led_zep_girl_92 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Do you have a favourite painter? I just felt in love with Dali...And what is your favourite painting? That one with the clocks? Something from Picasso? Or dou you prefer Kokoschka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmage Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Frank Frazetta is badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepyep Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Hi all, Frank Frazetta is badass. I was just going to say that! KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy's A Legend Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I would propbaly go any pop art artists, they inspire me to do my own pop art at hime but if i ahd to choose one i would go for Andy Warhole or Lichtenstein (sp?). I know that this isn't a painter but for photography Ansel Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainsbarre Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Yes I do, Johannes Vermeer, the 17th Century Dutch painter. His works are exisite because in his still lifes or his portraiture, he was able to do something that a lot of other artists, including Da Vinci, never did: he was able to give his paintings motion. When you look at his paintings they are like a snapshot of people in action. And whereas in most artists work the subjects always look a little frozen, in Vermeer's paintings, you can almost see the next move his subjects were going to make. You see their reactions to what they are being presented with. Vermeer's technical style was extraordinary, almost focusing on his paintings like a camera lens would as some parts of the painting are almost photographs, while another part maybe slightly more obscure: In this painting, look at some of the detail...for example the Artist's back, the back of his head, the map on the wall...the detail is stunning, and you could swear you were looking at something completely real, the detail on the oriental curtain, the signs of control on the girl's face holding the pose, like she's desperately trying to push away the awkwardness of having to be in a pose for so long. And in this painting, although it is not done to the level of clarity that the first one was done, this one being slightly more impressionistic, what we see here in detail is the quality of the light, look at the windows, especially the top one, it's a perfect capture of light. But we also have lots of movement in this one as well, the lady happily absorbed in writing her letter, he expression belies that this is probably some sort of genial social politeness letter. Her maid is waiting, patiently, something out the window has caught her eye, and she is mometarily distracted from her lady, so we see two women in one room but in different worlds for a brief few seconds. But you can almost see from the maid, that she will turn back to her lady, her arms will drop and she'll be back, maybe bored, standing silently waiting for this lady to finish her letter... And that's why I love Vermeer, instead of providing us with just artistic poses, his paintings give us life, and movement, motion, you can almost see these people moving, you can almost smell and taste what it would've been like to be living in Delft in 1670... And whereas an artist like Canaletto also gave us exquisite detail and movement, his paintings were focused on Venice, the city, not really on people, like Vermeer was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arntzen Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 William-Adolphe Bouguereau Botticelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 My favorite style is French Impressionism. One of my favorite paintings is Mary Cassatt's "Children on the Beach": I also love Degas' dancer paintings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I have so many books on art, including a gift of a Vermeer book. There's too many to list but some faves are: Wayne Thiebaud Edward Hopper Maurice Prendergast Georges Seurat Durer Winslow Homer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalove Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Caravaggio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 picasso's best: i used to go to the art intstitute every tuesday to see the painting: waterhouse beardsley magritte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arntzen Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I love that last peice. Dadaism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I love that last peice. Dadaism? "this is not a pipe" of course it isn't-it's a painting of one.... yeah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Johannes Vermeer...and I was going to say why when I noticed that Gainsbarre pretty much stole my thunder already with his post...plus he said it in a manner more expert and lucid than I ever could attempt. But yes, I think it was the discipline of his brushstroke that first appealed to me. Later came my appreciation for the sly emotional content. It is never made explicit what the subjects are thinking; it is sort of subtly implied that something(and Vermeer leaves it to the viewer to surmise what that "something" is) is going on under the surface. I mean, what is going on in "Girl with a Pearl Earring", eh? Each time I look at that painting, I read something different in her face. So yeah, Vermeer comes to mind readily as one of my favourite painters...is he my favourite favourite? I don't know, as there are so many qualified contenders: Van Gogh Cezanne Picasso...particularly his "Blue" period, the "Weeping Women" and the utter emotional impact of "Guernica" Monet Seurat Degas If I were to think of more modern painters, the list would include Magritte, Hopper, Tamara de Lempicka, Mondrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 i've been researching and writing a play on michelangelo for over 3 years. here's an example of the reason: here is the laocoon, sculptor unknown unburied in rome while michelangelo was painting the sistine: one of my faves of dali: of course chagall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 My favorite is DaVinci because he was the "Renaissance man" - an artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor. Edward Hopper - because his paintings depict the alienation of urban America. Nighthawks: The first painting that I fell in love with (and still have a sentimental love for to this day): Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth. Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Salvador Dalí Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 The first painting that I fell in love with (and still have a sentimental love for to this day): Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs i love waterhouse...here's another of his that i love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 i love waterhouse...here's another of his that i love: I do too! That is a beautiful painting. Do you remember a Waterhouse painting of a woman with symbols /sigils on her dress? I can't find it now - it's been a long time - but it used to remind me a bit of how Jimmy would have sigils sewn on his clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arntzen Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 "this is not a pipe" of course it isn't-it's a painting of one.... yeah... So that's a yes, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Going to see Starry night in New York in the fall. Saw Mark Rothkos' #14 in San Fransisco.Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainsbarre Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 i've been researching and writing a play on michelangelo for over 3 years. Just remember he was gay...I don't want to see you've glossed over that on opening night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Just remember he was gay...I don't want to see you've glossed over that on opening night... does that bother you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 So that's a yes, then? surrealist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainsbarre Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 does that bother you? That he was gay? Of course not! you mustn't see a lot of my posts around here... No it just annoys me when you have these great gay artists and some historians try to gloss over their sexuality because they don't want to admit that their beloved Tchaikovsky or Da Vinci was gay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 That he was gay? Of course not! you mustn't see a lot of my posts around here... No it just annoys me when you have these great gay artists and some historians try to gloss over their sexuality because they don't want to admit that their beloved Tchaikovsky or Da Vinci was gay... no, i haven't seen any of your posts concerning sexuality. michelangelo was almost certainly gay, although the amount of sex he had was probably next to nothing if anything. however, i believe this artist was touched by grace and responded artistically to his calling-some of the greatest religious art of all-time. his sexuality isn't a theme or subject of my play, however one only has to look at the body of work to see his fascination. it certainly won't be glossed over opening night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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