Favorite Paintings

[O'nus]

"Nude Descending Staircase" by Marcel Duchamp Easily one of my most favorite paintings. I have several favorites, but this is the one at the time. What about you...? ~

[Carôusoul]

I have been thinking for ten minutes and: I do not have an individual favourite.

[O'nus]

I have been thinking for ten minutes and: I do not have an individual favourite. Pick a random one? You surely do not think that this painting is the only one that I favour, do you? I would certainly not think the same of you. I was just interested in seeing others paintings that they would like to share. 'Favorite' is just an arbitrary adjective to give purpose to the decision process rather than 'Random paintings' thread. Now that I think of it, "Random Paintings" might have been a better idea. *Shrugs* ~

[Carôusoul]

Cy Twombly

[pj]

The Nut Gatherers - Housed nearby at my beloved Detroit Institute of Arts. Painted in 1882, while a lot of new and very different directions were being explored - this is almost the antithesis of the revolution that had already begun. Not sure what it is about this painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, but it is utterly captivating to me. I would love to post the Detroit Industry murals by Diego Rivera, also of the DIA... but they just don't work the same unless you are standing in them: http://www.dia.org/education/rivera/info1.htm

[O'nus]

Carousoul; I love it. To me it seems to resemble the chaotic nature of life; complete nonsense and no linear consistency, just chaos. pj; adorable. I love it! For some reason it reminds me of Anne of Green Gables (which I may happen to like simply because I am Canadian, lol). ~

[Carôusoul]

Carousoul; I love it. To me it seems to resemble the chaotic nature of life; complete nonsense and no linear consistency, just chaos. ~ Really? Weird..one of the things i get from it is it makes me feel good, secure and ordered. heh.

[O'nus]

Really? Weird..one of the things i get from it is it makes me feel good, secure and ordered. heh. That's the beauty of abstract art! ~

[Carôusoul]

moar. Francis Bacon's Pope. It's a transcription from this:

[Moonbeam]

"Nude Descending Staircase" by Marcel Duchamp Isn't that like the first cubist painting? I vaguely remember my humanities requirement class--the very easy Art Appreciation. I actually liked it a lot. I like Dali and Miro. Lots of other things too; I don't which is my favorite.

[Mes Tarrant]

I was touring some very very old mansion. I forget what country it was in. Maybe Austria, maybe Ireland... Anyway. There was an enormous painting of a duke or something hanging in the living room. It was amazing... I had definitely seen those types of paintings before, but this one just burned itself into my mind. I don't remember what the name of the person was or the name of the artist. But it's funny how sometimes paintings stick in your mind like that. Ohh yeah yeah, it was this style of painting.... but MUCH better, in weird ways.

[Universal Mind]

I have a lot of favorite paintings, and this one is definitely one of them. It is The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau.

[Xox]

I have way too many. I'm just picking one randomly. Ahhh La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Walter Crane. Anyone read that poem? It's one of my favorite poems as well, and this painting was just perfect for it. I'll be posting about a hundred more later >.>, once I find the right sizes and whatnot.

[Moonbeam]

That looks like this guy grown up:

[pj]

Ohh yeah yeah, it was this style of painting.... but MUCH better, in weird ways. That looks like this guy grown up: Both look like Dutch masters. Ter Borch, perhaps? I love that style, and Ter Borch was about the best at it - he could render textiles that were beyond photo-realistic.

[Moonbeam]

Blue Boy was by someone named Gainesville, I think. Edit: Whoops, Gainsborough.

[Mes Tarrant]

Wow, cool find MB! pj, I'll have to research that artist... perhaps he is the one who painted the one I was talking about. Hmmm, worth a try.

[CoLd BlooDed]

Anything Dali. Including this one. It's entitled... 'Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bumblebee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening.'

[pj]

Blue Boy was by someone named Gainesville, I think. Well that doesn't sound very Dutch, does it? I'm one of those guys who likes to hang out at art museums but really doesn't know a whole lot about more than a couple things. Wow, cool find MB! pj, I'll have to research that artist... perhaps he is the one who painted the one I was talking about. Hmmm, worth a try. Do check him out, along with his contemporaries. Ter Borch specialized in enigmatic scenes of high society. His eye for composition and detail were both amazing. His sister was also a brilliant painter and was often a model for him. And then there was this dog...

[Adam]

NOt too original, but I love Salvador Dali, and most of his work, a couple of my favourites: Salvador Dali - Soft, Construction with boiled beans. Salvador Dali - The persistence of memory Edvard Munch - Scream

[Universal Mind]

Salvador Dali: Swans Reflecting Elephants Dominic Appia: Entres Les Trous De La Memoire

[Xaqaria]

Galatea of the Spheres The Hallucinogenic Toreador Elephants Swans Reflecting Elephants Among others by Salvador Dali The Eye of Silence L'Ange du foyer ou Le Triomphe du surréalisme Among others by Max Ernst I would also name a lot by H.R. Giger and Alex Grey, but since I think you were looking for just one, I'll stop there. Either way, I can't think of just one either.

[Moonbeam]

Dreamers love Dali.

[Howie]

Awesome Idea For a thread. Great way to see some great art. This Brent Heighton's - Loons in The Mist captures something for me. Great to see some fellow avid abstract enthusiasts! pj. That picture captures a sense of complete innocence. To me. Very cool

[Universal Mind]

One more, and then I will chill for a while. My favorite paintings are very dreamish and seem like what other lucid dreamers would like. Odilon Redon: The Cyclops The paintings I have posted all depict great dreamscapes to visit in dreams.