susie b Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I was just reviewing my bookings, and I'm pretty happy as I will be working with fine artists...mainly figure painters...for the next few weeks. Got me to thinking...what artists or art movements do my fellow forum members enjoy? I enjoy a wide variety of styles, but I think my favorites are The Romantic Movement, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood & The Aesthetic Movement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlene Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm drawn to many works from the Pre-Raphaelite era. I also tend to really enjoy the techniques of a few that I would call my "favorite" artists.. Edgar Degas Wiliam-Adolphe Bouguereau Jean Leon Gerome Great topic, susie! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Great topic. I know nothing about art, I´m not interested in a lot of art, but I do visit art museums when I travel, and I do visit some of the better art museums (around the world) online at times. What I get off on is real life portraits, scenes etc from way back when. These give me a window into the people of the specific time in history. It gives me insight into that society. I love it. I love looking into the eyes of the persons being painted to get a sense of who they are, what they are thinking, what is in their heart, their soul. Art is a great window into the past. I also like (against the druthers of some of my nose up to commercial art family members) Thomas Kincaid paintings. They do something to me, in a good way. I also think it is cool that his art is more available to the masses than most. My "high class" family members don´t like that element of Kincaid, but I think if you´ve got something that brings joy to humans, it´s best to share it with as many as you can. What I don´t like is a lot of modern art. I remember meeting and kinda befriending a 20s something girl at a coffee shop in Chicago a few years ago. She was really cool, pretty, humble, smart etc....and she was an artist. I told her my thoughts on modern art - that it´s just some dude splashing cans of paint against a canvass and manipulating everybody to think it is high art, that it has deep meaning etc. - :-) .....she wasn´t on board with my opinion, but she was very nice in that she kept herself from punching me. I appreciated that. :-) Ok, you guys continue. I will learn something hopefully !.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie b Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 For dear James... No need to be shy about liking Thomas Kincaid. He utilized ideas & techniques established by more academic artistic movements and made them commercially accessible. You can see this in his use of light & dark. He did what many artists fail to do and marketed himself and made money before he died. There is nothing wrong with that...he was a good businessman. That being said, I don't believe you will ever find his art in major museums, but that's ok. His art in the homes around the world may provide the only access to fine art that many will ever experience. That's a good thing...beauty is a good thing...the world needs more of it. Who knows...maybe the first piece of art that gets the next Leonardo da Vinci started in art is a Thomas Kincaid painting over his family's fireplace. It could happen. Susie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Nice post Susie. I guess the bottom line for me is that when I see his paintings (like the one you posted above), it makes my heart beat skip up a couple notches because the art is so beautiful. It moves me. I´m actually right now looking at one of his paintings in my office...I bought it in Milwaukee at an art gallery in 1996 for like $200. It´s called "The Lights of Home" and even after 20 years it still moves me when I look at it. My favorite painting is one that´s even more humble. I bought it at an antique store in Morris, Illinois 4 years ago. I bought it for like $10...it´s a painting of a boy (in 1800s garb) sitting on a log that stretches across a canal.....the view is of his back as he sits with his fishing line in the water and his dog sitting right next to him. Stunning, anonimous artist, $10...but I´ll take it over anything at the Louvre, or any museum for that matter. Anyway, Kincaid to me is kinda like The Partridge Family...forget the media created teeny bop image, their music is very very good. That´s how I see Kincaid...without elitist blinders. Or in other words, I´m a hillbilly at heart, and proud of it !... :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretender Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I don't know a lot about art,either,but enjoy museums as well.I do love impressionist art,especially Monet.And I totally don't get Picasso. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I've always LOVED nature, wildlife and I too am treading on un-familiar grounds when it comes to this topic regarding art work but, these two pieces where painted by Canadian artist's. The first one with the Lynx is simply "gorgeous" and because my mother knew that I loved it very much, she gave it to me as a gift one day and for that reason too, it's sentimental value exceed's WAY, way more than it's worth. I have this beauty hung right above my headboard, above my bed and it's one I won't ever part with!............... http://www.artandnature.com/bateman/dozinglynx.html The next one is one I personally purchased at a used store! I thought the colours and beauty held it's own ground and is also another one I also treasure VERY much! http://markhobson.com/reproductions/paper-prints/humpback-in-emerald-seas P.S......They are both limited editions, numbered, matted and framed and I love them (both) very much! I also have another limited edition picture of a mother deer and her young. A autumn scene It is also very pretty , however when I googled it some time back, there was no information to be found on it. But, I do recall paying only five dollars for it at a charity store who's donations went to feeding and caring for the animals, (dogs and cats) and so on, who needed homes. Either way, it was the best five bucks I ever spent! ~~~Nancy.~~~ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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susie b Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 James.... We are so terrible! We have been misspelling Mr. Kinkade's name. Sorry about that, Thomas. I went to research your painting, Lights of the House, which is ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. You have excellent taste, my friend. I hope that you won't mind me posting a copy of your painting, but I think it needs to be shared. As far as the merits of your Morris painting...it does what art of any kind is supposed to do... It elicits emotion. Good art does just that...it makes you feel something. If the artist has touched you with his subject, then he has succeeded in his mission. It doesn't matter if it is a da Vinci or a lesser known artist; the mission is the same. James, I really love your painting. It looks like Mr. Kinkade made a painting of my grandmother's home & coach house. It is an incredible likeness. Spooky. