Favorite Painting of All Time

George Grosz - Pillars of Society

Good piece on the war art of Dix, Grosz and others - http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/otto-dix-and-german-art-from-world-war.html

 

Thought it would fit nicely:
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Some things never change.

 

Excellent, thanks for that.

 

Otto Dix - Skull (from his series of prints based on his experiences in World War One, Der Krieg).

For more, see http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/der-krieg-war-art-of-otto-dix.html

 

LS Lowry - Self Portrait

For info on a Lowry exhibition about to open in the UK: http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/l-s-lowry-in-berwick-and-northumberland.html

 

Richard Wilson - Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris

Here's a little piece on the artist and his influence on British landscape painters like Constable - there's an exhibition in Cardiff:
http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/richard-wilson-father-of-british.html

 

Thanks for posting. It's about 150 years earlier than I thought at first glance.

 

it's not a painting, mybe it is, who knows?
this is my favourite image. looks a bit depressing & i love it.
the cover of floyds 'animals.'

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Stunning, isn't it?

Like your avatar, congresstart!

 

"El Tres de Mayo" - Francisco de Goya.

 

Turner, the best British artist ever?

Maybe?

See http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/j-m-w-turner-britains-greatest-artist.html

 

Another mind-blowing painting for its time and style is Dürer's Weiher im Walde and Arco both from 1495:

 

John Constable: A View at Hampstead, Evening

Here's a feature on the revolutionary nature of Constable's paintings:

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/john-constable-revolutionary-artist.html

 

Always loved Constable.

 

Sargent, luv!













Always loved Sargent.

 

I saw this, and while I find the conceit of the expert pretending to learn about Constable as the film progressed a little false, to put it mildly, I thought it was excellent to see the artist's studies and the places where he painted as well as learning about the way his art was perceived in the UK and France at the time.

 

Fishermen on the Lagoon, Moonlight, 1840

Great review of what seems to be a great exhibition of later Turner works at the Tate in London. Must get to see this!

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/snow-storm-steam-boat-off-harbours.html

 

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Fishermen on the Lagoon, Moonlight, 1840

Great review of what seems to be a great exhibition of later Turner works at the Tate in London. Must get to see this!

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/snow-storm-steam-boat-off-harbours.html[/QUOTE]

That's a lovely piece of work.

 

Several old favorites off the top of my head:

Courbet's L'Origine du monde (NSFW, so I won't post the pic here)

Hopper's Nighthawks at the Diner:


Franz Kline's Corinthian II (hard to get a sense of scale from this pic, but it's a large (6.5 x 9 feet) canvas and is quite imposing in person):

 

Michael Snow, from his Walking Woman series, 1962.

 

Nighthawks has always spoke to me.

 

"Draugen" by Theodore Kittelsen

 

There are so many stunning works. I've always been

There's a wonderful documentary film on The pre-Raphaelites on YouTube with collector Andrew Loyd Webber.

 

Egon Schiele exhibition in London. Excellent article here: http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/egon-schiele-radical-nude-at-courtauld.html