Favorite Painting of All Time

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Gallileo, Jul 20, 2013.

  1. Paul_s

    Paul_s Forum Resident

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    Fallen Madonna With the Big Boobies by Van Klomp

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  2. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

    He was a class act, was Van Klomp.
     
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  3. scompton

    scompton Forum Resident

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    Kehinde Wiley's version.

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  4. scompton

    scompton Forum Resident

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    If you ever have a chance, visit the Delaware Museum of Art in Wilmington. Pyle left his collection to the museum. They expanded the collection so they have a large collection of early 20th century American illustration. That painting is in the collection. Also in the Wilmington area is the Brandywine River Museum of Art which is essentially the Wyeth family museum. Their properties include N. C. Wyeth's home and studio and Andrew Wyeth's studio.
     
  5. RhodyDave125

    RhodyDave125 Streetwalkin' Cheetah

    I got to see a great show of his work up in Portland Maine a couple months back. It had this painting along with many others. Magnificent work!
     
  6. Valkenburg

    Valkenburg Forum Resident

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    Edvard Munch - "The Dance of Life"

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  7. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    I saw the silkscreened Mao 2 years ago at a great little exhibition here along with a Marilyn and a Jackie. Plus the cow wallpaper.
     
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  8. HaileyMcComet

    HaileyMcComet Forum Resident

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    Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq
    by Rembrandt van Rijn
    hanging in the Rijksmuseum

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  9. blutiga

    blutiga Forum Resident

    The Night Watch!
     
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  10. digreyfox

    digreyfox Forum Resident

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    Ico had its issues, shadow of the colossus is incredible, and the last guardian is frustrating but great as well.

    As for paintings I keep coming back to Edward Hopper.

    Probably either of these three:



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    Room By the Sea(1951)


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    Morning Sun (1952)

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    New York Movie (1939)

    The way Hopper depicted light through rooms, and the general feeling of melancholy he conveyed always strike me. His textural brushwork is also aweinspiring when you see the paintings in the flesh (sadly does not translate well to pictures)
     
  11. Leonthepro

    Leonthepro Skeptically Optimistic

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    My life is complete.
     
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  12. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    NY Movie is phenomenal. A great show at the Phila art museum last year had several great Hoppers, including a landscape!!!
    I will be going back to see this again someday:
    Edward Hopper’s Summertime : Delaware Art Museum
     
  13. HaileyMcComet

    HaileyMcComet Forum Resident

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    Which, ironically, depicts a day scene.
     
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  14. digreyfox

    digreyfox Forum Resident

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    I was lucky enough to stumble upon an advertisement for an Hopper exhibit on the back of a bus in Rome, 2010, when I was visiting the city. Already a favourite of mine, once I got to see them in the flesh and appreciate the brushwork, I was enthraled.
     
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  15. Leonthepro

    Leonthepro Skeptically Optimistic

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    One of the best songs ever, by King Crimson:

     
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  16. blutiga

    blutiga Forum Resident

    It sure is!
     
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  17. Juan Matus

    Juan Matus Reformed Audiophile

    I guess this

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  18. Doghouse Riley

    Doghouse Riley Forum Resident

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    North West England
    A difficult choice.

    I've had this as the background screen of whatever computer I've been using, for decades.
    Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sergent. Iyt took him weeks to paint it as he'd rather play badminton, than get on with it when he went to the house.

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    I admire him as an artist as he could paint in different styles.

    Most famous as a portrait painter of the "upper classes,"

    Beatrice Townsend at the age of twelve in 1882. I think he captured her vibrancy, It's sad to think she died of peritonitis, two years after this was painted.


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    But he could also paint land and seascapes.

    The Oyster Gatherers

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    Another favourite is Norman Rockwell, the illustrator, who painted the cover for the Saturday Evening Post, week in week out for decades.

    "Every picture told a story."

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  19. Leonthepro

    Leonthepro Skeptically Optimistic

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    My friend loves Singer.
     
  20. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    so does my wife
     
  21. Matt Richardson

    Matt Richardson Forum Resident

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    My Favorite is a Munch work too. The Voice

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  22. EddieMann

    EddieMann I used to be a king...

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    Geneva, IL. USA.
    Bucket list painting for me. I WILL see it in person some day!
     
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  23. carrick doone

    carrick doone Whhhuuuutttt????

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    Vancouver, Canada
    Thanks for the advice. If I get close to that area I will make it a stop.
     
  24. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    If you are out there and want to do what Scompton says, please call ahead. Tours to the studios (and they are separate tours/$) are timed and in the warmer months they sell out. You have to board a small bus to be transported there. The River Museum is wonderful, we are members.
     
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  25. HaileyMcComet

    HaileyMcComet Forum Resident

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    中華民國
    They recently finished a massive renovation of the Rijksmuseum, showing this painting the respect it deserves. Plus, the Rijksmuseum is next to the Van Gogh Museum, so you get both in one trip. And if you're lucky, there might be something good playing at the Concertgebouw just down the plein.
     
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