Who's your favorite painter?

[rumguy]

[Parche]

1. painter

Packy the elephant

[indigobusiness]

21. she's good

yep

[Speck Tater]

2. Jackson Pollock

[Catholic Sensation]

3. Bruegel

[GOPisEvil]

4. Today? I'll go with Kandinsky.

Ooops...image WAY too big. Sorry.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Fernando Botero

[Champ]

6. My grandma!!

She paints, so she is a painter and a pretty good one at that. Plus she's my grandma. :)

[DenverDem]

7. Yves Tanguy

<http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_lg_152_3.html>

(Somebody please show me how to post a picture!!)

[indigobusiness]

23. ***here*** (I had him at #3)

[indigobusiness]

97. Another Tanguy

Promontory Palace (Palais promontoire), 1931. Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm. Peggy Guggenheim Collection. 76.2553 PG 94. © 2003 Estate of Yves Tanguy/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

[indigobusiness]

26. to grab a pic

right click on it click properties
copy url...paste it here
done

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Rothko, Magritte, Twombly, Pollack, Dali

Though I'm off to the Whitney tonight to see the biennial, and so after that, my faves might change. Always depends on my mood. :-) Though I also always like Rothko and Magritte, whatever mood I'm in.

[TN al]

9. Edward Hopper

[arwalden]

10. Mine Also... Love Nighthawks

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. Yep that's a classic

[candy]

37. I got a nice,framed print of Nightawks for my birthday last year--

I've always loved it and it brings back memories of my misspent youth sitting in a diner in Boston at 3:00 AM many years ago.

[Mr. McD]

12. Van Gogh

[rumguy]

13. funny how no one says Cezzane

Nor would I really expect it...

And yet, he's considered to be such an important painter.

[trof]

14. Anderson Quaites

Proprietor of Handy Andy Construction and Remodeling Co.
He painted the trim on our house.
Nice guy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. OMG! You have an original Quaites?

And not just a painting, but an installation! :-)

Seriously, a good house painter is worth a lot more than a fine art painter, in many respects. It's a underappreciated art both in terms of artistry and importance of doing a good job.

[loftycity]

15. Velasquez

Diego Velasquez--particularly like the portrait Juan di Pareja
in the NY Met.

[guitar man]

16. Joe Bob

Yep, he's the best. The job he did on my exterior trim was way above par. He did great on my interior walls too, not a single roller mark anywhere. :)

[SarahB]

17. Mary Cassatt

"Sleepy Baby" is my favorite. In fact, it used to be my avatar when I was populistmom.

[devilgrrl]

18. Giorgio De Chirico

[Whitacre D_WI]

19. Eric Legge.

[indigobusiness]

20. Caravaggio

2Max Ernst
3Yves Tanguy

[DemBones DemBones]

86. Good choices. Seeing Caravaggio's work

in the flesh (in the canvas?) in Italy always amazed me. Photos of his work just don't fully convey the chops the guy had.

[indigobusiness]

89. He was an amazing painter...and broke rules of content

gotta love that.

[bicentennial_baby]

22. Mark Ryden (pic heavy)

[greatauntoftriplets]

24. Joey O'Neill!!!!

Did a great job on the house!!!!!

[MikeG]

25. Earl Scheib. The best.

http://www.earlscheib.com/

[jmowreader]

27. Bad war story follows...

I had to take a guy in to a promotion board about two days after Earl Scheib died. There were five other people going in that day, and somehow I was the only supervisor there, so I got to take them all in.

On promotion boards they always ask you a current events question, so I went to the PX and bought seven copies of the Stars and Stripes--one for me too. And we're sitting there flipping through the paper when I see the Earl Scheib story. "Hey everyone, flip to page 7 and memorize the top story, that's what they'll ask about."

Sure as shit..."Specialist Jones, what can you tell us about Earl Scheib?" I just busted out laughing, which is not normally done at promotion boards. "Sergeant, what's so funny?" Well, Top, I kinda told everyone to read that story. I thought I was just fuckin' around out there, I didn't think you'd ever ask about that!

[chaska]

28. Miro

[SiouxJ]

29. Edward Hopper

I think we would have been soul mates had I known him :-)

on edit: didn't see the other post above. Cool! Other Hopper fans. Though I'm partial to his less famous works (other than Nighthawks). I think "Gas" is my favorite but it's hard to choose. "Cape Cod Evening" is another. I just framed "Railroad Sunset" for my living room.

http://store3.yimg.com/I/whitneystore_1788_10448896

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. Just saw that one tonight!

