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Posted: 12/18/2008 2:38:35 PM | | I know I'm a few month late on this one. But I would say, anything by Vincent Van Gogh. I am fasinated by his work, and his life. Though I do like a few of Salvadore Dahle. | |
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Posted: 1/30/2009 4:38:28 AM |
The Fallen Madonna by Van Clomp
You know that recently sold for £4000, the money went to a children's charity. | |
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Posted: 1/30/2009 7:03:20 AM | Hasegawa Tohaku's Pine Trees is gorgeous.
http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?processId=00&ref=2&Q1=&Q2=&Q3=&Q4=11%5B34%5D_____4181_&Q5=&F1=&F2=&pageId=E15&colid=A10471 | |
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Posted: 1/30/2009 5:46:00 PM | Starry Night by VanGogh. I know it's a favorite of many people. I finally saw one of his paintings in a museum and I was amazed at the texture of it. Made me love it even more! My then boyfriend kept whispering, "Don't touch it, don't touch it!" He knew how tactile I am and how much I wanted to feel the texture.
Also Don Quixote by Picasso. | |
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Posted: 1/31/2009 4:45:38 PM | Pine trees is beautiful. So very simple, and the picture has enormous spaces in. Really just a few brush strokes, one color, and yet gorgeous as you say.
I can't find Telescope of Time by James Christianson anywhere on the web. I can't even find James Christianson. There is a Telescope of Time by Dean Morrisey which is similar in style to an artist called James Christiensen, I guess you meant that.
I really like both artist's stuff. On the surface they look quite similar but Christensen is more 2d and alegorical, Morrisey is possibly the more skilled painter. I like 'Tugging the Moon' by Morrisey and probably 'Fiona' by Christensen (difficult to choose) . I find Christensen's work more engaging and fun, particularly the fish.
Thanks for posting them. | |
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Posted: 2/1/2009 3:03:43 AM | Wondering through Chicago's Old Towne in 1970,
with the distorted view created by Stanley Osley.
The head shop posters seemed more silly
than something that matched my expanding mind.
My young energy lead me into the
Art Institute of Chicago's Gift Shop
**Where my mind was blown**
So on my wall with my Hendrix Posters went ..
Salvador Dali,
Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man | |
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Posted: 2/2/2009 10:06:38 AM |
You know that recently sold for £4000, the money went to a children's charity. That's excellent. Especially considering how many copies Gruber made... | |
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Posted: 2/2/2009 10:35:53 AM |
Starry Night by VanGogh. I know it's a favorite of many people. I finally saw one of his paintings in a museum and I was amazed at the texture of it. Made me love it even more! My then boyfriend kept whispering, "Don't touch it, don't touch it!" He knew how tactile I am and how much I wanted to feel the texture.
I know exactly what you mean. The first time I saw Van Gogh's "Irises" I fell madly in love. He paints with a palette knife, so the paint literally stands up off the canvass and reaches out like it's trying to grab you. All of a sudden, I was overcome with this urge to put my hands and face on it and just breathe it in. I was cursing that stupid red velvet rope that kept me from getting closer to it.
To this day, every time I see a picture of it, I remember the incredible sensuality of the real thing. | |
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Posted: 2/4/2009 2:44:56 AM | I miss Lustre, the OP of this thread. We had such nice conversations.
Here is another I like...
Gustave Caillebotte Paris Street on a Rainy Day, 1877 | |
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Posted: 2/4/2009 6:41:35 PM | My favorite type of art is Abstract, Strangely enough though, most of the painters I admire are not anyone most people would have heard of, they are still struggling artists ....Josiane Childers is one of my favorites that comes to mind!
Stormpainter | |
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Posted: 2/4/2009 7:18:40 PM | | The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, although I generally prefer paintings from the impressionist and post-impressionist era. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2009 11:05:12 PM | | while he's not my favorite, anything by giger would go nicely on my wall. just goes with the 'decor' of my apartment | |
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Posted: 2/18/2009 11:36:39 PM | Montclair Evening by George Inness.
Why?
A few reasons.
