17 Mar 07 - 03:50 PM (#1999633) Subject: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: bobad Checking out the threads on the help page I was reminded of a painting I had seen quite a few years back at MOMA in New York, it was by Miro and entitled Twittering Machine. For some reason this picture has always remained vivid in my memory, and got me curious about what paintings or works of art are especially memorable to others. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:00 PM (#1999641) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Sorcha Van Gogh's Crows Over a Wheat Field and Vermeer's Girl At Open Window. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:02 PM (#1999643) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Peace Needs no intro . . . . |
17 Mar 07 - 04:06 PM (#1999646) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Peace Crows Over the Wheat Field Girl at Open Window |
17 Mar 07 - 04:11 PM (#1999654) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Peace This one above almost all others. Except maybe this. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:16 PM (#1999657) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: bobad Colville can sure say a lot in a painting. He is also quite a thinking man, I just heard an interview with him this week and was impressed by his intellect. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:18 PM (#1999658) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Rapparee This one. Use the image enlarger feature. I've seen the original and it still haunts me. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:21 PM (#1999663) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Peace From Rodin. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:23 PM (#1999666) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Peace Strong statement, Rapaire. Great thread idea, bobad. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:23 PM (#1999667) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: bobad That's one powerful painting Rap, not what one usually associates with Rockwell, I've never seen it before, thank you. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:33 PM (#1999674) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Peace Love his windows. Clickthe window to see larger image. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:41 PM (#1999682) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: bobad This one is very evocative for me. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:50 PM (#1999684) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Jean(eanjay) Claudio and Isabella - William Holman Hunt. |
17 Mar 07 - 04:53 PM (#1999690) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: bobad Claudio and Isabella |
17 Mar 07 - 05:59 PM (#1999735) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: mack/misophist Being a rather sick bastard, I choose this. The version in red conte crayon is much better but there doesn't seem to be a copy on line. In truth, trying to pick just one or two is ridiculous, an exercise in frustration. |
17 Mar 07 - 06:09 PM (#1999741) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: heric That Jackson Pollock one. This one. |
17 Mar 07 - 06:38 PM (#1999756) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Liz the Squeak I love many works of art but there are few I could live with. This is one I do live with and evokes many feelings and memories and was painted by a friend of mine. It's not brilliantly executed or fantastically detailed, but I love it. The Choir As for recognised artists... M C Escher and Aubrey Beardsley are the only two I have in the house at present - but that's only for lack of wall space! LTS |
17 Mar 07 - 07:21 PM (#1999781) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Ruth Archer Arnolfini. Jan van Eyk woz ere. http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/ARTH_214images/van_eyck/arnolfini/painting.jpg |
17 Mar 07 - 07:28 PM (#1999787) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Georgiansilver Holman Hunt...Light of the World. |
17 Mar 07 - 08:01 PM (#1999806) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Bobert Well, well, well... Wish I could do the blue clicky things but, oh, this one is so hard... And having a BA in painting and printmaking and being dragged thru gallery after gallery in New York and DC by my om as a kid it ain't easy but... These are my favorite paintings which I can't put in any particualr order: 1. "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso which is in the Museuam of Modern Art in N.Y. which depicts the bombing of Guernica, the ancient Basque captial in Northern Spain... This is the greatest anti-war painting ever painted... 2. "The Third of May, 1808" by Franscico Goya which is probably the 2nd best anti-war painting ever painted... 3. "The Death of Marat" by Jacques Louis David 4. "The Vision After the Sermon", better known as "Jacob Wrestling with the Angels" by my favorite painter of all time, Paul Guaguin... and 5. "The Potato Eaters" by Vincent Van Gogh... Bobert |
17 Mar 07 - 08:45 PM (#1999839) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: ragdall "A Little Bit of Heaven" and "Awakening" by Bessie Pease Gutmann |
17 Mar 07 - 08:46 PM (#1999843) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: number 6 I've always been a fan of Amedeo Modigiliani .... Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne This is one of my favourites of his. biLL |
17 Mar 07 - 08:49 PM (#1999846) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: number 6 well try this ... Jeanne Hebeturne |
17 Mar 07 - 08:51 PM (#1999848) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: GUEST,.gargoyle Naked woman in Wyoming without worship.
