Favorite Paintings

[ClayDeath]

spot on general.

 

[tented]

And now some Matisse.

The Open Window

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The Dessert: Harmony in Red

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The Music Lesson

 

[djmm]

Portrait of Joseph Roulin

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The Night Cafe

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Cafe Terrace at Night

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Fabulous!!

Makes me all warm and cozy inside :angel:

 

[shawnbm]

I really like seeing all of the Caravaggio, tented. Such crispness in his colors and images. Love it.

 

[ClayDeath]

great stuff.

keep them coming.

 

[tented]

I really like seeing all of the Caravaggio, tented. Such crispness in his colors and images. Love it.

I agree, Shawn. He was a genius. His use of color was incredible. And no one has captured black like Caravaggio.

 

[tented]

More Caravaggio.

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The Sacrifice of Isaac

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Portrait of Maffeo Barberini

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David and Goliath

 

[Emma]

I really like abstract paintings the most. I also like Salvador Dali's art work. Here's a very famous one:

The Persistence of Memory.

Here's another one I like.

 

[shawnbm]

I gotta say it--

I need more Caravaggio! LOL

 

[tented]

I really like abstract paintings the most. I also like Salvador Dali's art work. Here's a very famous one:

The Persistence of Memory.

Have you ever seen it in person? It's surprisingly small: 9.5" x 13" / 24 cm × 33 cm

 

[shawnbm]

I really like abstract paintings the most. I also like Salvador Dali's art work. Here's a very famous one:

The Persistence of Memory.

Have you ever seen it in person? It's surprisingly small: 9.5" x 13" / 24 cm × 33 cm

Meanwhile, Picasso's Guernica is huge, taking up an entire wall.

 

[Emma]

I really like abstract paintings the most. I also like Salvador Dali's art work. Here's a very famous one:

The Persistence of Memory.

Have you ever seen it in person? It's surprisingly small: 9.5" x 13" / 24 cm × 33 cm

No, I haven't but I know it's quite small. I don't know what really comes into place as far as the size is concerned, given that some are quite huge while others are pretty small.

 

[tented]

I really like abstract paintings the most. I also like Salvador Dali's art work. Here's a very famous one:

The Persistence of Memory.

Have you ever seen it in person? It's surprisingly small: 9.5" x 13" / 24 cm × 33 cm

No, I haven't but I know it's quite small. I don't know what really comes into place as far as the size is concerned, given that some are quite huge while others are pretty small.

It's such a famous work, with so many reproductions/posters/etc., which are far larger than it really is. In my imagination, it had taken on a larger-than-life quality, yet since I didn't know its actual size before I first saw it in person, I was struck by how small it is.

Standing in front of it, you get a feel for what Dali was really doing, what effect he was going for, which can't be appreciated when looking at a poster. To me, that's how size comes into play.

 

[Emma]

One of Picasso's abstract paintings:

The Old Guitarist.

Here's a true abstract painting:

 

[ClayDeath]

great stuff princess emma.

keep them coming.

 

[kskate2]

I like Thomas Kinkade. I actually have this one in my guest room:

 

[ClayDeath]

outstanding work.

 

[Moxie]

And now some Matisse.

The Open Window

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The Dessert: Harmony in Red

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The Music Lesson

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Oh, I absolutely LOVE Matisse, and it took me a long time to 'get' him.

 

[tented]

Oh, I absolutely LOVE Matisse, and it took me a long time to 'get' him.

Isn't it odd how that happens? With me, it was Rothko. For decades I couldn't figure out why people would take him seriously, then one day it all clicked.

 

[ClayDeath]

matisse is better than I thought.

good stuff.

keep it coming.