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie b Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 My home hosts an eclectic mix of art done by friends & former lovers, as well as pieces that I have picked up in my travels. Each is a little piece of my life. Not all are classically beautiful, but all hold great meaning for me. The following image is a pastel study of me that my friend Yuqi did for a larger painting. I always loved working with Yuqi...his wife was a great cook, so we never went hungry. Check out his website...http://www.yuqiwangart.us/biography.htmlHis English is better than my Chinese, but I did write his bio and artist's statement for him.You can find Susie on page 5 of the gallery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paperdoll82 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I think we're on the same page, James and Pretender. My first inclination when I saw this was to say Grandma Moses, because I understand her. A house is a house. A snow scene is a snow scene. Trees are trees. Other than that, there's a purple cat on my refrigerator that makes my heart sing. The artist is The Girl, and she was about 7. Cheryl 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yes Paper, I love kids art too. My brother has a structural steel company. When his son was like 6 or so his son drew a picture of a dinosour next to a skyscraper....he put my brother (his Dad) standing on the dinosour´s head supervising the structural steel work. It´s priceless. My brother obviously has it in his office. :-) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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susie b Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Art is the best art of all !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Life is my favorite art form. If I must choose a more static style, I'll say the work of Walter Anderson. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Charles Burchfield. Another great talent from Ohio! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Learning French for five years of my latter public schooling days included different French artists, but I tend to lean towards French Impressionism (Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir). I also like some of the works of the tragic Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, some selections of Paul Gaugin, Salvatore Dali, Vincent Van Gogh (interesting, the intensity and quantity of brilliant color that Van Gogh used -- I read somewhere-- was more a testament of his distress with how he interpreted things like his "Starry Starry Night", too much sensory input for him). I once worked with some attorneys that all thought Thomas Kinkade was something they viewed as "SCHLOCK" ?? It sounds detrimental, and I disagree with it. While I am very choosey about the different paintings of his that I enjoy, there is no denying that his unique way of layering phosphorus or light-catching paints have a special effect on the paintings when a dimmer switch is used on the light bulbs shining on the painting. It has to be seen to understand how the changing in lighting dims the painting and allows a "glow" to emit from certain hues within the canvas. Very ingenious even if there are those that don't care for Mr. Kinkade's subject matter. I prefer a number of his lighthouse and cottage renditions. I have also come to admire some artists that use a painter's knife only, and are able to make a painting look like a color photograph until you get up close to look at the knife strokes and blobs of paint used to create flowers and scenery. Seascapes with lighthouses, or views of coastal landscapes (like a shoreline view of Catalina Island in the bright daylight with the boats tethered and the casino and buildings climbing up the hillside in view). In the whimsical realm I have some collector plates done by Bill Bell, or similar artists using ocean themes with fish, whales, dophins, etc, like Robert Lyn Nelson. AnneNR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Charles Burchfield. Another great talent from Ohio! Heard the name, didn't know the artist's work, but after taking a peak, I think his work has a Tim Burton"ish" feel to it. Very interesting choice! AnneNR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I also like the illustration work for literature of Edmund Dulac I have enjoyed many of his illustrations artwork. Similarly, Arthur Rackham is a great artist in illustration. AnneNR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I love paintings of the Italian Renaissance and also some of the Flemish painters, especially Brueghel. I don't like Mannerists paintings much. Mar, I always LOVED Degas, especially his ballerinas, because I took ballet when I was 5 and his paintings always fascinated me. My very favorite painter in the whole world is Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner). His paintings just knock me out, whether oils or watercolors. His use of and insight into/way of looking at color separates his paintings from all others in my estimation. He was virtuosic in depicting the effect of light on color so his paintings seem absolutely alive. I adore his paintings of Venice and his use of color and light in painting boats, especially those in storms, makes them almost alarmingly lifelike. Yes, Turner is my man. --Dar 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 IT'S CAPTAIN HARLOCK APPEARING WITH ART CARNEY!!! HEY THERE CAPTAIN!!! MISSED YOU ALL THESE YEARS! HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU! HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GREAT TO SEE YOU! I LOVE ART CARNEY TOO! --Dar 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Joseph Mallord William Turner--- thanks Darlene, never heard of this guy before either, but I took a peek on line and it kinda reminds me a bit of neoclassicism. . . but he has such a distinctive effect on the canvas and it does look like an extremely real, detailed snapshot of something. Looking at some of the work I saw on the internet made me think of Gothic, Romance, and Suspense novels I read back in the 60s and 70s, because this artist captures what went through my head as far as the type of scenes and how they appeared to me while reading a line or paragraph of descriptives to paint a mental picture of the story progressing along. I really like his style, thanks for introducing me to this fave painter dude of yours. AnneNR 6 6 __/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 My taste in art is similar to my taste in music- very broad. This piece speaks volumes to me (and has made me laugh for the last 50 years): 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter2 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Well....other than I like museums and I like a lot of the different painters over time, the art that I have tends to be local. My hometown has a painter named Marian Anderson who did a number of paintings of locations throughout my hometown. When she first started out, she painted an engagement picture of my sister (and fiance/husband) which was used in a newspaper advertisement to start her painting career - my sister worked there and was a lucky candidate to have that portrait done! My husband and I lived in Wyoming for a few years in the 80's - a relative there got us hooked on Bev Doolittle, who does a lot of wildlife painting with hidden pictures in them - for instance bear tracks heading away, but the bear is really hiding in the bushes and the title is "Doubled Back", or another called "Two Indian Ponies" where you have a few military men leading horses through the woods - hidden in the trees are two Indians taking two ponies off in another direction. Or, sometimes a different image will be reflected in the water, etc. http://www.artbarbarians.com/gallery2/main.asp?artist=16&mypage=3 this site has a lot of her work showcased (and for sale!) as well a wildlife picture from Marian Anderson. Not Monets by any means, but talent anyway 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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