The Whitney changed their Hopper display, and they had out a bunch of his watercolors on paper I hadn't seen before. Wonderful! I like Hopper, but he can overdo it a bit at times with the fershlugginer lighthouses. But I love the desolation in all his paintings.

I think perhaps my fave Hopper is the one with the naked woman standing in a bedroom with light coming through a window and hitting her and the floor. She might have a cigarette, I can't remember, and I can't remember the name. They didn't have that one up at the Whitney tonight, which was sad, but it did mean I got to see more other ones.I love the loneliness and the despair and hopelessness of that painting.

[SiouxJ]

77. Lucky You!

I'm so jealous. Some day I'm gonna make a pilgrimage to the Whitney to see their Hopper collection. Right now I've been settling for seeking out every art museum I visit's token Hopper. Yeah, a lot of them are those boring lighthouses, lol. I must say I'm not fond of those either.

Hmmm, I've never thought of them as expressing hopelessness, in fact, they make me feel kinda happy. I just have this thing for places which are void of people. I'm not big on crowds and I love say, going to a concert hall that is built to house thousands of people and just being there by myself or with one other person. His paintings have the same sort of affect on me. I've never felt despair in his paintings at all either but I guess different people have different reactions. That's an indication of an artist's greatness.

[jmowreader]

32. Adolf Hitler!

He could also paint a whole apartment in one afternoon. Two coats!

I'm quite fond of H.R. Giger too...



I can't seem to find Giger's infamous "Landscape XX" also known as "Penis Landscape."

[HEyHEY]

33. It's soo pbvious for me - Emily Carr

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=7426

[pagerbear]

34. Rabrrrrrrrr of course!

[Rabrrrrrr]

39. Why, thank you!

[supernova]

35. Van Gogh

I identify with the emotionally chaotic signs in his work quite strongly. Plus, I did a senior paper on him in High School, completely in French.

[RebelOne]

99. Same here. Love his Sunflower painting.

[Duncan Grant]

36. Gustave Caillebotte

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

46. Excellent choice!

I adore his work!

Totally underated!

[Bridget Burke]

56. He didn't die in a garret, reeking of absinthe & hashish...

(not that there's anything wrong with absinthe & hashish). He was a prosperous engineer & patron of other impressionists. How could he be any good? said the art historians.

Just look at his work.

[indigobusiness]

58. Tight and boring...he should've tried the absinthe

and chased it with hashish.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

61. His paintings were tight but

he painted some excellent subjects with subtle grace

[indigobusiness]

63. I still think absinthe would've helped. There is something

lacking...a dead spot in his soulfullness...despite his remarkable skill. And this painting is stunningly skillfully:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

68. Who wouldn't some absynthe help?

I see what you mean - he's not my favorite painter but I'm moved by his skill.

[indigobusiness]

70. I know it would help

me.

[Duncan Grant]

78. LOL!

You probably have a point there! ;)

I'm a bit of an art history geek and a true Caillebotte groupie - he's a stud! :evilgrin: Seriously though, when placed within the context of his time and culture, Caillebotte becomes a much more interesting man (and painter).

And speaking of absinthe, that reminds me of a great painting by Caillebotte's teacher, Edgar Degas (The Absinthe Drinker):

[Duncan Grant]

79. There's a great book...

about him, "Gustave Caillebotte" by Kirk Varnedoe! Caution: art history geek material (which suited me fine). :)

If you're a serious Caillebotte fan, you'll love it! :hi:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

93. I've seen it at the bookstore I used to work at

I'm saving up - there's a long line, I'm sure you understand!

[JPJones]

54. oops n/t

[RetroLounge]

38. Vincent

RL

[Gildor Inglorion]

40. Caravaggio

[nuxvomica]

41. Henri Rousseau

[johnnie]

42. My neighbor

He scrapped, primed and painted my whole house for only $1,000. That included all supplies.

[BBradley]

43. Pollock

[fameless]

44. Vermeer.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

45. Robert Williams

[madrchsod]

47. another robert williams fan

cool..i really like that whole art "scene" or what ever you want to call it..

[imax2268]

48. Paco...

lives right down the street...he does great murals...

[Fleshdancer]

49. Klimt. n/t

[mitchum]

50. Egon Schiele

[Duncan Grant]

82. Oh, wow...great choice!

I love his figure studies and self-portraits! :thumbsup:

[indigobusiness]

84. agreed n/t

[Kenneth ken]

51. Joni Mitchell

YAY - another place to mention one of my very favorite people.

