct-mov-0601-mr-imagination-obit-20120531-001/600

I met him by complete accident, years ago, when my son was training on a base in N. Carolina for a special assignment. My love for bottle caps and making works of art from them were largely inspired by Mr. Imagination. He was a wonderful person and he recently passed away earlier this year in May.

[Kätzchen]

http://artbygayleanita.com/pb/wp_c1a32b08/images/img119564a68a0d24a1ad.jpg

I came across Gayle Anita one day while browsing the web for mosaic art. << LINK (http://artbygayleanita.com/pb/wp_e849422d/wp_e849422d.html) >>


I am totally drawn to this art form; possibly because of item connections to sustainable forms of reclaiming items that are broken or neglected or even the idea that this particular art form is semiotic by nature in capturing abstract shapes, thoughts, ideas or any type of process (we could say) and utilizes that type of intersection where a beautiful collision melds into something entirely beautiful.

I like this particular piece of hers in that even though she titled this work of art: a Crawdad. To me, it reminds me of lobsters... or any ocean or river animal whose makeup includes a shelled body. I like how the Coors can interrupts the flow of dynamics and calls attention to the ways in which humans have thoughtlessly polluted the seas, oceans, rivers (water resources in general). In addition, I also like the cherish how she borrows conceptually the idea of indexicality and iconicity: The dangling of hook and bait in the water. :)

From what I gather from her website, she's a west coast native and her own profession took her to the east coast and where she practices her craft is unknown to me but I she possesses a gift for mosaic art form.

[Kätzchen]

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/reverse-graffiti21.jpg

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/reverse-graffiti-durban.jpg

I came across a web page while surfing for architectural design and in the case of a band of students from South Africa, they create art by cleaning the surface of structures - known as, Reverse Graffiti.

http://inhabitat.com/reverse-graffiti-south-african-artists-tag-walls-by-scrubbing-them-clean/

[ahk]

I love art.
All kinds.
Music. Dance. Paint. Photograph.
Crayon. Tile. Graffiti. Song.

2 women that I studied well in college a few semesters ago -- who I absolutely fell hard for in their work. I thought powerful, deep, connected, pissed off, soft, and burned.

Catherine Opie (http://www.interalia.org.pl/en/artykuly/2010_5/07_female_st_sebastian_parallel_lines_in_the_radic al_lesbian_art_of_gina_pane.htm)

&

Ana Mendieta (http://www.moca.org/pc/viewArtWork.php?id=87)

[LadyRieinAL]

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5639/2020/1600/fashiopnplace.ru23.jpg

Magical Realist
One of my favorite

[LadyRieinAL]

http://www.artbrokerage.com/artthumb/boulanger_19240_2/850x600/Graciela_Rodo_Boulanger_Journee_a_la_Campagne.jpg

In 1979 UNICEF designated her as their official artist for her “Year of the Child” poster.

She has created an abundance of children's art and this girl loves to collect them

[LadyRieinAL]

http://img2.ranker.com/list_img/18183/118183/full/joan-mir-art-and-work-by-this-artist.jpg?version=1349274263000

[Bleu]

http://www.dogstuff.com/bmz_cache/d/ddee7d5f80f4bc114f5b2581a7ef3b04.image.350x350.jpg
http://imgc.artprintimages.com/images/art-print/andrew-wyeth-christina-s-world-1948_i-G-7-783-ML9I000Z.jpg
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/28/7f/79d192c008a01d89c2903010._AA240_.L.jpg

Etherial, sepia, deep yet bathed with light. I like Wyeth for his eye for the grey in a grey day that is so rarely captured by art yet is so often what the eye truly sees.

[lusciouskiwi]

I'll be back! Have some wonderful NZ artists to share :)

[ahk]

another I enjoy (http://www.michelleyqueenofqueens.com/). <-- clicky.

[MarquisdeShey]

Frida Khalo - self portraits - she was an incredible artist and woman. Her colors and style gives me so much to think about and love.