Sincerely, |
17 Mar 07 - 09:13 PM (#1999866) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: JohnInKansas I have yet to figure out why, but one that had a strong impact when I first saw it, and continues to puzzle: Bloodline: Han-Wu Shen (born 1950) First Image click for larger view. John |
17 Mar 07 - 09:13 PM (#1999867) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Rapparee Rodin's Fallen Caryatid (and this isn't a good picture) epitomizes for me the person who carries the burden for as long as they can and collapses still carrying it. And then there's "La Belle Heaulmiere" too.... |
17 Mar 07 - 09:20 PM (#1999873) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Sorcha I find it just a bit disturbing that most of are favorites are 'disturbing'. Oh, piss off you Cally nut case. Take yer meds. Maybe someday you'll actually get banned but I doubt it. |
18 Mar 07 - 02:06 AM (#1999957) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Sandra in Sydney Wagner Art Gallery Specialists in Australian Fine Art Click on Past exhibits, then Summer show & scroll down to Neil Taylor Creation 7 - A day between the stars & dawn I found this painting because I saw a painting of a woman & cat used to advertise an exhibition in the Art pages of the local paper. I found the gallery website & copied the cat pic to add to my cats & also copied the Taylor. sandra |
18 Mar 07 - 02:18 AM (#1999963) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: mrdux "In truth, trying to pick just one or two is ridiculous, an exercise in frustration." very true. nonetheless, I grew up with these and have known them fondly for fifty years or so, and they just came to mind. Magritte: Time Transfixed Picasso: The Old Guitarist Maaaaatisse: Bathers at a River |
18 Mar 07 - 03:08 AM (#1999974) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: John O'L Satan Sowing Seeds by FĂ©licien Joseph Victor Rops. I read that he is throwing women of the night, but I always thought he was throwing babies. |
18 Mar 07 - 04:01 AM (#1999990) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: freda underhill This painting "RHYTHMIC COMPOSITION IN YELLOW GREEN MINOR." is in the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.It was painted in 1919 by Australian artist Roy De Maistre. |
18 Mar 07 - 04:18 AM (#1999995) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: freda underhill These paintings by Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken (also known as BO YIN RA) are also ones I love. freda |
18 Mar 07 - 05:59 AM (#2000022) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: The Walrus I recall visiing the Musee d'Orsay and suddenly being confronted by van Gogh's Church at Auvers.* After working for a while with natural pigments and the muted palette of pre-mid 19th Century works+ and then passing through the museum's earlier period galleries, the van Gogh was somewhat akin to being hit by a bucket of cold water on a hot day It was the sheer vibrance and the face-slapping brightness and boldness of the use of area of the new** synthetic colours which seemed to leap out of the canvas (possibly the first time I'd really understood the term "in-your-face" used of a painting). The best of it is, I'm not really a fan of van Gogh's style (personally I'd rather have Vermeer or something Pre-Raphaelite), but just once in a while.... I'm whittering - shutting up now! W *The reproduction doesn't do the colours justice. + Copies and prints for colour matching and 'infilling' exercises ** New at the time of painting |
18 Mar 07 - 06:12 AM (#2000024) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: ragdall I like most of Sue Coleman's work. Here is my favourite: Cougar |
18 Mar 07 - 08:02 AM (#2000074) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: jacqui.c I have a copy of Awakening on my bedroom wall, a present from my son a few years ago. It brings back memories of my grandparents' home, where I first saw it. I have two favourites, both to be found in the Tate Modern, not my favourite place but home to two wonderful pieces. They have a copy of Rodin's The Kiss there and I can walk around that for an age, just noticing afresh the detail. In one of the galleries there is a small picture of the wall of a room, with a half glassed door, I think. I can't remember the name or the artist but it is the one I immediately think of in this context. It has just such a feeling of peace, of coming home. |
18 Mar 07 - 09:15 AM (#2000120) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Rapparee I can't find my favorite editorial cartoon, but you may have seen it. It's from the 1930s and shows the skeleton of war, dressed as a prostitute, saying to a young man, "Come on up. I used to know your daddy." |
18 Mar 07 - 09:39 AM (#2000140) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: *daylia* Here are a few of my favourite prints by Norman Knott, Anishnabe artist from the Curve Lake reserve in Ontario, Canada. Creation Serpent Calling |
18 Mar 07 - 10:41 AM (#2000172) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: John Hardly Eakins Benton Innes Church Coleman Shankin Parmentier |
18 Mar 07 - 11:15 AM (#2000201) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Rapparee Ray Troll is an artist I "discovered" around 1987. He lives and works out of Ketchikan, Alaska and is best known for his work on, believe it or not, fish. However, he also illustrates Alaska, nature, and MANY other things, some of which are not pretty. Look around at his work and if you want to buy stuff online you can. I just bought three more Ray Troll tee-shirts, including The DaVinci Cod one. |
