What's your favorite painting/artist and why?

AtLast · 02-07-2010, 06:23 PM

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.

Semantics · 02-07-2010, 07:52 PM

This is such an enjoyable thread. Thanks everyone.

I love Frida Kahlo

My favorite by her is A Broke Column. I'm not going to post a picture because it's a little disturbing.

Another is Dali's The Anthropomorphic Chest of Drawers:

Semantics · 02-07-2010, 09:04 PM

I also really love the artwork of Aimee Garcia Marrero:

T4Texas · 02-14-2010, 08:16 AM

I also like fantasy art. This is Egyptian Queen by Frank Frazetta who has been around for years as a comic illustrator and painter.

This is Glenkeeper by Alex Horley

hpychick · 02-14-2010, 08:37 AM

many many unknowns...

I love Stephen's ability to capture a model so well that you believe you are looking at a photograph.

http://www.classicalrealism.com/art/...id_Bouquet.htm

http://www.classicalrealism.com/art/...s/Metanoia.htm

http://www.classicalrealism.com/art/...mages/Pals.htm

okieblu · 03-29-2014, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by AtLast

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 · 09-04-2017, 07:28 PM

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 · 09-04-2017, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kätzchen

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 · 09-04-2017, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by homoe

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 · 09-04-2017, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Kätzchen

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 · 09-04-2017, 07:51 PM

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.

homoe · 09-05-2017, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

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 · 08-05-2018, 05:37 PM

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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Ginger · 02-22-2020, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Kätzchen

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 · 02-22-2020, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 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!

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