Singer, songwriter, painter, Canadian.

go here to see some of her paintings

Joni :loveya: Mitchell
:yourock:

[Duncan Grant]

80. Me too, Kennethken!

Serious Joni fan here, so glad you mentioned her! :yourock:

[Rationality]

52. No one mentioned Salvador Dali?

[Qanisqineq]

53. Monet (n/t)

[Bertha Venation]

62. Who is Monet?

Family joke while watching Jeopardy! -- the standard response to any answer we don't know the question to. Usually used in Art categories, but . . .

[WilliamPitt]

55. My mom

[psychopomp]

57. I like Paul Klee

[indigobusiness]

59. Joseph Campbell had an interesting opinion of Klee

said he "got it".

Klee is amazing... "Night Fishing" is amazing...(right title?)

[psychopomp]

88. Legend of the Nile

Legend of the Nile
1937 (190 Kb); Pastel on cotton cloth mounted on burlap, 69 x 61 cm (27 1/8 x 24 in); Kunstmuseum Bern

Joe C was on the mark. Nazis hated him so he must have been doing something right.

More on Paul Klee here:

http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/klee/

[indigobusiness]

90. Thanks ...here's another

Magic Garden (Zaubergarten), March 1926. Oil on plaster-filled wire mesh, 52.9 x 44.9 cm, including artist’s frame. Peggy Guggenheim Collection. 76.2553 PG 90. Paul Klee © 2003 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

[psychopomp]

91. Ohh, that's nice

I hadn't seen that before. It helps to see a larger image:

[indigobusiness]

92. ...interesting that it is painted on

plaster on wire mesh.

[Bertha Venation]

60. Georgia O'Keeffe

[Sticky]

64. Maud Lewis

Local painter....tiny woman, poverty stricken, crippled up from an early bout with Polio and later a battered wife who found refuse in her paintings. Her artwork is childlike and positive and it makes me 'feel'. Isn't that the whole point of art?



http://www.web-arts.com.au/LEWIS.html
http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/ict/2learn/jcreid/digby/shells.htm

Edited to add another link.

[curse10]

65. Diego Velasquez

:-)

[laruemtt]

66. dali and gauguin but

am currently on a diego rivera kick - go figure.

[Sticky]

67. DU'er Melsky

has great talent....I love looking through the paintings on her site.
It's hard to settle on a favourite.

http://www.eclecticmelsky.com/

[rumguy]

74. I like her paintings too

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

69. Today I'm feeling El Greco!

I love his expressiveness

[indigobusiness]

72. Today, I'm feeling pretty...

...might take a bite out of the apple.

[indigobusiness]

73. just kidding.......how 'bout them Bears?

da Bears.

[noiretextatique]

71. a family friend, Rae Hayward

Here's a story about her "Art of Living Black" project

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/Support/community/default_taolb.asp?siteid=mktw

[rucky]

75. Hopper

[kodi]

76. vermeer, the things he did with lighting were amazing

i was fortunate to see his works exhibited back in 94/95? at the national gallery in dc.

[BigMcLargehuge]

81. Otto Dix (warning... MANY images)

[Duncan Grant]

85. Deja Vu!

I was just googling Otto Dix (after seeing mitchum's choice - Egon Schiele). His WWI pencil drawings are mesmerizing! Schiele, Dix, Oppenheimer,...great stuff. :thumbsup:

[BigMcLargehuge]

87. the most evocative art I've ever seen

he captured ALL the horror of WW1 and years after. Truly and amazing painter.

[Robb]

83. Meet James Ensor

Belgium's famous painter!
Dig him up and shake his hand, appreciate the man.

[buycitgo]

94. hitler?

[buycitgo]

95. favorite political painting: Rove, Hughes, Cheney getting dumbo

ready for debates

[bleedingheart]

96. I can't pick a favorite because I love so many different artists

and styles....

whether it be flemish tapestries...holbein, durer, titian, michaelangelo, da vinci, pollack, o'keefe, etc....

even the primitive paintings of early men/women in the caves of europe is evocative and beautiful artwork....

[YellowRubberDuckie]

98. Jack Vettriano

This one is called The Singing Butler.
He's fantastic. He's a Scottish Artist that does very Romantic paintings.
For more info: http://www.vettriano-art.com/
Duckie

[rumguy]

100. not one picked Cezanne

He's ranked right behind Picasso in many people's books.