[Darbonaire]

Renoir's "Wave".....I was fortunate enough to view it years ago in LA....amazing....absolutely amazing !

http://www.encore-editions.com/pierre-auguste-renoir-french-impressionist-painting-the-wave-1879-approximate-original-size-25x39

[Miss Scarlett]

Renoir's "Wave".....I was fortunate enough to view it years ago in LA....amazing....absolutely amazing !

http://www.encore-editions.com/pierre-auguste-renoir-french-impressionist-painting-the-wave-1879-approximate-original-size-25x39

Stunning! I've never seen that piece before...thank you for sharing!

[Miss Scarlett]

I love this and have a print hanging in my apartment...Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2 by Marcel Duchamp. It was not well received in 1913; most of the Cubists at the time rejected it and one critic said it resembled an explosion in a shingle factory.

When you look closely it resembles one of those motion photographs taken with strobe lights...

http://fc3arch.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/duchamp-nude-descending-a-staircase.jpg?w=590

[Miss Scarlett]

Frida Khalo - self portraits - she was an incredible artist and woman. Her colors and style gives me so much to think about and love.

I love Frida Khalo's work...her ability to express her pain on canvas was amazing! You don't have to know much about her to understand what she was saying!

[MarquisdeShey]

I love Frida Khalo's work...her ability to express her pain on canvas was amazing! You don't have to know much about her to understand what she was saying!

had the luxury of visiting her home and was incredably touched by her life.

[ahk]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVd7bFD2hiw/S8e_1hNYWlI/AAAAAAAAAgE/qdj6TgoMafg/s1600/okeefepoppies.jpg

http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

[gotoseagrl]

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/afternoon-rest-frances-kuta.jpg

Afternoon Rest ~ Frances Kuta

[Kätzchen]

Celyn Brazier
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4mvt2qP8w1qbcporo1_500.jpg





Ruben Brulat

http://surfaceandsurface.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/ruben-brulat-surface-and-surface-03.jpg?w=545&h=435


Steven LaRose
(his weblog title is: Fish and Cut Bait)

http://d3oeu2l8qd7s1b.cloudfront.net/289111-7999438-7.jpg


Steven LaRose was formerly my art teacher, but currently he teaches art privately in his studios in southern Oregon. LaRose's genre of art spans nudes, photography, oils, watercolours and other types of artistic interest.

Brazier and Brulat are relatively new to me - I found both artists while browsing gallery art via open-network resources.

I like all three artists - the visual cachet that each artists brings into their form of art.

[Blaze]

Endless Summer by Wyland

Miss you Charile

http://www.wylandgalleries.com/images/products/wy17969gc.jpg

[Kätzchen]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ELNxmhKT3Us/UZHw6VIxx-I/AAAAAAAAEHM/gKmN2E4HgLg/s640/Postcard+Collage.jpg


Today, while wandering the internet in search of ideas for artistic ways of using postcards to form a work of art (a collage), I found the above hand-made postcard that was given to someone on their birthday. I love postcards and have quite a few that I have given to friends and family and have recieved numerous postcards, over time.

Once in a great while, I actually happen to come across exhibits of postcards as an art form: There's an interesting place to dine in the Hawthorne area (Nick's) and along the wall of the business, postcards to the business owner (over the years) appear alongside of other exhibits of art.

I think the thing I like about a collage of postcards is that each post card tells about a specific time someone took the time to express something particular (or even peculiar) between the sender and sendee. I have a friend who saved every single post card they got from someone they knew from years ago (I think they attended art school together, at one time) and I even have a friend who uses photographs, sent to them, as a means to create an exhibit of art - either at home or wherever their form of art is displayed (museums or galleries or places where art like this is found).

Given that I like postcards and have quite a few, I was thinking of making my own collage of postcard art.

