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Originally posted by pawnhandlerIt's tough to pick a favorite. I can't really say that I have a favorite.
This http://tinyurl.com/39evka will always be a favorite of mine. As for drawings, Escher tops the list.
I recently posted some of these (as ones I like) in The Enemy Forum:
http://tinyurl.com/2mgynt (all done with a palette knife! zoom in and look how the paint is just slathered on...the reflections of light on the sidewalk...wow!)
http://tinyurl.com/3ck4d3 (Sargent...amazing in person...the picture doesn't do it justice...you can almost "feel" the velvet dress)
http://tinyurl.com/3xm7h6 (more by Sargent..the sense of motion really gets me...again, you can practically hear them warming up)
Francis Bacon's nightmarish versions of Diego Velazquez's "Portrait of Pope Innocent X": http://tinyurl.com/2hwm79 (personally, I enjoy defacing cutesy Thomas Kinkade paintings in Photoshop...Bacon beat me to the idea)
Edward Hopper: http://tinyurl.com/37f2k8 (Hopper is always a favorite...this isn't necessarily his best, but it really illustrates his amazing command of light and shadow)
http://tinyurl.com/2j5waj (crazy, surreal Mark Ryden)
My tastes are constantly changing, though.
Favourite paintings or artists is a difficult question to answer.
Wladyslay Kufko is a personal friend, and I bought 2 of his (cheaper) early "Nisze" series in the 90's; I especially liked "Nisza w kształcie dinozaura", but couldn't afford the $5,000 he was asking for it at the time... It's probably worth a lot more than that now.
http://priv.twoje-sudety.pl/~krzysio/pl/obr6.htm
I also met Jerzy Duda Gracz, but can't find a web page with my favourite picture by him.
My favourite paintings include:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:John_Constable_017.jpg
http://www.abcgallery.com/C/constable/constable11.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bosch/bosch38.html
Originally posted by MimorThat is a really beautiful painting. I can see why you like it so.
The Russian Bride's Attire by Konstantin Makovsky
http://www.famsf.org/imagebase_zoom.asp?rec=7822312331480002
The original hangs in the De Young Museum in San Francisco.
When I was in Italy I saw a painting by Filippino Lippi and the way he painted eyes really struck me. He'd usually have one pair directually at the viewer. There was one painting inpiticular that I really admired but I can't find an imiage on the internet of it. It's kinda like this self portrait but with another person in it!
http://www.abcgallery.com/L/lippi/lippi.html
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/JWW_TheLadyOfShallot_1888.jpg
I love the Pre-Raphaelite artists and JW Waterhouse is my favourite,
http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/paintings/
I like paintings with curves and fabrics, textures and rich colours, but I also like line drawings of nudes and portraits.
Originally posted by yo its meThose are very striking. I particularly like the one of John the Baptist and Mary Magdelene.
That is a really beautiful painting. I can see why you like it so.
When I was in Italy I saw a painting by Filippino Lippi and the way he painted eyes really struck me. He'd usually have one pair directually at the viewer. There was one painting inpiticular that I really admired but I can't find an imiage on the internet of it. It's kinda like this self portrait but with another person in it!
http://www.abcgallery.com/L/lippi/lippi.html
Originally posted by Pawn QweenLovely.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/JWW_TheLadyOfShallot_1888.jpg
I love the Pre-Raphaelite artists and JW Waterhouse is my favourite,
http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/paintings/
I like paintings with curves and fabrics, textures and rich colours, but I also like line drawings of nudes and portraits.
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Originally posted by Pawn QweenI love paintings by Waterhouse.. The site you quoted is fabulous including private collections etc. I wish if I could see all in original... in my secret place.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/JWW_TheLadyOfShallot_1888.jpg
I love the Pre-Raphaelite artists and JW Waterhouse is my favourite,
http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/paintings/
I like paintings with curves and fabrics, textures and rich colours, but I also like line drawings of nudes and portraits.
I like this one! http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/view.cfm?recordid=72
..and this (in Leeds)
http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/view.cfm?recordid=27
Another my favourite painter (Victorian) is Charles Simms.. but can't find many on webs..:'(
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Originally posted by GalaxyShieldI first saw this painting when I was a kid and it always takes me back and I get the same feeling whenever I see it.
I've never really been into art (I should be, since my sister has an art degree), but I've always really liked 'The Scream'.
http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/rprestia/1301/images/IN495%20munch%20BST%20%20Scream%201893.jpg
Spooky.
Great paintings Waterhouses are lovelly. i'm surprised noone has picked Van Gogh. I love his paintings, but they aren't my favs.