Post a favorite painting...

[mix]

Children Playing, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1560

[Tikki]

1. Paul Klee's "Twittering Machine"....

Tikki

[mix]

77. i could stare at this

forever

[Twillig]

2. You Bruegel-empted me.

I was gonna post "The Triumph of Death."

Screw it. Here it is:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. ok...

Marc Chagall View of Paris

[elleng]

4. Odilon Redon

http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=47555

[REP]

5. One of many

Klimt - Buchenwald I

[REP]

18. Sorry for the huge image; posted from my phone, where it looks to be normal sized

:blush:

[elleng]

6. More Klimt

[Capn Sunshine]

7. Starry Night 2, Van Gogh.

If you've ever taken psychedelics you have a glimpse into this guys perspective

[Mad_Dem_X]

63. I love "Starry Night."

When I saw the original last year in NYC, I actually wept.

[Arkansas Granny]

65. I've never taken psychedelics, but I love the energy in the stars.

You can feel the stars just pulsing with heat and power. I can get lost in this painting.

[Dystopian]

8. This is mine

I bought it at an auction. I just took the picture...
By R. Ducharme 1940. ?
It's a photo of where I am...in my mind. Kind of dark?

peace~

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My daughter's painting:

She's done other things that I like better, but this is the only one I currently have:

[GReedDiamond]

10. The Bride Stripped Bare, by her Bachelors, even...

..by the Greatest Artist of the 20th Century, Marcel Duchamp

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SUBGzd1BG60/SXVjMt3PdPI/AAAAAAACB_c/OD7lgTt5IqI/Duchamp,+Large+Glass+-+Bride+Stripped+Bare+by+Her+Bachelors,+Even+1915-23.jpg

[rrneck]

11. Rothko

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. René Magritte, The Lovers, 1928

[Lucian]

13. A couple:

[BurtWorm]

14. This is an intriguing contemporary painting.

Thanksgiving, by John Currin

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Like Norman Rockwell on cocaine...

I like it!

[Heidi]

15. "Kathleen," by Donald Rowler Wilson.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. This is a better one by my daughter...too late to edit the other one!

[BurtWorm]

25. Gorgeous!

:applause:

[ThomCat]

51. Very nice.

I like it very much. :)

[applegrove]

56. That is such a pretty picture.

[mix]

59. I love that lonely little tree!

thanks

[grilled onions]

68. What Technique Does She Use?

This is just so beautiful in so many ways!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

69. She paints using acrylics...

Her technique is that of a variation on pointillism.

Thank you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

70. Thanks, everybody!

Here is the link to her website, if you're interested:

http://www.barbarajcarter.com/

Needless to say, her father and I are very proud of her!

[MissHoneychurch]

19. Two of my favorites

Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvadore Dalí, 1951


A Lion Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens, 1614/15

[old mark]

20. Franz Kline is one of my favorite artists, has been since I was a kid.

here's a link to some info and a painting or so of his:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kline

He was a great guy, a great American artist. Born in Wilkes Barre PA.

mark

[Callalily]

21. John Singer Sargent -

I have many "favorites" by many artists, but here's one that I particularily like.

[crim son]

29. He's my favorite too.

His portraits are brimming with life.

[JCMach1]

22. Whistler, "Princess of the Land and of Porcelain"

I have a print of this in my home in Florida.

The original, along with The Peacock Room of which it is a part is in the Smithsonian! I love it!

[CBR]

23. Love fauvism...

Derain:

[applegrove]

57. So do I.

[canoeist52]

24. Winslow Homer "The Blue Boat"

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[seabeyond]

27. i love this thread. thanks. nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

28. My personel favorite. William Bouguereau. Girl with broken jug

[crim son]

30. This is wonderful.

Great choice.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

61. Glad you like it. A little back story

That particular piece hangs at the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor. They have a great collection of Rodin as well as a fine collection of Minoan Pottery and what is really fun is that you can rent these little ear phone thingies and as you approach a piece of art you get a little spiel about that piece through the headset. Well, according to the museum, this particular piece was supposedly what passed for kiddie porn back in the day (Mid 1800's). The broken jug apparently symbolized "Lost innocence" and the water pump in the background, well, what can I say. All I know was when I first saw it I fell in love. The computer image does not even begin to do it justice. I have a framed print that I bought at the Museum hanging in my bathroom.

I really like this guy. He liked to paint nekkid women. I like nekkid women. Have since the first grade. I have a couple more copies of his work in my house. There is a copy of this

in my wife's bathroom. The original is in the National Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba. I also have copy of this

painted on tile and set in the wall behind my bath tub.

[crim son]

66. Those are both gorgeous.

You and your wife must have a beautiful home. I'm going to go looking for more. Thanks!

