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Beau 01-24-2010 01:58 AM

Marc Chagall
 
I don't have a particular work of art that is my favorite, but I revere many artists. The paintings of Marc Chagall truly move me when he paints what I feel about love.


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi9lVkkFvRI"]YouTube- Marc Chagall, el amor tierno.[/ame]

Thank you, M, for opening up this world for me. :stillheart:

T4Texas 01-24-2010 07:38 AM

Thanks to All
 
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.

Diva 01-24-2010 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by T4Texas (Post 38401)
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.


Yes!!!!

I had the same reaction to Renoir's Water Lilies Series....the museum had benches down the middle of the room so You could take it all in (they're huge....maybe 8' high X 25' long!! ). I remember having to sit down and just weep.

I wasn't alone.


Art is powerful.


Linus 01-24-2010 08:31 AM

For me it's always been Tom Thompson and the Group of Seven. They were a group of artists from the 1920s in Ontario, Canada. My favourite remains Lawren Harris. His stark paintings always make me think of home and the beauty of Canada.

http://www.thegroupof7.com/group_of_...oy_450_902.jpg


http://www.pentictontoday.com/pictur...200984036A.jpg


http://peter.risjak.net/pictures/images/pictures/25.gif

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HsN0oPi5hU...wrenHarris.jpg

Rook 01-24-2010 10:16 AM

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...ali_DAS021.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...io_77/Dali.jpg
{ Salvador Dali }

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/MatisseZ.jpg
{ Matisse }

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...ul_Cezanne.jpg
{ P. Cezanne }

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...rySugimoto.jpg
{ henry Sugimoto }

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...o_77/Kahlo.jpg
{ Frida Kahlo }
*Of all her paintings, this one kept me thinking of my own Mortality...*

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...iegoRivera.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...Lord_Leigh.jpg
* First time I saw this, I stowed away from my Theatre troupe, when Im bored I quickly find entertainment, I was 20, I stood there mesmerized in the Gallery, I can recall even thinking "That's the perfect femme" {hey, I was 20 *shrug*}*

Gemme 01-24-2010 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Diva (Post 38371)

Lord Leighton's "Flaming June" is hanging over my sofa ~ 4'x4'.....she's amazing. I have had her about 10 years now and every time I study her, I find something new....ohhhhhhhh......to see the original would bring me to tears, I believe!

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...aming_June.gif


I love this work in your parlor. And yes, from the first time I said it to the end of time, that room will be a parlor to me. It has bookcases, a piano and art. It's a parlor! :raspberry:

Diavolo 01-24-2010 10:32 AM

The name I couldn't think of last night was Richard Avedon. I saw an amazing exhibit of work he shot throughout the West. No one famous in an of them. The collection was called The American West. Full of stuff like this:

http://lickerish.files.wordpress.com...7/sandoval.jpg

He's famous for stuff like this:
http://theindecisivemoment.files.wor...ard_avedon.jpg
But he's so much more.

I'm also a big fan of Mapplethorpe, Annie Liebowitz and really, who doesn't love Wegman's silliness?

Diva 01-24-2010 12:07 PM

Maxfield Parrish, early 20th century American artist....this is entitled "Ecstasy".

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...SH-Ecstasy.jpg


Andrew, Jr. 01-24-2010 12:22 PM

I enjoy:
Diane Romanello as a painter
Paul Rhymer as a sculpturer
The Ward Brothers as decoy carvers (L.T. Ward, Jr. & Stephen Ward)

Diva 01-24-2010 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Diva (Post 38485)
Maxfield Parrish, early 20th century American artist....this is entitled "Ecstasy".

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...SH-Ecstasy.jpg



I hate when that happens! Once more....with feeling!


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...l/Maxfield.jpg


Duchess 01-24-2010 12:58 PM

My love for ballet and Degas' use of chiaroscuro makes him my favorite painter. My fav painting is Ballet Class, #7 in the video.
 
Degas is best known as an Impressionist and was a prominent member, if not the strongest promoter, of the group. He was outspoken about the need for artists to join together and establish a place for themselves as proponents of a new, contemporary artistic sensibility. Degas organized what is now known as the first Impressionist exhibition and planned many of the subsequent shows. He initially called himself and his compatriots "realists," which pointed to their interest in drawing inspiration from their own environments and experiences. The term "impressionist" was adopted later, at the time of the third Impressionist exhibition, despite Degas’s objections to the name. Degas allied himself with other Impressionists, such as Pissarro, met with them at the famous Café Guerbois, and participated in all but one of the eight Impressionist exhibitions.

~www.metmuseum.org

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhAdJdHkiZw"]YouTube- Edgar Degas[/ame]

Sachita 01-24-2010 01:14 PM

Your lines are more defined but your colors match his exactly.


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Originally Posted by key (Post 38345)


hippieflowergirl 01-24-2010 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by key (Post 38345)

have you seen his little yellow horses?

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumb...low-Horses.jpg

hippieflowergirl 01-24-2010 01:53 PM

frederick leighton
 
one of my favorites...for the colors, the drapery work and the pose


http://www.interfaith.org/forum/atta...n-flaming-june

Flaming June - 1895

Rockinonahigh 01-24-2010 01:53 PM

I was wondering if anyone has herd of these artist..Clair Pennington and someone named Berry or Gerry as best as I can make out on the pic wich is of flowers in a vase,not my style but nice anyway.
Rockin

Corkey 01-24-2010 02:38 PM

Rubin Gogan Pink Dawn
 
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...7-10_thumb.jpgg

Thanks Jack!

Diva 01-24-2010 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Corkey (Post 38575)

That IS stunning! Lovely!

Corkey 01-24-2010 03:01 PM

From Ansel Adams moonrise over Hernandez
 
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...-hernandez.jpg

T4Texas 01-24-2010 04:16 PM

http://www.john-squire.com/art/hopper/lyrics_gas.jpg

Edward Hopper's painting Gas.

T4Texas 01-24-2010 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Diva (Post 38408)
Yes!!!!

I had the same reaction to Renoir's Water Lilies Series....the museum had benches down the middle of the room so You could take it all in (they're huge....maybe 8' high X 25' long!! ). I remember having to sit down and just weep.

I wasn't alone.


Art is powerful.


Art is very powerful indeed. I also saw Water Lillies at that same exhibit and was really blown away by the size too.


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