Just Art

[Allan]

I thought it might be interesting to have an art themed thread. Post your favorite paintings, photographs, sculpture etc. Even include art you own if you want.

There are many great artists showing the work and their processes online. Let's include them.

 

[Allan]

My first submission is the most incredible painting I've ever seen. "The Abduction of Psyche", 1895 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

This work is privately owned but a number of years ago I was lucky to catch it on loan to Musée d'Orsay.

The painting is huge: 209 X 120 cm. I could have stood there all day.

 

[Loulit01]

 

[Loulit01]

Paul Magritte Street Scene --------------------------------------Vincent van Gogh Almond Blossoms

 

[noonereal]

I enjoy art much but doesn't have the pocket any longer for investment grade art.
Most the good thinks, investment grade, were lost to me during my 1st divorce.
Still, I keep my home full of prints on the walls and 12 to 18 inch table top reproductions rather than family photos as most people do.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

I am a 20th century American so I am drawn to 20th century American art. My favorite painters are Hopper, Ruscha, and Bechtle. Of the pieces I have seen live of theirs, these are my favorites of the three:

Soir Bleu
Edward Hopper

Standard Station, 10-Cent Western Being Torn in Half
Edward Ruscha

Alameda Gran Torino
Robert Bechtle

 

[Nomad4Ever]

The Disco Elysium video game has some of my favorite art ever easily. I have several of these as Displates.

 

[Grogu]

I had seen Jodi Perry’s works of acrylic on canvas at art festivals all over, and always wanted one. She’s from New Mexico. I finally pulled the trigger a couple of years ago on this one:



It’s hanging on the wall of my great room.

 

[Allan]

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My favorite album cover is Zeppelin IV. I bought this as a teenager and still have it.

The backstory is that Robert Plant bought the painting on the cover at an antique shop when they were recording at Headley Grange.

But the history goes back even further as the original is a B&W photograph of a real person.

The BBC has some details on this.

Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered

A university researcher says he has identified the man on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV.

www.bbc.com

The album cover...


The original photograph...

 

[Allan]

I had seen Jodi Perry’s works of acrylic on canvas at art festivals all over, and always wanted one. She’s from New Mexico. I finally pulled the trigger a couple of years ago on this one:

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It’s hanging on the wall of my great room.

Stunning. What are the dimensions?

 

[Grogu]

Stunning. What are the dimensions?

24” x 30”. I would have loved to have one of her larger works, but I had the perfect place for this, and I already had my wife agreeing on spending the money. Bigger = more $. I don’t ever regret spending what I do on art that I like, though.

 

[Fearandloathing]

I thought it might be interesting to have an art themed thread. Post your favorite paintings, photographs, sculpture etc. Even include art you own if you want.

There are many great artists showing the work and their processes online. Let's include them.

Shot this first picture from a new camera in 1999. A log on a beach near my home in Vancouver

 

[Fearandloathing]

 

[Fearandloathing]

 

[Allan]

@Fearandloathing those are great! The lady on the bench is my favorite.

 

[Grogu]

Years ago, at the Des Moines Arts Festival, I came across an artist born in the Netherlands who had moved to California. He used an art process called x-rayography. His work was very unique, and I’m so glad I bought one of his works of art right there on the spot. Shortly thereafter, he retired from producing his art.



I had it matted and framed in a satin pewter frame, which makes for a beautiful piece. It hangs next to my front door. The story of the artist and his art can be found on his website.

What is X-Rayography? — Beyond Light

www.beyondlight.com

 

[Cardinal]

My first submission is the most incredible painting I've ever seen. "The Abduction of Psyche", 1895 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

This work is privately owned but a number of years ago I was lucky to catch it on loan to Musée d'Orsay.

The painting is huge: 209 X 120 cm. I could have stood there all day.

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Bouguereau is special in that he is absolutely loathed by the non-representational crowd and equally loved by representational painters. Abstract artists hold him up as a model of everything that was wrong with the art world before it was saved by the impressionists. (And by the way, I like the impressionists; this wasn't some kind of dig at them).

 

[Bok Tuklo]

Bouguereau is special in that he is absolutely loathed by the non-representational crowd and equally loved by representational painters. Abstract artists hold him up as a model of everything that was wrong with the art world before it was saved by the impressionists. (And by the way, I like the impressionists; this wasn't some kind of dig at him).


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It’s pretty saccharine.

From that era, i definitely prefer Gustave Caillebotte. To me, they seem more real.

 

[Cardinal]

Ilya Repin is one of those artists whose work you have to see to believe (and they're all life size so the scale is pretty amazing). Unfortunately, reproductions of his work tend to look more like illustrations from the golden age of illustration (not that there's anything wrong with that!!!). But his paintings are so much more than that.

 

[Cardinal]

It’s pretty saccharine.

From that era, i definitely prefer Gustave Caillebotte. To me, they seem more real.

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Unfortunately, all reproductions of oil paintings...regardless of the format...are "compressed" into a look that never surpasses the Golden Age of Illustration (not that there's anything wrong with the Golden Age of Illustration!!!). I think my preferred art survives that compression better. Your preferred impressionism is positively slaughtered by this process. I never gave a shit about impressionism until I finally had the opportunity to look at better examples of it in person.

You remember the scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off when Cameron is paralyzed by "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?" When I watched that scene I was like, "Oh my god, who cares." When I saw the painting in person I was instantly Cameron.

 

[Fearandloathing]

@Fearandloathing those are great! The lady on the bench is my favorite.

"Lady in waiting" is mine too.

She has no idea this photo exists as far as I know.

 

[Loulit01]

The Magritte Street Scene painting is one of series. I saw a small one at MoMA maybe 14"x 10". I could not take my eyes from it. The little painting was freakin' me out for real. My date cleared her throat behind me and said she'd been standing there 5 minutes waiting for me to come to.

 

[Allan]

Anyone who watched Jimmy Kimmel this week was treated to an interview with this charismatic 12 year old.

He's into Cubism and one of his paintings sold for 200k.



His Instagram page shows him working on paintings. He works with oil and pastels.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

 

[Allan]

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Nighthawks is my favorite Hopper painting.