painting

[bbq13]

hmm... just curious... if you were to buy a painting for half a million bucks, what kind of painting would it be? abstract, landscape, seascape or portrait?? if its an abstract or a portrait, what theme would you like for the painting??

[Isagel]

If I had half a million I would buy this painting.
"Det sjungande trädet" - The singing tree
It´s by a swedish expressionist called Grünewald. I would want it because it makes me happy. It always makes me smile. Sometimes I go to the museum just to look at it.

The picture attachted does not do it justice, it´s from a book covering. But I could not find a better one.

[Lara]

I don't know how much one would cost, but, I like paintings by Monet. The ones Ive seen have no definite lines, they are subtle, the pastel colors are warm and inviting. Viewing these paintings gives me the feeling of peace and serenity. And before someone else says it, I am aware this is just an illusion of the mind, a pleasant one, nonetheless.

[Isagel]

I would say that if you feel it the feeling has to be real. Take joy in this serenity, this peace of mind. Like I take joy in the picture of you sitting in front of your Monet, silent and serene :-). It´s a picture and an illusion, but the joy it gives me is true. It´s here.

[Shea]

My painting would be sort of a portrait, but more of a scene of ladies in pretty dresses doing the womanly tasks, like sewing, spinning, needlepoint, or even playing the piano, or harp. But you know me, I wish I could be transported to the 17th century. (with money of course!)

There's a lovely painting at the Tea Room where I play my harp, in the garden room (all the decor is patterned after things in The Secret Garden), of a woman in a Victorian style dress relaxing on the patio surrounded by flowers. Luckily it's not a half a million dollars, but I still can't justify paying the kind of money their asking for it at this point in time. Actually I would like almost all the paintings there, which probably would run me half a million. Ok now I'm rambling, I'll shut up.

[Cassandra]

I'd either have a really pretty painting of some incredible landscape, like mountains or the dales or 12th - 18th century portraits of rich ladies. Old costume is somewhat of a hobby.

[atiguhya padma]

I used to really like Atkinson Grimshaw's atmospheric Victorian gaslight paintings. And the Pre-Raphaelites. But I guess I've got a little tired of them.

Now I think I would probably buy something by Gerhard Richter, probably a landscape painting, but can't think of any specific work. Which would give me a good reason to visit him.

I would also prefer to buy something directly from a living artist, so that he / she receives the money.

[Cassandra]

Buy some of my Uncle's landscapes, he's alive and would love the money!

[atiguhya padma]

Hey, I've got to get the money first!!:)

Now.... where's that lottery ticket gone......

And anyway, it would depend on the landscape.....

I mean Lincolnshire, most of Norfolk and England's East Coast - erm thanks but no thanks. :)

The South West Peninsula - possibly.

Scottish North and West Coast - possibly.

As you can see, I am a coastal lover.

[atiguhya padma]

Oh and a mountain lover.

[atiguhya padma]

OK, I'll admit it..... I'm a lover anywhere:)

[den]

If I had this amount of money, I'd try to buy some of the murals that Henri Matisse painted... of course they'd have to come with the entire villa he painted them on :D

[Koa]

I'm not that fond of painting and I don't think I'd spend that much money on something like that, but if I had to, my answer is the one and only:
The Scream by Edvard Munch.

I actually have 2 reproductions of it in my bedroom (so i dont need the original :D)

[amuse]

I'm fond of Eugene Delacroix. 'specially "Lion Hunt." Not the sketch - the oil on canvas. So vivid, rich, and colorful. He's a bit barbaric, too, in some works...

[IWilKikU]

I would take 10.00 of that money and by a print of whatever painting I thought was super. Than I would take the rest and buy useful things, like a house to put my lovely new print in because my dorm room is full already with Dali, Escher, a pic of Jim Morrison, and a Black Sabbath poster, oh yeah and this rad print I got at the National Gallery of a dragon eating a guys face. It's called (and this is really original): "Two Followers of Cadmus Devoured by a Dragon" by Cornelis van Haarlem. Oh yeah, also if I bought a 500,000.00 painting and still made my dad pay for me to go to college, he would kick my ***.

[psycojones]

picasso. a good bottle of wine, and about an hour to just stare at it and critique it.

[bbq13]

hmm... i conducted the same survey in school... i realized that most people would really pay big for paintings of women working or women wearing old clothes (like the ones they used to wear during the 16th century) ... the next most wanted type of painting is a seascape... i wonder why?? do people love the sea that much or do they just want to have the feeling that the sea is right next to them in their homes?? anyway, i don't know anything about 16th century fashion, but i know i could come up with a great seascape with the full moon somewhere in the background... what do you guys think??

[IWilKikU]

Seriously though, I would take a Dali, Picaso, or Van Gogh.

[Shea]

bbq13, there are actually a lot of poems and stories that use the sea as a connecting point to other places and eras. "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry", one of the few Whitman poems I like does this, so does Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach".

Koa, I love "The Scream". When I was in high school my poetry class would publish a magazine of the same title and inevitably, that little man was at the top.

[Isagel]

I read an article on the Scream. It said that for a couple of days during that period in Norway the sunset was more brightly colored - blood red, due to particles from a vulcano eruption as far away as Greece.

Munch writes in his journal that the colour filled him with a horrible sense of fear and anguish, or angst. He tried to tell his friends, but noone could understand his reaction.

[bbq13]

i've seen lots of photos of the scream on the net... its a good one... im speechless... hehe... i wonder what it takes to be a great artist??

[Isagel]

"Inspiration and perspiration" someone said. Can´t remember who :-)