Your favourite artist and Painting

[Il Penseroso]

A very sincere thank you to stlukesguild for the determination to provide such amazing art work and explanation. Very beautiful pieces.

[Turk]

Two paintings by Dix, first one is about WW I, and the second one is clear enough; you can easily recognise Hitler.





Gernica by Picasso, if you look careful you see a skull in the middle of painting, which symbolizes death in war.



Arearea by Gauguin, i like the expressions on those two people's face.



And many works of Dali are my favorites because of his perfect technic and imagination, that's why i am not going to put one of his paintings.

[Literature<3]

I think Edvard Munch's Scream is absolutely insperational, the story that I see in it really means something to me.

[Niamh]

I want to share painting with you. These are done by my sisters bestfriends dad.

to back myself up for copyright;
http://www.paulmaccormaic.com/RHA.html

[Sweets America]

One painter I like very much is Turner. I have chosen to study him this year in painting class. I love this painting, it's called 'Rain, Steam and Speed':

[kilted exile]

Ok, so somehow I missed this one, my favourite painting is the Christ of Saint John on the cross by Dali. A pinting I remember fondly from seeing the original in the Kelvingrove Art Galleries & museum in Glasgow.

[stlukesguild]

I posted a few more of my favorites to a posting (What are the 20 Works of Art You Want to See Before You Die?) on my blog:

http://stlukesguild.wordpress.com/

[Lily Adams]

I LOOOOOOVVVEEEEE art. I love making it and I love interpreting it! My favorite museums are art museums. take me to one and I'll squeal like crazy and will love you forever. I don't really have one favorite piece of art, and I'm too lazy/in too much of a hurry to post any now, but I might later. My favorite artists are Mark Mothersbaugh, (Western Fundamentalist, Eastern Fundamentalist) Andy Warhol, (self portrait and Flash: November 22, 1963, JFK Assassination, c.1968-I've seen both in person! I also LOVE that video of him eating a hamburger. "The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting." )) Roy Lichtenstein, (Whaam! and Cold Shoulder) Magritte (Cici n'est pa une pipe. On my binder it says "This is not a binder." No one ever gets it, though...) Degas, (I'm quite fond of his ballerinas-I love how he makes them so deformed) Van Gogh, (that's a given-I have Starry Night in my room) Renoir, (Don't have a favorite of his, either. There's a few with him dancing with his wife and I like those.) Monet, (perty landscapes) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (Spring-that's in our front entrance) Jaques-Louis David, (painter of the Revolution-I adore that painting of Marat) and Jean Honore Frangonard (The Swing). I've also always loved portraits of royalty. Like that one portrait of Louis IV. Him and his man-tights. I also just recently another potential favorite of mine-scatch that-a now favorite of mine, Keyth Ryden: http://www.krkland.com/index.html So amazing! It's all the stuff I like: cartoony-pop art-surrealism. I also found this lady's art similar and interesting: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...6safe%3Dactive

Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Friedrich

I love that one! Gorgeous!

I like Degas as well. I was tempted to just post another pre-Raphealite, but no, I am going with Degas.

Degas pwns.

Claude-Joseph Vernet: Storm on a Mediterranean Coast



Astonishing!

Rene Magritte

MAGRITTE!!! I've never seen this one before! Amazing! I love surrealism.

Two paintings by Dix, first one is about WW I, and the second one is clear enough; you can easily recognise Hitler.

Whoah! I like those. Very disturbing.

I also liked the one with the girl in the field, those medevial.renaissance ones stlukesguild posted, and the one with the very realistic-looking cathedral.

I LOVE ART!!!!!!!!!!!

[manolia]

Here's another one of my favourites

It is called "The magic circle"

[*Classic*Charm*]

I love Dali. See my signature for my fav of his works. It's called Metamorphosis of Narcissus

[Sweets America]

I love Dali. See my signature for my fav of his works. It's called Metamorphosis of Narcissus

I agree, Dali's paintings are great.

[NikolaiI]

I've heard of Dali-- Lovecraft got inspiraition from him sometimes.

What a wonderful thread Niamh! I only can recall one painting by Jack B. Yeats, it was at the beginning of an Irish art book, I think black and white, someone writing a letter! This is very cool!

I've only glanced at this page 7, I'm interested in looking at the rest of it...I just want to say to you all: You have superb taste in art!!! Beautiful..

Here's on by Van Gogh I like

[Niamh]

I love Dali. See my signature for my fav of his works. It's called Metamorphosis of Narcissus

Thats my favourite Dali painting.

And Nik, you really should look back over the pages. There are some really fantastic pieces of art posted...

[NikolaiI]

Thats my favourite Dali painting.

And Nik, you really should look back over the pages. There are some really fantastic pieces of art posted...

I will.

[Janine]

Here's another one of my favourites

It is called "The magic circle"

Hi Manolia, I love this painting! I know I have seen it before somewhere. I love things about gyspies and this is how I perceive this, but also it makes me think of Eustashia from "Return of the Native", keeping a bonfire burning in the night on the heath.

Thats my favourite Dali painting.

I agree with you Niamh, this is my favorite also, asside from 'Pieta', which is used as my Avatar. I need post it large in here.

Ok, so somehow I missed this one, my favourite painting is the Christ of Saint John on the cross by Dali. A pinting I remember fondly from seeing the original in the Kelvingrove Art Galleries & museum in Glasgow.

Hi there, kilted exile, thanks so much for posting this painting of Dali's. I knew it resided in Glasgow and was mortified when it had come to Philadephia, two years back, for the big Dali Exhibit, and I somehow missed seeing it. By the time I went to the show, and I went twice, it had been sent back to Scotland! I was on the verge of tears. It was the one piece, I had prepared myself to see and missed out on. I will post 'Pieta' and the other Christ's crucifixion that Dali painted. Both are stunningly beautiful!

I must say, I have not fully checked out this thread but there are so many great pieces in here. Sweets I love that Turner painting; Niamh, that baby picture is so adorable and clever; your sister's friend's dad truly has talent. I love it since I will soon become a grandmother. It is really sweet. StLukesguild, the Degas Bathers are lovely. NikoliI, my son had that Van Gogh print framed and hanging in his appartment. I think now it is on his stairway. I always loved it. The cafe seems so inviting, doesn't it?

Everyone, Good job on this interesting thread! Here I am an artist, and had not yet posted a thing. I have tons of artwork copied to disks, so shame on me. I must upload some soon, so I can post them and share the best ones with you.