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[the_painted_bird]

One of my favorite pieces of art:

A while back I stumbled upon a book of prints at a friend's house of Alfons Mucha's artwork, turns out his Uncle has a room furnished Art Nouveau style, including some original Mucha prints.
Both renditions of the seasons I loved, the flowers and stars are exceptional. I am debating getting more of these:

(Yes that is my arm)

Other favorite artists: Paul Gauguin, Barbara Kruger, & Edvard Munch

 

["God's Beard!"]

That Epiphany painting, just how is that possible?

Acryllic, oil, very small brushes, and patience, I suppose.

Helnwein's response to Bob Ross:

 

[Rocwell]

Lots of good art in this thread. Here are some of my favorites I hadn't seen posted yet.

Libyan Sibyl, detail from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo

The Ancient of Days by William Blake

Fortitude by Sandro Botticelli

The Young Hare by Albrecht Durer

Horn Players by Jean-Michel Basquiat

Gaiety Dance Team by Norman Rockwell

Bonus:

Augusts of Prima Porta

 

[byropoint]

I've always liked Zdzislaw Beksinski's paintings

 

[Salazar]

Do non-Australian Gaffers know Jeffrey Smart ?

 

[Canova]

For sculptures, I like this the most,

Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini, 1545-54. 320 cm. So badass!

AND

Mercury by Giambologna, 180cm.

For antiquity, this is my favorite:
Lacoon

Damn it!!! this thread makes me wanna go back to Italy!!!!

 

[J-Roderton]

Its made of thousands of cig boxes

 

[G.O.O.]

Its made of thousands of cig boxes

Detail ?

 

[turbodog]

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[baultista]

Artistic Paintings:

Also the one with the half-naked brunette being attacked by cupid. She's topless so I can't look it up here, even though it's art.

Paintings for lulz:

 

[Assemble!]

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough

This.

Seeing it in person was weird. It's much smaller than I thought, but exceedingly beautiful.

 

[olore]

Lots of excellent art.

Any love for Kandinsky? Jaune Rouge Bleu is fantastic.

 

[Ceres]

Detail ?

If it's Van Gogh's piece I believe he is mistaken. It's an oil on canvas believed to be from when he was studying at Antwerp.

 

[Davidion]

5. Springtime by Pierre-Auguste Cot
http://i36.tinypic.com/213iy3k.jpg

Love his style; The Storm is one of my faves.

My personal favorite, though, is still Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog.

 

[karasu]

I don't know about 'favorite of all time', but five I love are:

The Slave Ship - J.M.W. Turner

Liberty leading the People - Eugene Delacroix

One of Elisabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun's self portraits

Judith Slaying Holofernes

Allegory of the Outbreak of War - Peter Paul Reubens

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

I'm a Van Gogh fan, with Starry Night being my favorite. However, I saw this at the Art Institute of Chicago the other day and fell in love.

Harald Sohlberg: Fisherman's Cottage

 

[Anth0ny]

My personal favourite:

I sense great vulcrability. A land child crying out for love, an innocent orphan in the post-modern world.

I see a parasite. A sexually-depraved miscrient, who is seeking to gratify only his
most basic and immediate urges.

He is struggled, he is man-struggled. He lifts my spirit! He is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I can't look away.

He transcends time and space. I love it.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

The Kramer painting is awesome.

 

[John_B]

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn

 

[okno]

So many of my favs have already been posted, so i contribute:
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Gustav Klimt - The Kiss

I love Klimt. Especially this painting:

It's extraordinary when viewed up-close, but the painting gains this whole new meaning because the original, and many other works of his, were destroyed during WW2 by the Nazis. It's such a phenomenal work of art, and I would have loved to have seen the original. I believe it is a painting of his grandmother.

 

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Horn Players by Jean-Michel Basquiat

Omg, you are officially the coolest Junior member ever to me! I love Jean Michel Basquiat's work so much. That one is also one of my favorites.

 

[Aesius]

I've seen the first two at the Louvre. The Coronation of Napoleon is fucking MASSIVE.

 

[Gattsu25]

More from Beksinski - He grew up in Austria during WWII so you can imaging what of imagery is stuck in his head.

I've always liked Zdzislaw Beksinski's paintings

Oh my God. Those are all haunting. Wow.

 

[iamblades]

Almost any of the Water Lillies or Haystacks paintings by Monet are amazing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Lilies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystacks_(Monet

I really like most stuff by Renoir as well, this especially:

I really like lots of of Rembrant and Vermeer as well.

 

[Rocwell]

Omg, you are officially the coolest Junior member ever to me! I love Jean Michel Basquiat's work so much. That one is also one of my favorites.

I actually got to see a Basquiat exhibit (including that painting) when I took a trip to Italy a few years ago in Milan. It was so serendipitous, I wasn't looking for a museum particularly and saw they had a Basquiat show going. I also did a painting based on it for a watercolor class I took.

 

[Rewrite]

I actually got to see a Basquiat exhibit (including that painting) when I took a trip to Italy a few years ago in Milan. It was so serendipitous, I wasn't looking for a museum particularly and saw they had a Basquiat show going. I also did a painting based on it for a watercolor class I took.

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:bow :bow :bow You keep getting cooler by the second. So awesome and nice work, man!

I also went to an exhibit here in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and it was amazing seeing his art up front. You see his footsteps in some of the pieces and you're left thinking: "This man was standing here creating this beauty!" Truly awesome exhibit. Glad you also got to see his art. :D