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edhopper

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22. Not really

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #20)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:24 PM

Dec 2015

Michelangelo, Raphael, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Goya, David, Ingres, Picasso, Matisse all had great recognition during their lives. Even Van Gogh would have been renowned in his lifetime had he lived.

Sorry I misread. later in their lives for many.

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Fight Nights: The Brief Candle of an American Artist [View all] CTyankee Dec 2015 OP

Thanks for this! H2O Man Dec 2015 #1

thanks for the rec. CTyankee Dec 2015 #2

I meant the H2O Man Dec 2015 #11

And it's awful. He abandoned his approach and I don't get why. His initial CTyankee Dec 2015 #14

Interesting question .... H2O Man Dec 2015 #19

I welcome her ideas! It is VERY interesting to me! CTyankee Dec 2015 #21

Wow! H2O Man Dec 2015 #34

looking forward to hearing more. edhopper Dec 2015 #36

kicking for the friday evening group, just getting home from work... CTyankee Dec 2015 #3

My father was a boxer in the 20s and 30s Generic Other Dec 2015 #4

wow. he had an interesting life! CTyankee Dec 2015 #5

Jersey Joe Walcott H2O Man Dec 2015 #18

They were hardworking stiffs in those days Generic Other Dec 2015 #32

That's certainly possible! H2O Man Dec 2015 #33

Great essay edhopper Dec 2015 #6

I love that interpretation. If you think about it, what you said is so true... CTyankee Dec 2015 #9

Yes edhopper Dec 2015 #10

you mean Henri's influence? CTyankee Dec 2015 #23

Yes edhopper Dec 2015 #24

this is not as brutal as Paddy Flanagan is, would you agree? CTyankee Dec 2015 #26

Don't look at the subject edhopper Dec 2015 #27

Yes, I get what you mean. What the artist chooses to concentrate on i.e. orthodonture CTyankee Dec 2015 #28

So true edhopper Dec 2015 #31

yes, and that is why we have the quiet El tracks and Jo in the sun... CTyankee Dec 2015 #12

you always have to wonder when great artist die too young edhopper Dec 2015 #13

but isn't this practically the story of great art masterpieces? CTyankee Dec 2015 #20

Not really edhopper Dec 2015 #22

Yes, you are right. So many had the acceptance and encouragement they deserved... CTyankee Dec 2015 #25

K & R femmocrat Dec 2015 #7

Nice break from the usual stuff here Armstead Dec 2015 #8

You must tell me more on George Inness... CTyankee Dec 2015 #16

Great boxing paintings panader0 Dec 2015 #15

You know, portraiture is so great because of what you see revealed about the person. CTyankee Dec 2015 #17

Right! H2O Man Dec 2015 #29

that is exactly what the artist Bellows is telling us...and why the social realists of his day CTyankee Dec 2015 #30

Thank you CTyankee. lovemydog Dec 2015 #35

thank you for being part of the discussion! CTyankee Dec 2015 #37