[Scots_On_The_Rocks]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Phh1IryN94o/TEs5sJlh-TI/AAAAAAAABKQ/hgIStlCwhNI/s1600/klimt-gustav-the-kiss.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7eDK3k7Kms/TuaJrejx2WI/AAAAAAAABww/TeqNu82O-9o/s1600/Dancing+on+beach.jpg

http://dyn-images2.hsni.com/is/image/HomeShoppingNetwork/prodfull/flaming-june-by-lord-frederick-leighton-d-20061109004229387~1006558.jpg

http://home.grandecom.net/~dkbeers/XCredit/ophelia1_delaroche.jpg

[Scots_On_The_Rocks]

http://windling.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fcf73858834019aff49351a970b-800wi

[GlouriousBastard]

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag127/GlouriousBastard44/Paul-Lovering_zps0bd453f6.jpg

[Jet]

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag127/GlouriousBastard44/WWI_zpsc6f01b60.jpg

Reposting these watercolors under the correct profile name, "Jet." These are watercolors from Paul Lovering.

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag127/GlouriousBastard44/Paul-LoveringJet_zpsdf3b118b.jpg

[okieblu]

This sculpture (Veiled Vestal Virgin)....it takes my breath away! I first saw it in the movie "Pride & Prejudice"......sculptor is Raphael Monti, 1847.

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp310/DivaTX54/ART/veiledvestalvirgin.jpg


I know this is waay from the original posting date, but, do you remember WHICH version of Pride and Prejudice, by any chance?

[okieblu]

There are so many artists and works I appreciate and love, throughout the centuries.

Van Gough's Starry Night is a favorite.

And I have to say da Vinci's Mona Lisa has always drawn me in.

I have to ad that one of the best things to me at the Butch Voices Conference were the works displayed by queer artists.One woman did some charcoal drawings of a post menopausal, Native American butch that struck me to my soul. Maybe someone will remember her name?

Elizabeth Hoague Cleaveland is a local favorite of mine.

Do you know if the artist was 2 Spirit also? If so, you might try googling 2 Spirit artists charcoal (or drawing) some version of that. I'd like to know myself now!

[Kätzchen]

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/image-paintings/girl_with_a_pearl_earring.jpg

I've always loved this picture, but never knew the artist.

It is a painting by 17th century Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. It's on display at The Hague, in The Netherlands.

I love the simple beauty of this portrait would a woman wearing nothing but a head scarf, pearl earrings and the translucent beauty of her facial features (her eyes, her mouth, the aura about her).

Here's a link to learn more about the artist and the painting:
https://g.co/kgs/jUxvge

[homoe]

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/image-paintings/girl_with_a_pearl_earring.jpg

I've always loved this picture, but never knew the artist.

It is a painting by 17th century Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. It's on display at The Hague, in The Netherlands.

I love the simple beauty of this portrait would a woman wearing nothing but a head scarf, pearl earrings and the translucent beauty of her facial features (her eyes, her mouth, the aura about her).

Here's a link to learn more about the artist and the painting:
https://g.co/kgs/jUxvge
Miss Katz you are aware there is also a movie right?
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

[Kätzchen]

Miss Katz you are aware there is also a movie right?
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

No, I had no idea! That's pretty wonderful, really!

Is it on a TV or cable station or on Netflix?

I will add this to my film list, if so!

*Thank you, homoe* :)

[homoe]

No, I had no idea! That's pretty wonderful, really!

Is it on a TV or cable station or on Netflix?

I will add this to my film list, if so!

*Thank you, homoe* :)

Miss Katz I shall check and get back to you.....in the mean time here

Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson 2003 released

[homoe]

Also Miss Katz a book.............

Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.

History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

[Kätzchen]

Also Miss Katz a book.............

Which should I do first?
Watch the movie?
Then read the book second?

[Kätzchen]

Also Miss Katz a book.............

Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.

History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

Very nice! Sounds like the perfect story to read about, especially how it transformed her life! :hk28:

[homoe]

Which should I do first?
Watch the movie?
Then read the book second?

I've done neither Miss Katz, perhaps someone else could guide you...

[Kätzchen]

I've done neither Miss Katz, perhaps someone else could guide you...

It's incredible what you know about books and movies, homoe.
I appreciate your vast wealth of knowledge...thank you. :rrose:

[homoe]

It's incredible what you know about books and movies, homoe.
I appreciate your vast wealth of knowledge...thank you. :rrose:

Thank you for the very nice compliment, and you're very welcome! Always happy to help folks out :hangloose:

[homoe]

No, I had no idea! That's pretty wonderful, really!

