Caravaggio - "the calling of saint matthew" Rembrandt - "the abduction of europa" Paolo Veronese - "the wedding feast at cana" Carl Bloch - "in a roman osteria" Edward Hopper - "chop suey"
Gustaf Cederström - "bringing home the body of king karl XII of sweden" Antonio Ciseri - "ecce homo" Jakub Schikaneder - "murder in the house" Jan Matejko - "stanczyk" Luke Fildes - "the doctor"
Prospero Piatti - "floralia" Jacques-Louis David - "the intervention of the sabine women" Jacques-Louis David - "the coronation of napoleon" François Gérard - "the battle of austerlitz" (napoleon at the battle of austerlitz) Jehan Georges Vibert - "planning napoleon's coronation"
5 artworks by Danish painter Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859-1941): He is best known for his landscape paintings in a realistic style. Peder Mørk Mønsted - "a forest stream" Peder Mørk Mønsted - "river landscape" Peder Mørk Mønsted - "autumn day in the forest, red deer by a lake" Peder Mørk Mønsted - "summer day in a village lagoon" Peder Mørk Mønsted - "cap martin, france"
John Young Hunter - "vanity fair" John William Godward - "when the heart is young" Gerolamo Induno - "doleful premonition" Fernando Amorsolo - "mango pickers" George William Willis - "leap frog"
Louis Michel Eilshemius, "New York at Night", ca. 1910; Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Albert Bierstadt - "the rocky mountains, lander's peak" Frederik Marinus Kruseman - "winter landscape with skaters on a frozen river" Karl Friedrich Lessing - "monastery garden in the snow" Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz - "the halt" Pierre Gavarni - "le cadre noir à paris devant la tribune présidentielle"
Gerhard Richter. His later stuff is more abstract expressionist, but his realism work eerily striking.
Mr. Bean's Whistler's Mother. I kid, I kid. There are so many good paintings, as others have pointed out. I don't much find representational paintings impressive in print form, but when viewing the actual painting the best are truly impressive. I much more gravitate to impressionist or abstract art, and my favorite is probably by Kandinsky. I have this [Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)] hanging on one of my walls.
Any love for Albrecht Dürer in here? I'm fascinated with his work at the moment, especially his attention to detail.
Studying Richter more and more recently. The contrast between his early and later styles and works makes it hard to believe they're from the same artist.
All by David Caspar Friedrich The Wanderer Above the Mist Chalk Cliffs of Rgen Woman Before the Setting Sun On the Segler Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon
Agreed. I saw his Exhibit at MOMA maybe 20 years ago, and the realism stuff was uncanny. Terrorist mug shots, fighter planes - all kinds of stuff what a talent.
It was his abstract work that got me interested in him originally, as it felt very full of life and let the viewer interpret it on many levels. But as time goes on it's those realism paintings that I'm in awe of the more I look at them. I wonder if his thorough work in art photography is a reason for his contrasting styles, because his photography can be quite abstract in contrast to his realism paintings.
These are just lovely. I don't believe I am familiar with this artist 's work, so thank you for posting these engaging paintings . I would be happy to have any one of them on my walls. And just as thankful to be a happy observer, sitting in front of any of these peaceful, restorative landscapes .
Aren't these high res / high pixel count scans amazing? Not as good as seeing the painting in person but the next best thing! All of these are wonderful views but to see the brushstrokes on the Hopper is so good, so tactile. BTW, what is the woman riding in the Rembrandt? A bull? A cow? It sure isn't a horse. Maybe Rembrandt couldn't remember if it was supposed to be a bull or a horse?
I may have posted this before so forgive me but it deserves a second look: Automat, 1927 - Edward Hopper - WikiArt.org
Appears to me like the head of a cow, the front legs of a horse, and the hind legs and tail of a lion.
It's Zeus, the god of the sky in ancient Greek mythology. He transformed himself into a beautiful white bull and encouraged the woman, Europa, to climb on his back. He then took off with her to the island of Crete and seduced her after which he became his consort. That's where the continent's name comes from.
I'm an Art School graduate. My favourite painting is rooted in my childhood. I vividly remember a painting hanging outside the office of my Primary School Headteacher's office- the prime position in the entire school. I was impressed by the vivid primary colours and strong yellow tones that captured the essence of the flowers- it always brightened up a dull day and instantly improved my mood. I thought it was so good that it must've been painted by a Primary 7 pupil, the best artist in our school. Eventually I discovered the painting was called 'Sunflowers" and was painted by a Dutch artist who cut off his ear. His name was Vincent Van Gogh. It has been my favourite painting since the fist day I set eyes on it. That painting started my lifelong love of art. Years later I stood before that painting again, only this time it was the original and I was in the Van Gogh Museum and Gallery in Amsterdam. The thickness of the paint on the canvas made me want to touch it to see if it was still wet! I closed my eyes and I was 5 years old again, standing outside the Headteachers office. I felt so happy.