Any chance it was this (here's the book that went along with the exhibit). It came through Chicago and was one of the best shows I've ever seen.
no, it was more than a decade. If it had had AGothic, we would have been there with bells on. Our exhibit also had a chance for me to look in again on a fave of mine, Nude Descending a Staircase, which my wife doesn't get (rare thing).
It's hard to name a single painting as a favourite because there are so many great painters like Van Gogh, Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt, Renoir and the likes. Like I wrote in the thread about the avatars I am a huge admirer of the Russian masters. Painters like Kramskoi, Shishkin, Repin, Levitan, Serebriakova and others. Here is a favourite painting of mine, it is called "Portrait of an Unknown Woman" (Russian: Неизвестная) by Ivan Kramskoi. When I saw the painting the first time I was immediately captivated by the elegance and the self-assured glance of this woman in a carriage. I am still fascinated by looking at it each time.
You have good taste. Russian painting schoools into and through the 20th century were rigidly academic. Artists were steeped in the traditional techniques of renaissance masters. I particularly enjoy the Russian landscape painters.
I have book somewhere on the Russian painters Komar and Melamid. They have some very interesting takes on traditional techniques.
Me too. I like the paintings by Isaac Levitan very much. Isaac Levitan - 449 artworks - WikiArt.org Another art form that fascinates me are book illustrations & children's book illustrations. I have a few very nice books at home and I bought an original oil painting a few years back. When I am on holiday in a foreign country I often buy a little book that I like. I have a French copy of Doctor Zhivago mainly because of the illustrations by Alexandre Alexeieff which he made with his pinscreen. My greatest "heroes" on the subject of animation are also Russian, Yuri Norstein and Francesca Yarbusova.
Some of my faves: Lady Godiva by John Collier Hylas and the Nymphs and Ophelia by John William Waterhouse ...and also Ophelia by John Everett Millais
I recently watched a documentary on Elizabeth Siddal, the model in that last painting. She really got sick posing for that painting.
I've only seen two of his works in person. I managed to see 'The Persistence of Memory' last year at the NGV in Melbourne, Victoria when they had a lot of works borrowed from MOMA on display, it was immense to see up close and of course much smaller than I thought it would be. The other piece was 'Trilogy of the desert: Mirage', also at the NGV as they bought the piece last year to have as a permanent work on display. The museum in Florida looks really great from what I've read about it.
This is stunning. If you like this work then I recommend having a look at Canadian artist Mathew Borrett's collected drawings. They too are excellent.
I love Frida and it's hard to pick only one. There are so many female Mexican surrealists who also do incredible work. I think it must be Frida's legacy.
If you get the chance, visit Manchester Art Gallery. We have a wonderful collection of the Pre-Raphaelites, including Hylas and the Nymphs. Birmingham also has a fantastic collection.
My favourite work by Dalí is Exploding Raphaelesque Head, which hangs in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in Edinburgh: The same gallery also has the small, but rather lovely, Mother and Child, from Picasso’s Blue Period: I used to be fortunate enough to live a short walk from this gallery, and these two were always a highlight of any visit.
Thanks, I always enjoy the Blue Period. We saw a great film on Picasso's early years last year that went up through the blue and red periods.
