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Do you have a favorite painter?

Big Dali fan here. I have a good print of The Metamorphosis of Narcissus hanging in our living room.
 
Agree with you on the Dali SFG, and Klimt is certainly interesting.
I don't really have a favourite artist, just a healthy appreciation for a variety of paintings and such. I'll post some links tomorrow.

Aqua, SFG, & Appolonia why do you like the artists that you do? What is it about their individual paintings that you like?

EDIT: Libre, I just saw your post, I have to admit I'm not really a fan of Picasso, Sargant rings a bell, but I can't visualise any of his work, I'll have to look it up.
Vermeer..Hmmm.. Girl in the Pearl Earring?
 
Aqua, SFG, & Appolonia why do you like the artists that you do? What is it about their individual paintings that you like?
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Just look at his beautiful paintings and it is clear why Klimt is my favorite. His work is unique, the colors he uses are vivid and mysterious, and his paintings have a human emotion that I relate to- I feel a connection with the artist through his paintings. He was truly special talent.

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Gem, I think I’m drawn toward artists that see and attempt to recreate the beauty in the everyday. This is certainly true of why I like Wyeth. And I appreciate his style.

Whenever I see a person in a painting by Robert Henri, it makes me want to know more about them. There’s one in the Cincinnati Art Museum of a little gypsy boy that I could just stare at for hours. I wish I could sneak it under my jacket and take it home with me. Alas, they don’t even have so much as a postcard available with the image.
 
Libre said:
Picasso, John Singer Sargent, Vermeer
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This is a good group, though Picasso is definitely a mixed bag. Vermeer has a greater *hit* ratio per body of work, I feel. His oeuvre was pretty ding small. Didn't Sargent do both watercolors and oil paintings - I think I'm remembering right, his stormy seas maybe ... ? And Libre, what about the guy that painted your avatar? Forget his name, blast it!

Anyhow, I'll add Joan Miro and James MacNeill Whistler. Ok, Thomas Hart Benton and Faith Ringgold.
 
I would have to say Kandinsky is my favourite. I seem to get more out of abstract art than the more realistic. Black Spot is a favourite of mine:
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Oh, there are so many! And I like them in different ways. Some just to look at, some for inspiration. I love to look in illustration/fashion illustration books because there are so many different styles of illustration. I'd love to make a list of artists I like, but it would be too long! I'll think about it, maybe I can narrow it down ;).
 
Aqua, yes his paintings do have an unconventional beauty - but that doesn't make it clear to me why he is your favourite :D . I'd agree that the colours are indeed vivid and his talent is unique. It's interesting how we 'connect' with certain paintings/art pieces.

Appolonia,
I think I’m drawn toward artists that see and attempt to recreate the beauty in the everyday
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That I can appreciate. I'm not familiar with Robert Henri, so I looked him up, was this by any chance the gypsy boy you mentioned?
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Fantasy Moon, surreal paintings? So I guess you're another Dali fan?

Bren, Ooh, Faith Ringgold is different, thank you for the link.

Peronel, abstract art is interesting, but I'd get a headache If I kept looking at Black Spot :D .

Flower, Munch is a good un' but I find some of his work a little scary :eek: .

pink shadow, oh go on show us your list....

Libre, I hope you're coming back to discuss those artists (do hurry, now that i've looked Sargant up:D )
 
I really like Monet and Renoir. We have a few small prints of Monet in our living room, and I love just searching the paintings for things I've looked over. I always seem to find something new.
 
Peronel, I have to say I do not understand abstract art. At all. My gifted class went to a abstract art museum close to us, and nearly everyone sat on the floor in the gigantic room and took pictures of each other because nobody could seem to get anything out of it. I don't know what I'm missing, but I'm missing something to understand it. The Black Spot, to me, looks like someone took a bunch of paint and made little shapes on a piece of paper.
 
I'm not into art at all. The only thing I fancy is pictures taken with cameras.

My favorite painter have to be my four year old sister:)
 
I have 2 favorites:

1. My granddaughter.........same one that wrote the poetry.

2. Edna Hibel......I love her style.
 
Vesper, I like Monet too, not all that keen on Renoir though. I think abstract art can be interesting, but I don't really find it as powerful as some people do, perhaps Peronel will be kind enough to educate us to its merits.

Baddie & Muggle, aww..that's lovely, how nice to have artists in the family :) .
Edna Hibel? Another name to look up, this thread is getting to be very educational.
 
I am by no means an expert in any form of art, but I think what most intrigues me about abstract art is that the viewer is free to apply their own interpretation to it. This is true for any form of art, of course, but I think there is more freedom in abstract art i.e. you can look at a painting by Kandinsky and think "Oh, it's a dog on a trampoline" (if that's your kind of thing), but that's hard to do with the Mona Lisa.

I'm also a psych student, so it may be something to do with being fascinated by Rorscach and finding keys to the unconscious by examining responses to ambiguous stimuli. I love the fact that two people can look at an inkblot and see completely different things. Says something about the human mind, doesn't it?
 
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