Besides two art appreciation courses in college, I know zilch about paintings. It hasn't stopped me from hitting museums though.

Here are a couple better known works that I saw recently. Felt like an idiot taking a pictures of paintings. Some I wanted to learn more about and knew that I'd forget about them. So the picture would remind me.

Always liked these van Gogh's. I've read that Olive Trees was a complement to The Starry Night.




Picasso's Interior With a Girl Drawing and 3 Musicians





Have a favorite painting/artist? Seen anything cool recently?

I've seen Starry Night at MOMA in NYC a few times...it's great, but I like Pollock's number 31 better. Could get lost for hours staring at it.

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I've seen Starry Night at MOMA in NYC a few times...it's great, but I like Pollock's number 31 better. Could get lost for hours staring at it.

that's quite a painting to single out, latebloomer..

sure set in motion (action) a lot of reaction..check out a video of JP painting one of these, in a short film about Pollock, probably on youtube..you may have seen it already.

he was so strong to be able to do that, to create, improvise, and triumph. came at a bitter price too

that's quite a painting to single out, latebloomer..

The photo doesn't do it justice, you can't see the variations in color and the intricate layering of paint. The size itself is enough to knock you out.

I've seen some of that youtube vid of Pollack, also really enjoyed the Ed Harris film.

I wish I knew more about art, my mother painted and my aunt is a professional artist, so it's in the family. I can barely draw, but my oldest daughter is quite talented. I did work with a guy who knew a lot about Western art from the 3rd century on, so I learned some from him. I pretty much like everything, except for cubist art (sorry MingSubu), but even with that, I can apppreciate what the artist is trying to do.



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That Pollack posted already is a little busy for me. I like this one.



Another Picasso and van Gogh, from the Met, that I liked.

Blind Man's Meal


Cypresses

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Seen anything cool recently?

I think this is cool, it reminds me of Starry Night...




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Yes it does. Very cool!

Beautiful thread...keep em comin

Be careful what you wish for...

The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1604/1605, Ruebens. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Need something a little calmer?

The Boating Party, 1893/1894, Mary Cassatt. National Gallery of Art

Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch.
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Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch.
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^^ Salome, I'm guessing?

I luv art, despite my ignorance of the subject. I visited the Sistine Chapel once, and I could have stayed there for a week, with my jaw on the ground.

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^^ Salome, I'm guessing?

Yep.

Those two pictures are beautiful, tatters. Who painted them?

before Warhol, there was Monet...

M.C. Escher

I bet he would have liked making his own animated gifs...

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Those two pictures are beautiful, tatters. Who painted them?

This one is Madame X by John Singer Sargent. I often used to visit her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when I lived in New York.

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The Salome painting is by Pierre Bonnaud.





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Thanks, tatters. I can see why you'd want to visit Madame X, but I'd steer clear of Salome, if I were you.

Max, Escher's stuff is very cool, but a little too bizzare for me.

On the other hand, there's Mark Rothko. I really like this one and I can't even say why.

And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall

-Dire Straits, "In The Gallery"


I actually like Rothko, though. His paintings have what I'd call a very "meditative" quality.

This one's by Robert Ryman, who took the meditative concept to extremes.





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Yeah, that Ryman piece is a little extreme. Meditative is a good way to describe Rothko, but a lot of people think his stuff is too simple.

Monet helped start it all.

Renoir


Monet




Ensor


Warhol


Lichtenstein

Nice little history lesson there, MingSubu!

Thanks for this great Art thread-Most of them I do know or have seen and Escher the man who turned down to do an albumcover.

Someone emailed this to me.




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I was shocked in person at how small Starry Night was. I mean, smaller than I thought it would be.

Also Salvador Dali - persistence of Memory, dripping clock -- I somehow thought it would be this big dramatic thing filling the wall but it was barely 8 x 11. Amazing stuff.

When I lived in NYC they used to have "voluntary admission" at the MoMA on Thursday nights, where they would stay open late and it was pay whatever you want -- voluntary admission, just drop your money in the box and go in. Being the poor broke young starving person I was, I would leave work and get there around a half hour before they closed, empty my pockets of change in the box, go upstairs and spend 15 or 20 minutes, taking a quick look at certain great works...I'd pick one painting or room each week and stare at it, studying it taking it all in. Starry Night. The room full of Miro's. A guy called Umberto Boccioni whose work I really liked. I used to have specific works that I would practically run through the halls to get to, just to get to see them before they closed.



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self portrait, 1771..pastel

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin...