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!

Girl with a Pearl earring
 

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/cata...rl_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.

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

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.

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

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

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:

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

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

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/c5...a3bbbbd3e1.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!

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https://garymvasey.files.wordpress.c...ande-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.

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


Jackson Pollock


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

Picasso's Dove of Peace
 

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/im...=550&h=550&p=0

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/c1/3...rt-flowers.jpg


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

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/23248...-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.ne...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.

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!

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

Saw it for the first time this morning at The NY Times in an article about a show at the Whitney Museum that explores the profound impact of Mexican painters that enriched American culture. I find it bold and brilliant.

https://i.postimg.cc/3RrhNkmn/merlin...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

https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-c...3-1020x767.jpg

Jacob Lawrence’s “Confrontation at the Bridge” commemorates the pivotal moment in 1965 when civil rights marchers faced (and overcame) racist police and townspeople at the Edmond Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. (Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery)

I'm not sure I can say this is my favorite, but I can say I'm going out of my way to catch this artists works in the coming week!

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....1dNVKpe8sL.jpg
https://www.puzzle-usa.com/products/...51553-1.fs.jpg
Freya's Tears of Goldhttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....SR234,320_.jpg
Danaehttps://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/s...b7mxh&usqp=CAE

Banksy Graffiti
 

I like Banksy works of art which challenge social norms and how he brings attention to subjects which media tends to not privilege as important social changes not being challenged publicly.

Here is a couple I absolutely like (the Balloon, and the Robot)

https://dazedimg-dazedgroup.netdna-s.../2/1252274.jpg

https://i.insider.com/526e73376bb3f7e74de65a0d

Banksy ❤️
 

https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.co...2166023392.jpg


I heart Banksy for his PSA Graffiti Art ❤️


Here is his 9th mural depicting a gorilla setting wild life free from the prison of zoos.

LINK: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/style...ral/index.html

Kaiko Moti. This is in my living room:

https://www.renjeau.com/artwork/moti...-tigres-19x23/

Favorite painting/artist and why?
 

https://youtu.be/6KUomP7bUh0?si=qPSLgo5ldAX3fk6D











Pacasso has a way of putting differerent points of view to the viewer. Is there a young woman seeing herself as older? Is the woman looking deep into her real self? Are we left to our own analysis or just to enjoy another of Pacasso's works? I love his works as I can compare them to Gertrude Stein's writings as both of these artists (best friends), seem to work with the same attitude. I did a workup of these two, comparing how different and yet how much the same they both think. Are any of their works beyond scrutiny by us or do we know it is intentional by both of them? Is it a matter of what the artists intended, what the artist held back from the viewer or part of the art never devulged as what the inner thoughs behind each of their pieces that they kept to themselves? Compare thoughts with Picassos "Girl Before the Mirror" to Steins "Making of the Americas". A very interesting reflection on each others works.

Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo (Calla Lily Flower Art)
 

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.4456...,f8f8f8.u1.jpg

https://i.etsystatic.com/39664199/r/...20146_rmyb.jpg


https://i0.wp.com/theartstorellc.wpe...irts.jpg?ssl=1