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[General comment] Do we have a new Friday tradition here? I think so![/ General comment]
I think Banksy is MASIVELY overated, almost as bad as teh Chapman brothers.
I don't like Hopper but I do like Bechtel:
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Chuck Close also
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Captain Flasheart no idea who you are or where you are but this thread has opened my eyes to some stuff I havent seen before, so for that I say thank you.
Jochem van Wetten:
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Matt Kirkland:
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I really like Andy Goldsworthy's work,eg:
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Ahem, Flashy... 😉
I'd completely forgotten about this idea. Nice one. Should be a regular STW fixture.
El Greco was one of my earliest loves; this was in a book on art my mum had. About the same time as I first saw this, the Film 'Jaws' was out in the cinemas, and there were posters everywhere. See the influence?
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I was hoping to get at least a bit of work done today. Ah well...
Isn't Julian A's bridge phoot's of the bridge in Prior Park, Bath?
I'm almost certain the first one is, and the 2nd one is a bit more abstract, but that looks like Bath down below.
Always loved this Goya:
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im not 100% sure this is the exact same picture... but the huge original (or very similar) of this in Leeds Art Gallery is simply stunning.. i could stare at it for hours!
load'a'crap, Stanhope Forbes is where it's at. I've seen this baby up close, it's huggggeeeee.
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Two of my favourite artists. Very different styles but unique talents.
Oops, double post.
Sorry!
I also like these two wildlife artists (amongst many) .
Lars Jonsson
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Tim Wootton
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(anyone else going to post their own work? Don't be shy now).
Well, RB, if you won't start it....! 😉
Whilst in Oslo, a few years back, I discovered a little-known Norwegian painter; Eric Werenskjold. What I love about this panting, is that it's just a simple, unremarkable scene, in many ways. Just like a simple snapshot. But it's absolutely believable. I don't know why it moved me so much, but I don't care. I love it.
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I was looking over a website the other day trying to get information about an old inland RN training base from the 50's when I saw this picture of the graffiti on the wall.
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I'm also a fan of Manga/Anime and it stuns me when I see the detail in a single panel of something like Appleseed. Frank Miller's work is very similar to this. If you've read Hard Boiled, you'll know what I mean.
Purely for being lost in a picture though, you can't beat Escher.
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This pic was the most memorable for me after a recent visit to the Guggenheim
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Gertrude Kasebier "Red Man" from 1903
It's actually a lot darker in reality and more striking.
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Tufted titmouse
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Cork Painting
Not strictly speaking 'art', but I think it's a work of art in itself!
Brilliant bit of design, iconic and timeless:
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This photo doesnt do this painting by Barbieri justice.
To be found in the Palazzo Rosso, Genova.
[b]Cleopatra morente[/b]
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intense red/velvet colour.
I have a personal reason for liking this one. It was one of the highlights of my visit to Muse d'Orsay (I tried to get them to rename it Musee Darcy but they wouldn't go for it). It was art overload that day...
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Whooo! Great thread, keep it up, guys. Love Goldsworthy's works, and Gormly is probably my favourite sculptor. There's a piece of his at the current RA Summer Exhibition, but sadly rather beyond my credit card's purchasing powers. Alan Jones is another who's work I love, amazing draughtsman, every line is perfectly executed. I can't get enough of Banksy's work either, he has a terrific imagination, and his work always has the underlying political comment, without browbeating the viewer. Hopper, too, I can look at for hours, and thank you for putting up JoB's 'tribute'.
JulianA, who are you calling a Ghent? ;0)
I have a collection of some things including these:
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I'm sure its frightfully unfashionable, but i do like Landseer. So sad.
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deadlydarcy - Gustave Caillebotte's Raboteurs de parquet.
Used to have that on my bedroom wall.
Good choice
Sorry, been for an interview (hoping to leave the JoblessTrackWorld Club) and to the pub, so been away for seven hours.
RichPenny - Member
Your second pic looks just like the Palladian Bridge at Wilton House Julian.
M. Bouchard's pictures are based around Bath, so I guess it's the Palladian Bridge in Bath and, indeed, Prior Park.
Also love Micheal Sowa and a lot of the other pics and this guy:
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Trains, nudes and skeletons - what's not to like?
Good pub quiz qustion: What does the JMW stand for in JMW Turner's name? No Googling now!
Rudeboy's Goya is very striking - what's the name of the work?
Also very partial to a bit of the old Guernica - original in the Reina Sofia in Madrid will stop you in your tracks.
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The most spectacular one that i've seen up close is Caravaggio's Beheading of John the Baptist. It felt as though you were going to get sprayed with blood!
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Like the futurists, me.
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Joe Scarborough, a modern day Lowrey from Sheffield. First saw him and his paintings in Rotherham Arts Centre when I was about 10 and they made a huge impression for their charm, warmth and relevance. Not sure if it will ever be great art but seems to shout "home" to me:
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This is one of my favourites, by Caspar David Friedrich. Must get around to getting another print of it.
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Have this in my lounge, by Kerry Darlington. Not to everyones taste admittedly, but I love it.
stuartie_c - MemberRudeboy's Goya is very striking - what's the name of the work?
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_of_May_1808 ]The 3rd of May 1808.[/url]
Is that a Vermeer, Verbal Kint? Stunning. Look at the light; it's like a photograph. Long before photography was invented!
This is a fantastic thread. So much lovely art. Love the Caravaggio; another master of light.
My parents bought me this for a 21st present at my request (£150 they bought it for)
Shame, this photo doesn't show in the slightest how vibrant the colours really are:
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Wow what a thread! 😀
Northumberland House by Canaletto if anyone can post it big please 🙂
Ah, you've sussed it tyger! 😀
EDIT: at least, I thought you had!
Stick it back up. STW automatically limits image sizes so they don't bust the page.
Fantastic - thank you my friend!
Yes I've sussed it but Fotopic is so slow!
Oh it's all going wrong!
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I'm with you there, Richpenny. Friedrich is much underated.
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Having said that, I've only recently realised that I can view Friedrich's work without bias again.
I travelled a bit round Germany in 1987 (or '86 I think) hunting down his works for a dissertation.
My memories of blowing two hours out of a busload of Hamburg daytrippers' day, on realising my visa wasn't valid to enter East Berlin, burn very brightly.
I was only 17 and alone. If looks could kill. 😳
Whilst on the Dutch Masters, I've always found the Arnolfini Wedding by Jan Van Eyck utterly capivating:
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