When I was growing up there was (and still is) an art museum in the town where I grew up. That town was Montclair. They had a number of works, including those of the Hudson River School. George Inness was one of the artists represented. Even as a youngster I thought that putting something like that on a small space like that was remarkable. Inness also happen to live in that town for a time. In fact, there is even a building in the school system was named after him. So In a curious way there was a connection. Hence my particular selection.
Are there "better" paintings? One way to look at that is personal taste. So I'm not going to debate the use of light, color, technique, composition or other elements that someone might use to analyze a style or a particular work of art. I'll leave that to others to ponder.
I just know what I like.
Regards
M | |
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Posted: 4/5/2009 4:06:41 PM | | Me.... I'm a big Caravaggio fan... I like the dark shadow works...lol. | |
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Posted: 4/5/2009 7:20:15 PM | Italian Masterpiece by: Leonardo Da Vinci "LaBelle Ferronniere".
I don't know when it was exactly painted, around 1700's I think? In any case there are two of them, one is a copy cat from the original one. A friend of my knows an attorney who represents a family that own what looks to be the real one.
But that painting is exactly what I would have on my wall. | |
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Posted: 4/7/2009 10:15:35 AM | | I may be off but Kewldoc has a bit of the brogue in his dialog? I liked reading your profile. : ) If anyone is in the Boca area- The Norton Art Museum has an excellent exhibit on now -with comparative works by Ansel Adams and Geogia O'Keeffe. It's ironic , that although they were friends, and occasionally traveled together, many of their works contain the same areas of concentration, some parallel as to the central idea or subject. But, they were done at different times and places. O'Keefe paints with stunning color that seems to be luminescent, yet subdued. It's like viewing the sun as it sets and being totally taken by the transformation of the colors as the crimson orb sets the horizon on fire and then extinquishes itself into the night. Adams does the same thing in classical black and white photography with his silvertint process. He makes things glow. I took a group of students but had a hard time moving on. I could of spent my day there...( sigh). | |
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Posted: 4/7/2009 11:31:06 AM | >>>>Italian Masterpiece by: Leonardo Da Vinci "LaBelle Ferronniere".
I don't know when it was exactly painted, around 1700's I think?<<<<
Da Vinci died in 1519. That particular painting your talking about, I believe, would have been done while he was still in Italy so...must date 1500-1510 would be my guess.
I like that piece myself, in fact I just got to see it in person, the original hangs in the Louvre and is not privately owned.
I'd probably choose something from the renaissance, definitely my favorite time period for art in general. Having to choose one piece would be difficult. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2009 5:00:13 AM | As the person who started this thread,in a former incarnation,Lustre,i just wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone continuing to contribute to this thread,its been great to view everyones' choices,from the weird to the wonderful,everyones' choices have been very much appreciated by me and i look forward to viewing even more.
A special thanks to Iconoclast for her continued contribution (hundreds of choices) and her lovely words about me.
Thanks again and i really hope everyone continues to enjoy all the beautiful paintings.
Very best wishes,
TI (aka Lustre). | |
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Posted: 4/11/2009 2:23:07 PM | | Hmmmm, I usually keep my walls empty, to decorate them with the colours of my mind. The one thing that recently decorated my living was the cover of Edgar P. Jacobs' 'La Marque Jaune'... | |
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Posted: 4/11/2009 8:19:15 PM | there are so many unbelievable paintings I've seen in my life, many have brought me to tears and left me breathless - but if the question is which painting would I like to have hanging in my home, ot look at and be inspired by everyday then the field is much narrower.
I'm going to go with In the Northland, 1915 by Tom Thompson.
Tomorrow I may make a different choice - how can anyone choose just one.
Thanks for the great post topic. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2009 4:04:45 PM | | Well said "true north strong an free" particularly about needing (choosing) more than one. My all time favourite is also a Tom Thompson - but Northern River - I have been there so many times across Canada working in the bush - a really timeless and locationless picture that evokes so much of the swampy part of the great shield. It is up on the wall at home and in the office. Some great watercolours painters in New Brunswick too. One thing I really enjoy at the office is having a Banksy parody stuck in with all the regular art - it gets some real odd looks from people who take the time to actually look at the art. | |
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