[marzipanni]

31. Luncheon of the Boating Party - Pierre Auguste Renoir

http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/boating/index.aspx

I was reminded of this painting a few minutes ago while listening to this delightful report from NPR's correspondant in France, Eleanor Beardsley -

Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes

The 'guinguettes' she speaks of are restaurants that have been along the rivers outside of Paris for centuries, with music for dancing, good food to eat, and wine to drink.

[elleng]

36. Had this poster in apts for ages! Thanks!

[marzipanni]

38. We must have similar taste in art

I 've had Klimt's "the Kiss" in the bedroom for ages!

(I was going to reply when I saw it, but got carried away looking for my posted painting, etc.) :hi:

[elleng]

42. And I LOVE marzipan!!!

:hi:

[Dr Morbius]

32. I'm fond of Dali.

I quite like this one.

The Railway Station at Perpignon.

[Brother Buzz]

33. The Floor Scrapers

by Gustave Caillebotte. 1875



I also love Charles Christian Nahl's Sunday Morning in the Mines:

[qb]

34. Munch: Self Portrait With Cigarette

[RockaFowler]

35. I've always loved this Degas

I had this painting in my room when I was a child and always dreamed of being a ballerina :)

[Forkboy]

37. Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

Wonderfully demented, even by today's standards.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

40. And if you close the "doors" on the painting

the outside holds a bonus 4th painting



:hi:

[elleng]

43. That is REALLY neat!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

62. Wow, ya learn something every day!

I've loved that painting for decades but not till this moment did I know about the bonus painting. Thanks!

[bikebloke]

39. Le Ponte L'Europe - by Caillebotte

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

41. The Wedding Dance - yet another Bruegel painting

:hi:

[pinniped]

44. Too many to list!

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends ~ Lawrence Alma-Tadema



Watson and the Shark ~ John Singleton Copley

[mix]

78. thank you

both are wonderful, the latter terrifying

[S n o w b a l l]

45. Matisse

Joy Of Life




The Dance

[GoCubsGo]

46. R.C. Gorman's "Night Stories"

[Xipe Totec]

47. Culture Shock - Jorge González Camarena

[mix]

53. powerful

thanks

[Moondog]

48. I don't have a copy to post, but

a triptych by Hieronymous Bosch - "The Garden of Earthly Delights". I believe the original is currently in the Prado.

On edit, here's a link - http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.computus.org/journal/%3Fp%3D1178&usg=__6eD4ml5L-TFRCAlBVwIOmu2ymr8=&h=1633&w=3051&sz=1348&hl=en&start=0&sig2=KC3Ei6k49B9nkywdj8ieWQ&zoom=1&tbnid=Y7wlCZGiiWVfcM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=196&ei=vRR3TOa-PIW-sQPYkuygDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522the%2BGarden%2Bof%2BEarthly%2BDelights%2522%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D970%26bih%3D690%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=113&vpy=134&dur=3439&hovh=164&hovw=307&tx=167&ty=180&oei=vRR3TOa-PIW-sQPYkuygDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

49. The Apple doesn't fall far from the Tree

by me! :)

[Lindsey]

50. Without question, Starry Night. It takes me to another place even

without drugs!

[txwhitedove]

52. Franz Marc, Expressionist, Deer in the Forest I...

This print hangs in my living room.

[Odin2005]

54. This Renoir:

I'm a big fan of Impressionism.

[applegrove]

55. Indian Church by Emily Carr. West Coast of Canada in the rain-forest.

I love it because it shows the west coast rain-forest as much greater than any western religion....the power of nature. Emily Carr wrote about her travels by canoe to West coast communities in a book called Kleewick.

[pokerfan]

58. The patron saint of frustration

[hippywife]

60. Even though you said "a" favorite and not "your" favorite painting

I can't even post one because there are so many I wouldn't be able to choose even one. Thank you for this thread though. It is feeding me just what I need right now. :hug:

[PassingFair]

64. Two paintings that blew me away IRL...

The Coronation of Napoleon

and

Paris Street; Rainy Day




Didn't expect to feel like I had been punched in the stomach when
I saw these paintings up close.

Took my breath away...

Like seeing the "Winged Victory" for the first time.

[Aristus]

67. One of the most quietly beautiful paintings of all time:

"The Milkmaid" by Jan Vemeer.

[mix]

74. gorgeous nt

[handmade34]

71. so many favorites

but this is hanging in the St Johnsbury, VT Athenaeum and I have admired it there many times

Domes of Yosemite, Bierstadt

[elleng]

79. Oh, Bierstadt!

'Grandmas Attic' Half Dome Yosemite

[Auggie]

72. What, no Edward Hopper?

Hills, South Truro, is probably my favorite.

[BarenakedLady]

73. The Washerwomen

Leon-Augustin Lhermitte

[MrScorpio]

75. Kaluta

[lumberingbear]

76. Anything by Edward Hopper....