18 Mar 07 - 12:48 PM (#2000266) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: KT Lee Teter is quickly becoming my favorite contemporary artist. It's impossible to choose only one favorite, but Here and here are two for starters..... And this one's very definitely in the memorable category. |
19 Mar 07 - 05:33 AM (#2000837) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Alec Given that Guernica & Arnolfini have already been cited I would opt for Personal Values (Magritte) & The Fighting Temeraire (Turner) |
19 Mar 07 - 12:43 PM (#2001173) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: KB in Iowa As has been mentioned, there are too many to pick just one, but I will anyway. Click on the image to see a full screen version (it took a while to load on my computer). |
19 Mar 07 - 02:36 PM (#2001268) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Micca here are a small selection of faves here in London From The Tate, The V&A. and the National Gallery 1 The Visitation by Sir Jacob Epstein 2 Lady of Shallott by Waterhouse 3Grande Arabesque by Edgar Degas 4 The Fallen Angel By Auguste Rodin 5 Water Lilies By Claude Monet, Note the Size of this one!!! |
19 Mar 07 - 09:33 PM (#2001612) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Rapparee I'd seen it before, but today I found out where to buy this poster, called "Reflections." I bought two: one for me, one for my brother. I may buy a third for my other brother. They cost me USD 75.00 each, unframed, but the artist has donated all the money to the VVA. |
19 Mar 07 - 09:41 PM (#2001622) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Donuel Anything by Bellini or how my next one feels before I do it. then it falls away and I feel favorite hope for my next one. |
19 Mar 07 - 09:43 PM (#2001625) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Donuel I have hope for my Skellig Islands. |
20 Mar 07 - 01:27 AM (#2001750) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: KT I posted a link to that one, too, Rapaire. The first time I laid eyes on it in a gallery, I stood in front of it for a good thirty minutes. |
20 Mar 07 - 03:44 AM (#2001788) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: GUEST,Tunesmith The first time I visited Paris, I headed straight for the Louvre. I was very keen on seeing my favourite Impressionist/ Post-Impressionist paintings. Alas, they weren't in The Louvre but in a small gallery close to the Place de la Concorde. I thought I would be overwhelmed by the experience - but I wasn't! My love affair with art ended there. |
20 Mar 07 - 04:08 AM (#2001795) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: fat B****rd Some fascinating contributions here, thank you. A couple of years ago we went to Malta and spent a day in Valetta. I'd read that Caravaggio's "The Decapitation Of John The Baptist" was at the Cathedral so we went to look at it. It's a big work and can only be viewed from a few feet away as it's more of an altar piece. The German lady in front of us suddenly indicated the painting " came over all emotional" and had to be helped out by her husband. I've been to a few galleries and seen quite a lot of works with religious themes but never seen such a reaction anywhere else. Your observations please. Pretentious IknowwhatIlike fB. Peace, could you put up a Clicky of this work maybe, please. |
20 Mar 07 - 06:15 AM (#2001856) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: GUEST Christ of St \john on the Cross by Salvador Dali whihc I first saw when I was about eleven during a school trip to the kelvingrove museum in Glasgow, they moved it to the multi faith centre near the Cathederal but it just wasn't quite the same, didn't have the same impact of seeing as you came up the stairs in the kelvingrove. However, its now been moved back so am planning a visit to see it back 'home'. Lady of Shallot by Waterhouse in The Tate has been a fav for years and I was lucky enough to see it for the first time a few years ago, considered doing it for my fourth year dissertation!!!!! |
20 Mar 07 - 06:21 AM (#2001864) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: bobad The Beheading Of John The Baptist |
20 Mar 07 - 08:20 AM (#2001941) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: fat B****rd Thank you, Bobad. |
20 Mar 07 - 08:27 AM (#2001953) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Rapparee Sorry, KT. I probably stole your link without realizing it. As I said, I bought two copies of "Reflections." There's a woman at work whose husband had PTSD, among other things, from 'Nam. He's been in and out of treatment, but it's very, very bad. She's thought about getting him a copy but she doesn't know how he would react. He was the sole survivor of his squad, among other things.... |
20 Mar 07 - 09:08 AM (#2001998) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: Bill D Any of the self-portraits by Rembrandt. Especially this one. It's as close as I can imagine being to the man. Likewise, this one of Gustave Courbet |
20 Mar 07 - 09:29 AM (#2002016) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite/Memorable Painting/Art Work From: skipy For me great picture is one where wherever you stand in the room the nipples follow you around! Skipy |