What's your favorite painting/artist and why? - Page 2

T4Texas · 01-24-2010, 07:38 AM

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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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.

Rook · 01-24-2010, 10:16 AM

{ Salvador Dali }

{ Matisse }

{ P. Cezanne }

{ henry Sugimoto }

{ Frida Kahlo }
*Of all her paintings, this one kept me thinking of my own Mortality...*

* 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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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!

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!

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:

He's famous for stuff like this:

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".

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

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

Duchess · 01-24-2010, 12:58 PM

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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Can you imagine how his work would have matured??? Amazing.

hippieflowergirl · 01-24-2010, 01:34 PM

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Can you imagine how his work would have matured??? Amazing.

have you seen his little yellow horses?

hippieflowergirl · 01-24-2010, 01:53 PM

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

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

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Thanks Jack!

Diva · 01-24-2010, 02:42 PM

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Thanks Jack!

That IS stunning! Lovely!

Corkey · 01-24-2010, 03:01 PM

T4Texas · 01-24-2010, 04:16 PM

Edward Hopper's painting Gas.

T4Texas · 01-24-2010, 04:50 PM

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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.

Corkey · 01-24-2010, 05:21 PM

This is one of my favorites of hers.

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T4Texas Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Ready to play again! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 233 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 436 Thanked 647 Times in 167 Posts Rep Power: 6739721	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. __________________ Chivalry is when you meet a woman you would rather die for, than live with.

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