artists

[alltherage]

Who are your favoites.

mine are Rodan and Dali. Rodan scupltures for the sensuality and Dali because i am sure my mind works like his. lol.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Dali is fascinating, no doubt, but showy. Same with Picasso. Brilliant, I'm sure, but they leave me cold.

Degas is a favorite because there's so much life breathing in his work.

Michelangelo, of course, for the sheer force of his visions.

Not crazy about Van Gough or Monet -- they kind of leave me all "Eh". (How's THAT for an intelligent review?)

I'll admit to not getting Rodan...the statutes just look lumpy to me.

And I do love all the lurid medieval Roman Catholic stuff, even the crap, because it's all just so danged lurid and wonderful.

Serat is another one I never quite got. Pointilism is a magnificent achievment -- but so what?

Matisse is too messy -- his stuff looks like finger-painting.

And Pollak? Okay, I've done those spin art things at carnivals. Can I be a famous artist, too?

(God it's easy to be snotty when you're talking art. LOL)

 

[Krankar]

correction, with respect, of course

that would be RodIn--(those little frenchies have a funny way of pronouncing things)

Seurat- (same wih the way they spell)
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two greats-- Jim Dine
Claes Oldenburg

and who can disregard the one who brought whoredom-in-art to its highest pinnacle? Andy Warhol
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now Cristo! he needs to wrap his head in a Hefty Cinch-Sack and call it art!

 

[Scabbers]

boy, ain't that the truth

(God it's easy to be snotty when you're talking art. LOL)

Mondrian--the control is so cool.
Jamie Wyeth--for pictorialism.
Anything Dutch--why?

 

[perks]

Rodin is my favorite sculpter, there is an excellent Rodin Museum in Philadelphia....very serene, beautiful....it's my favorite happy place.

Von Gogh..his style moves me....is quite inspirational, I just finished a watercolor of sunflowers at night I named ode to van gogh

great thread sugah,
perky

 

[bluntforcemama]

I'm much more into the traditional Rennaisance and Romanticism eras of art. Dail's use of color is lacking, and Picasso's earlier works are more appealing than his cubism in the later pieces. I prefer John William Waterhouse, his colors are vibrant, and still soft. Modern artists: John John Jesse, Kimberlee Traub, and Stephanie Law. Dave McKean is pretty good in the graphic/digital fields. But if we're talking about the old masters who have more than a single painting that I can appreciate... then I'd go with any/all of the following:

Arnold Böcklin (He did the famous "Isle of the Dead")
William Bouguereau ("L'Innocence," and "Evening Mood")
Sir Edward Burne-Jones ("Angels of Creation," and "The Merciful Knight")
Walter Crane ("The Masque of the Four Seasons")

 

[Mustang Sally]

I don't know much about art. When I go to the gallery (and I do go, because I would LIKE to know about it) it all goes in one eye and out the other, so to speak.

I do have two pieces of art on my bedroom wall that I just love: Van Gogh's Cafe Terrace at Night and Moon Dreams by Marta Wiley -- seen here.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

correction, with respect, of course

that would be RodIn--

Right. Rodan was the big giant bird that fought Godzilla. I always get those two confused.

Now, Ghidorah, HE could paint!

 

[Krankar]

DCL-

Art may very well be another
"hot-button" topic, so we must be
careful to not let things escalate
and become ugly. Thereare many schools and genres in art, with lesser luminaries scattered among the greats. To that point, I will
put Mothra alongside the greats you have mentioned.

(I aint sure I spelled Seurat right)

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Mothra was a hack. All she did was spray some silk on a canvas and called that "conceptual art". You want real art? You have to give Gammara his props, man.

 

[JazzManJim]

Hmm..among my favorites are:

M.C. Escher - I could look at his works alll day. There's always something fascinating in each one - something to be seen for the first time.

Heironymous Bosch - His works are actually my current Desktop Theme.

Alexancer Calder - I saw an exhibit of his mobiles at the National Gallery of art ont he same day I saw an Escher exhibit. It was a great day.

 

[Guest]

Rodin is my favorite sculpter, there is an excellent Rodin Museum in Philadelphia....very serene, beautiful....it's my favorite happy place.

Von Gogh..his style moves me....is quite inspirational, I just finished a watercolor of sunflowers at night I named ode to van gogh

great thread sugah,
perky

perky_baby,

When I go back east to visit my family at Christmas, I'll be going to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I haven't been there for about 10 years and I'm so looking forward to it. Nice to meet you, perky_baby.

One of my favorite artists is Renoir. I love how he used colors in the most sensual way. By sensual I don't mean sexual - I mean the way he mixes and creates the passion of whatever it is he's painting. They are just bright enough so as not to take away from the illusion of what he's trying to accomplish. His "Dance At Bougival" happens to be my favorite painting of all time. Each time I look at that couple hungrily dancing and holding onto each other I catch a glimmer of the excitement that is being created by the man as he's whispering something into the ear of his wife or lover. She is wearing a wedding ring, but is it his ring to her? That is the mystery Renoir has created in this beautiful and romantic work.

 

[perks]

HI enchanted nice to meet you too,

The Rodin Museum is just down the street from the Philadelphia Museum.....If you're at logan's circle and you look up towards the museum..the Rodin museum is about midway on the right hand side.....only a few room and about 40 pieces of his work....check it out.....you'll fall in love

perks

 

[Krankar]

DCL

Re; Mothra

I see. Like most, you are only familiar with the "Silk Period",
similar to Picasso's later works-
done only to generate cash.

I suggest you go to Amazon,com and purchase "Mothra-The Early Years".
Then, you will not speak so hastily!

However, you trumped me,big time!
How unfair of you to bring out the big guns so early. All kneel before the greatness of Gammara!!! I accede the battle to you....

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much perky!

Believe it or not in all the years I lived there, I never even knew that there was a Rodin Museum. "The Thinker" is an amazing sculpture so I'm excited to see some of his other pieces.

I appreciate the information. Have a wonderful day and a beautiful holiday season.

Enchanted

 

[perks]

YW enchanted

I went to art school at Moore College of Art & Design, so I pretty much had to know where the museums were......

I hope you have a great holiday too sugah, laugh at Benfranklin for me,
perks

 

[bluntforcemama]

Isle of the Dead

http://www.artmagick.com/ALLpaintings/bocklin/bocklin17.jpg

 

[bluntforcemama]

L'Innocence

http://www.artmagick.com/ALLpaintings/bouguereau/bouguereau7.jpg

 

[bluntforcemama]

Evening mood

http://www.artmagick.com/ALLpaintings/bouguereau/bouguereau5.jpg

 

[bluntforcemama]

Angel of Creation

http://www.artmagick.com/ALLpaintings/burne/burne75.jpg

 

[lobito]

in MY mind, and I don't think she's been mentioned by anyone else, but Georgia O'Keefe is my personal favorite.

 

[Rambling Rose]

John Singer Sargent is amazing, too.