Artist - Who is your favorite ?

[Cutthroat_trout]

I enjoy visting the various art galleries around the world as I travel viewing both public and private collections. Who do you enjoy the most ? Personally, I always return to the Frenchman Monet and the British artist Turner with his hidden sun and ships. I love the US artist Sargent as well. I always find the most peace in Monet's work.

[Michael]

I don't know much about art, but I do like Monet. In fact, when my ex (a Fine Art major) was in college, one of her assignments was to try to duplicate a painting by a famous artist. She chose Monet's Garden at Giverny. I still have it and it hangs over the mantle in my living room. I love that painting! Nicely done, Dear!

It looks exactly like............this!

[Cutthroat_trout]

That is special . How did you manage to keep it ?

[sparky5693]

It's not an exact artist, but i've really been enjoying japanese watercolor lately. I find the simplicity and muted colors very soothing.

[goatshaver]

My wife is my favorite artist! Van Gogh is a close second!
I also enjoy Japanese brush art!

[sparky5693]

My wife is my favorite artist! Van Gogh is a close second!
I also enjoy Japanese brush art!

Van Gogh is always nice.

[PalmettoB]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:jXL_StF1rSkPZM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/VanGogh-starry_night.jpg/751px-VanGogh-starry_night.jpg

[Queen of Blades]

Van Gogh's Starry Night has always been one of my favorite paintings.

Another of my favorite artist ;), Don McLean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvLq0TYiwI

Japanese watercolor is definetly pleasing to the eye, IMO, too.

[Queen of Blades]

Oh, and this artist here (http://www.joannaart.com/archives.php).

I had a lot of these hanging up in my restaurant (years ago, folks).

And yes, the regulars did ask about the name. I am honest to a fault though. :)

[freemartin]

Great topic.
I like some of the classical masters of art, but I'm a modern type of guy in the end.
I met one modern american artist many years back, he inspired me to try my hand at it, I didn't find the success. But I ripped off one of his normal subjects to design a tattoo for myself. The artist being Michael Knott. Subject "Bunge Boy", My top modern american piece:
http://www.michaelknott.com/paintings/Images/bungeboyseries.jpg

Edward Hopper is my fave of all time
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2007/hopper/hopperinfo-lg.jpg

[mastermute]

I have a few of these:

http://strangelydrawn.com/strangelydrawn/paintings.html

[Mottern Man]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/The_Persistence_of_Memory.jpg

[Scorpio]

Johannes Vermeer


Raf

[NoobShaver]

Melinda Beck: http://www.melindabeck.com/
Hieronymus Bosch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch
H.R. Giger*: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giger

* a chunk of Giger's work is highly offensive. I like the stuff he did for the movie Alien, and some of his non-sexually explicit work.

[rick]

am fond of the Impressionistas, as well. Monet ist goot.....sorry, no umlauts here


http://lightingbygregory.com/Merchant5/graphics/mfrs/ram_lighting/r168_lg.jpg

........................but seriously, folks. One of my favorites: Leroy Neiman

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/TEL/6219~Frank-Sinatra-Posters.jpg

[mastermute]

H.R. Giger*: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giger

* a chunk of Giger's work is highly offensive. I like the stuff he did for the movie Alien, and some of his non-sexually explicit work.

I agree, Alien is awesome! I visited the Giger museum (http://www.hrgigermuseum.com) in Gruyères, Switzerland a few years ago... and I was nauseated by some of his stuff... and then I even stayed out of the section that they had "warning signs" on... This man can't be all sane, I tell you!

[Mottern Man]

http://www.itsablackthang.com/images/Suns-Out/a-friend-in-need-jigsaw.jpg

[rick]

Classic !

Did that one pass the Denali test ??? :happy102

[jfever311]

Leonardo Da Vinci.

The man was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist. It is hard enough to be a master of just one of those fields, let alone ALL of them!!

[Cutthroat_trout]

Van Gogh's Starry Night has always been one of my favorite paintings.

Another of my favorite artist ;), Don McLean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvLq0TYiwI

Japanese watercolor is definetly pleasing to the eye, IMO, too.


I was fortunate to see McLean many years ago. He was wonderful live.

[Queen of Blades]

I was fortunate to see McLean many years ago. He was wonderful live.

I bet! :happy088

[daveyp]

Piet Mondrian

[daveyp]

Dang. Sorry that picture is so huge.

Dave

[Straight Arrow]

I love many artists and styles. The French impressionists and the surrealists. The cave painters and the modern innovators. But my favorite is the genius Michelangelo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg/572px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg

[goatshaver]

I love many artists and styles. The French impressionists and the surrealists. The cave painters and the modern innovators. But my favorite is the genius Michelangelo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg/572px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg
Thats not art...it looks too real!

Who's This Michael Agelo fellow anyways?



















;):D

[TstebinsB]

I don't know enough about art to give a truly qualified answer but I've always liked van Gogh's work. I definitely want a house full of paintings.

Art majors might not have a ready-made profession when they graduate but it's not an easy program. There is so much to cover. It's like philosophy of the arts. There's so much theory involved.

Piet Mondrian

That is one of the greatest paintings ever. Absolutely masterful.

[freemartin]

Thats not art...it looks too real!

Who's This Michael Agelo fellow anyways?

;):D

Is he any relationship to the Mocha Angelo who runs the coffee shop I was in today?

[rodd]

I have three that I am currently obsessed with. I have poster sized prints of each of these in my house. The first is actually a local artist, although he is internationally known, Gary Kelley
http://www.rkgrady.com/rodd/images/eden.jpg
another is Brent Lynch (2 seperate prints, but look awesome side by side in our dining room!)
http://www.rkgrady.com/rodd/images/evening lounge.jpg http://www.rkgrady.com/rodd/images/cigarbar.jpg
The other is Jack Vettriano.
http://www.rkgrady.com/rodd/images/Singing_Butler2.jpg


edit: hmmm... looking at these together, I am starting to realize I have a thing for womens backs... strange.

[Bronco]

I still have a fondness for Bev Doolittle's western themed camo prints.


http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/vbpgimage.php?do=full&p=1645&d=1214509132

[otherstar]

I like Monet, Caravaggio, El Greco, and Dali.

[Exeter]

Goya
Bruegel
Paul Laffoley
Joe Coleman
Mark Ryden
Trevor Brown

plenty more

[Dr. Mike]

I've got several. For darker pieces, I have a morbid fascination with Goya. I enjoy Klee and Kandinsky, but don't ask me why - no logical reason, they just appeal to my eye. Van Gogh is always up there as well. However, I also really enjoy Thomas Kinkade. I know, it is commercial art, but I enjoy it nonetheless - especially his painting of Lombard Street in San Francisco.