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Re: best/favorite painters

Post by Hermit » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:24 pm

Gotta see the original in person to be able to fully appreciate its beauty / significance / impact / evocativeness ... (Tick and/or add as many options as you like.) :yawn:
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Post by piscator » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:30 pm

I want a Renan Ozturk, who has signed all my prints, but doesn't sell many originals...

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Re: best/favorite painters

Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:24 am

I visited the Menil collection today. They have a lot of nice surreal pieces. Max Ernst of course, and this one by Yves Tanguy which is actually quite good.



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Pavel Golubyatnikov, 1925, The Storm
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Thomas Kinkade
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Feck wrote:Thomas Kinkade
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:14 pm

Caravaggio. Salome with the head of John The Baptist (c.1607)

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Andrew Wyeth: Christina's World (1948)

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Francis Bacon: Study after Velasquez (1950)

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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:28 pm

Rum wrote:Some great choices above. I went to Art school as a kid. I must say getting to know the history of art was a great opportunity, though I pretty quickly discovered how much bollocks the 'interpretation' of art often involved. I love some of the surrealists and some of the impressionists too, but a forerunner of them both, more the impressionists perhaps, was Turner. I have spent many happy hours in London where many of his paintings are collected in one place (the National). He was way ahead of his time - and impressionist well before anyone knew what that was. He is without doubt my favourite painter.

Mine too.

I used to love Howard Hodgkin's stuff, but these days...I dunno. I just kind of went off it.
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Post by tattuchu » Sun Sep 18, 2016 3:44 pm

Brian Peacock wrote: Andrew Wyeth: Christina's World (1948)
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I am terribly fond of Andrew Wyeth.

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Post by tattuchu » Sun Sep 18, 2016 4:10 pm

Jeffrey Jones was another favorite of mine.
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Re: best/favorite painters

Post by Rum » Sun Sep 18, 2016 5:24 pm

A fine line between 'art' and illustration in my book. Not always a clear cut one either but some of the above are hovering!

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