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  1. 04-10-2007, 06:09 PM #1
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    Your favourite artist and Painting

    I know this is a literary site but because everyone here appreciate the art that is literature i was wondering who your favourite Artists are and what your favourite painting, sculpture etc are as well. Maybe you could even post the image here and create a discussion about different paints and the like? I thought it would be a nice idea and a nice way to get to know more about what the people here like and dislike.

    One of my favourite Artists is the Irish Artist Jack.B.Yeats, brother of W.B.Yeats and this is one of his Paintings, It is intitled Freedom.

    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats
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    Starry Night~Vincent Van Goght
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  4. 04-10-2007, 06:32 PM #4
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    I'm also a big fan of Brian Froud as you can see from my Avatar and Sig Pic.
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats
    "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
    Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

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  5. 04-10-2007, 07:09 PM #5
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    Favorite Work(s) of Art

    Aphrodite of Milos (Venus de Milo) by Alexandros of Antioch
    Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
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    Oooh, I took Art History this term.


    Black Iris III by Georgia O'Keeffe. I wrote a paper about this one; just beautiful.


    The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons: Joseph Mallord William Turner. Turner is nowhere near as famous as he deserves to be, in my opinion.


    Boulevard des Capucines, Paris by Claude Monet. Not much to say, really, it's just amazing.
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    I mentioned in my blog about Pre-Raphealites. I am very fond of that style, although I like many others. My favorite artist is J.W. Waterhouse, and this is one of my favs of his work.

    Hylas and the Nymphs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niamh View Post
    One of my favourite Artists is the Irish Artist Jack.B.Yeats, brother of W.B.Yeats and this is one of his Paintings, It is intitled Freedom.
    I too love J.B. Yeats.

    One summer I took a trip to Dublin and was floored by his painting There Is No Night during a visit to the Museum of Modern Art there:

    I've never seen a Jack Yeats painting that didn't impress me.
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  9. 04-10-2007, 11:36 PM #9
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    Good thread, Niamh! It is very difficult to pinpoint a favorite artist, as there are so many fantastic artists who have come and gone and who are yet to be recognized...

    In my blog I touched on two that I do call my 'favorites' (Dali and Monet). And I just wanted to post two small Dali's that I really love. [I loved the Monet choice of yours, by the way, cuppajoe! ]



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  10. 04-10-2007, 11:57 PM #10
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    Here are two that when I read the thread I thought of:

    Martha Rebuking Mary for Her Vanity - Guido Cagnacci
    http://www.nortonsimon.org/art.aspx?id=M.1982.5.P

    David Slaying Goliath - Peter Paul Rubens
    http://www.nortonsimon.org/art.aspx?id=F.1972.05.P
    "So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."


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    Dali - The temptation of St Anthony

    You can see a bit of it in my signature..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Babbalanja View Post
    I too love J.B. Yeats.

    One summer I took a trip to Dublin and was floored by his painting There Is No Night during a visit to the Museum of Modern Art there:

    I've never seen a Jack Yeats painting that didn't impress me.
    That is actually my favourite Yeats painting. You saw it in the Hugh Lane Gallery of modern art on Parnel street? You are lucky to have seen it as the collection of paintings fluctuates between there and the Tate i think. Duel ownership. The majority of his painting are in the National Gallery of ireland in the Yeats Gallery.

    Kiz i also like Dali. The Metamorposis of Narsissus is my favourite!
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats
    "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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    I agree with kiz and hyperinsomnia concerning the painter but not the painting.
    Dali- Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a second before awakening
    (what a name!!)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_C...fore_Awakening

    Due to proffesion, i have a tendency for buildings and structures in general. This one is amazing and trully a work of art (by the spanish architect Gaudi):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S...a-overview.jpg

    And it would be a pity if i didn't mention this one too

    http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%...:Parthenon.jpg

    Or a modern building

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image: DubAymx.JPG
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    I don't know a lot of art but my favorite sculpture of all I've yet seen is Donatello's "David."
    Paintings would have to be any in kathy's blog. Those are absolutely breathtaking!
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    Favourite Artists include - Dali, Vangoh, Monet

    One of my favourite paintings:

    I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
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    And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
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