I've never been a Dali fan either, at all. It's his 'style', folks like it, thats cool - so be it. I love all types and styles of art but his style just isn't for me. I don't really understand what he is saying, other than the obvious. Seems like jibberish to me. Dali knows how to 'paint' though - and he does put weird stuff together well. Weird stuff, like a very strange nightmare where you wake up with cold sweats. A bit 'too far out' for me. It's just not comfortable for me. I wouldn't hang it in my house.
Friedrich Nerly - "island and church of san giorgio maggiore, venice" Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer - "a poignant parting" Frederick Arthur Bridgman - "the procession of the bull apis" Frederick Arthur Bridgman - "street in algeria" Rosa Bonheur - "spanish muleteers crossing the pyrenees"
5 paintings by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio (1571-1610): He was active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death. His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting. He died young at the age of 38. Caravaggio - "judith beheading holofernes" Caravaggio - "the beheading of saint john the baptist" Caravaggio - "supper at emmaus" Caravaggio - "the cardsharps" Caravaggio - "the musicians"
5 more paintings by Caravaggio: Caravaggio - "the incredulity of saint thomas" Caravaggio - "the entombment of christ" Caravaggio - "bacchus" Caravaggio - "narcissus" Caravaggio - "medusa"
5 paintings by German-American painter Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902): Bierstadt was born in Prussia, but his family moved to the United States when he was one year old. He returned to study painting for several years in Düsseldorf. He became part of the second generation of the Hudson River School in New York, an informal group of like-minded painters who started painting along the Hudson River. Albert Bierstadt - "among the sierra nevada, california" Albert Bierstadt - "the falls of st. anthony" Albert Bierstadt - "indian sunset: deer by a lake" Albert Bierstadt - "emigrants crossing the plains" Albert Bierstadt - "the last of the buffalo"
Peter Blume - "the rock" Peter Blume - "the two rivers" Kent Monkman - "resurgence of the people" Kent Monkman - "welcoming the newcomers" Paul Delvaux - "le train bleu or la rue aux tramways"
His sculpture work is I'd say his most iconic, but Umberto Boccioni has paintings as well that deserve serious recognition.
My artwork (asst.by Dalle), after Balthus. Took about 20 tries to create a masterpiece. Maybe more Francis Bacon, but I think it's fantastic
Nice to see someone else appreciate “The Rock”. It’s oftentimes my favorite painting and I am blessed that it resides in the Art Institute of Chicago…my home town. I’m glad to see “The Two Rivers” by Blume as well. I’ve not seen that before.
My wife and I had just moved into a new apartment in San Francisco and the previous tenant left a few posters on the wall. One was a young girl sitting at a well with a broken pitcher. We liked it and lived with it for a year or so, looking at it every day. One weekend we visited the Legion of Honor museum, turned a corner and - pow! There was the original, looking like it was exploding in color and clarity to our eyes, accustomed to the poster.
I had to look it up. The Isle of the Dead. Very interesting. He also painted five different versions of it.
It's extremely evocative. I think it's the combination of beauty and dread that gives the painting its otherworldly quality. It of course inspired Sergei Rachmaninov to compose his famous symphonic poem op. 29 of the same name in 1908:
I know, Wikiart gave it a clunky title. The German is probably more elegant. But she does look very contemporary!
Several years ago a friend toured the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg and bought a poster. I was studying the framed poster when my friend explained, "It was the only painting in the museum I understood." It showed nothing more than a realistic loaf of bread. To this day I chuckle about that memory.