speaking of art... what is your favourite?

[notmyusualuserid]

You can't do favourites in the arts, visual or aural. You just can't

 

[Skyhook]

Carl Larsson ranks pretty high up for me.

 

[Nogoodnamesleft]

Camille Pissarro probably tops the list but there are so many. It's hard to choose just one.

 

[Lowerleftcoast]

How can one pick a favourite?

...Rene Magritte hasn't been mentioned yet.

 

[TokyoPortrait]

Hi.

Why, the Mona Lisa, of course.

Kidding.

Shigeo Fukuda, from the other day at The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT).

More on what I really like, later (need to find links).

Pax/
Dean

 

[Oxidao]

Kyosai 1878

 

[Geoff738]

Franz Marc.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[TokyoPortrait]

Hi again

It’s quite a big and rambling list. But, if I had to pick a fav., it might be the late Ralf Hotere.

New Zealand artist. Not terribly well known internationally, with the general art going public at least. Prices at auction for the more substantial works range from the tens of thousands to the lower hundreds of thousands, US$. Highest was just under a quarter mil, if I recall correctly.*

Ralph Hotere - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pax/
Dean
* not that price necessarily equates with quality, mind. As an aside, this Marti Friedlander print of Hotere (Ralph Hotere - The Artist's Studio, Port Chalmers, 1979) fetched NZ$6000 I believe.

 

[BatUtilityBelt]

Backlund doesn't just draw guitars anymore... He worked/is working with Eastwood.

 

[paulblackford]

I generally lean more toward illustrators.

Aaron Horkey

Allen Williams

Jim Flora

Donato Giancola

Jules Arthur

 

[Silent Otto]

Ukiyo-e

 

[Maguchi]

Ibmean painted art. I like todd schorr. Joe coleman, salvador dali. I have seen a joe coleman painting and it was pretty small. This guy paints with a one hair brush most of the time. I saw it at the giger museum in gruyere. i was pretty excited when i saw it. And john because seriously, i mean.... Far out!

François Boucher, especially his pastoral paintings with people, farm animals, and background scenery, like "Charms of Country Life."

 

[Engine Swap]

@paulblackford

Love Jim Flora!

 

[G Stone496]

Backlund doesn't just draw guitars anymore... He worked/is working with Eastwood. View attachment 1034291

Is that a lefty turned upside down or a mirror image?

 

[Greggorios]

Andrew Wyeth.

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Me too. I've had this one on a bedroom wall for a very long time. Beside being a dog person I find it to be one of the most calming, peaceful images I know of.

 

[black_doug]

I can’t choose a favourite, but here’s a couple that were done by Torontonians:

Tom Thomson, The West Wind, 1916.

Ken Danby, At The Crease, 1972.

 

[Blue Bill]

I've always loved the French Impressionists, Monet is my favorite, but I love 'em all.

 

[ReverendRevolver]

I have different preferences fir different applications.....

I've always liked Rebecca Guays watercolor work, but it's hard to find non Magic the Gathering fantasy prints from her.

Speaking if fantasy, I like some of Kit Raes stuff (and found his muff relevant site years after I'd seen his fantasy art). Also several artists VTES has used over the years, especially Heather Kreiter and Lawrence Snelly.

Art just to look at?
Escher, some Pollock..... I like alot if things, but not much for Monet. I has its place in history, but not my bag.

 

[BatUtilityBelt]

Is that a lefty turned upside down or a mirror image?

It's a lefty. My phone turns images sideways sometimes.

 

[aging_rocker]

Too many to have favourites...


But I will always be transfixed by Vermeer.