Is it on a TV or cable station or on Netflix?

I will add this to my film list, if so!

*Thank you, homoe* :)

The movie is currently airing on HBO on Demand.........

[LeftWriteFemme]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/c5/c5/b4c5c5d72b1badcd939100a3bbbbd3e1.jpg

This is called The Painter- by Marlene Dumas
I love this work because it reminds me of myself as a child
I was really intense when I would get into the paints!

.

[homoe]

https://garymvasey.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/seurat-a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatte.jpg


A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Painting by Georges Seurat

I like this painting because it gives a snapshot of a much simpler and relaxing time.

[Lyte]

My favorites are Pollock and Dali. Their works have a WTF and rebellious quality that I appreciate. They were non-conformists which always ranks pretty high with me. Dali gets a few extra points because his work makes me wonder... WTH's going on here?! … and he was Spanish. :koolaid:

Salvador Dali (https://thedali.org/timeline/)


https://s8.postimg.cc/rbbuzhx79/DALI.jpg


Jackson Pollock (https://www.jackson-pollock.org/)


https://s8.postimg.cc/goi1u7et1/POLLOCK.jpg

[Orema]

It's hard to choose a favorite, but this is one I really like by Picasso. He created this with less than 50 strokes and I think it's just perfect. I had a framed copy but it was lost in the shuffle.

https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/print/u-g-F5JPM80.jpg?w=550&h=550&p=0

[Kätzchen]

So much beautiful art to like, like still life paintings of flowers in vases.


I like this one: Roses by Pascal de Beucker (1881-1944).

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/30/f3/c1/30f3c1211f5208bf1d382bd856aab25f--pressing-flowers-art-flowers.jpg


I also like Claude Monet's Lilac Iris painting... Beautiful shades of violet-blue flowers.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/232480827058-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

And I also like still life paintings depicting flowers with other interesting specimens we see in natural settings, like butterflies or dragonflies or other interesting species that interact with flowers in nature. For example, the painting below, titled: Ambrosius Brosschaert Flower Still Life.

https://d2jv9003bew7ag.cloudfront.net/uploads/Ambrosius-Bosschaert-Flower_Still_Life.jpg

I like to paint still life type paintings, but it is definitely a challenge to create a still life painting which looks true-to-life. I admire art work by artists who have a natural talent to paint such things. I like to create my own flower bouquets at home, so I might just try my hand at painting one particular bouquet I have in my sitting room. Maybe this summer I will take that on as a summer project, to see if I can create something beautiful.

[Ginger]

No, I had no idea! That's pretty wonderful, really!

Is it on a TV or cable station or on Netflix?

I will add this to my film list, if so!

*Thank you, homoe* :)

And the book The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier inspired the movie. I loved the book. It's very short, too.

[Ginger]

And the book The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier inspired the movie. I loved the book. It's very short, too.

Whoops went back up the thread a bit and see that I am repeating Homoe's comments. Sorry!

[Bèsame*]

https://www.dhresource.com/600x600/f2/albu/g5/M00/D1/0F/rBVaJFlQ7c-AH4esAAG69DxRgbU962.jpg

My Granny had ballerina prints up on the wall, next to the side of the bed I would sleep on. I would just lay there and image....

Edgar Degas

[Orema]

Saw it for the first time this morning at The NY Times in an article about a show at the Whitney Museum (https://whitney.org/exhibitions/vida-americana) that explores the profound impact of Mexican painters that enriched American culture. I find it bold and brilliant.

https://i.postimg.cc/3RrhNkmn/merlin-168842226-af2eb509-b438-46a5-b071-3938d07b0f89-super-Jumb.jpg

“Zapatistas,” Clemente Orozco’s 1931 painting of the Mexican peasant guerrillas in the exhibition “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945.”

Credit: Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SOMAAP, Mexico City; The Museum of Modern Art, via Licensed by SCALA, via Art Resource, NY