And quite simply the most stunning picture I have EVER seen:
Completed in 1432, the colours are still fantastic today. Wonderful. I could look at it for hours. A must see if you are in Ghent (although it’s worth a trip just for this picture) – and the rest of Ghent is fantastic too.
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.
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?
I was hoping to get at least a bit of work done today. Ah well…
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!
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.
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.
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.
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…
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:
[img]http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/P/P07/P07452_8.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/P/P11/P11950_9.jpg[/img]
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!
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:
EDIT: better image.