Pictures I like

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

His colours certainly owe something to the Dutch school. I can see Rembrandt and Vermeer...

[vandermolen]

His colours certainly owe something to the Dutch school. I can see Rembrandt and Vermeer...

Yes, I think that you are right. Corinth must also have taken the Snel Train to Delft one day (or was in the Sprinter?...sorry, in joke) to see the Vermeers.
Anyway, here is another painting of Corinth about to hit his wife over the head with some paint brushes 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Yes, I think that you are right. Corinth must also have taken the Snel Train to Delft one day (or was in the Sprinter?...sorry, in joke) to see the Vermeers.
Anyway, here is another painting of Corinth about to hit his wife over the head with some paint brushes 

It wasn't the Herrenberg Train... Re the hitting - why do you think she is wearing that hat?

[vandermolen]

It wasn't the Herrenberg Train... Re the hitting - why do you think she is wearing that hat?

Maybe it was for the baby's christening...but clearly Corinth disapproved 

[Lethevich]

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Perfection! 

[knight66]

The Corinth work is powerful and I like a painter who uses paint that looks like paint, as opposed to a photographic approach.

Mike

[knight66]

Sarah, Unfortunately such an apt picture in present circumstances in the Congo.

Mike

[mozartsneighbor]

I spent the afternoon yesterday at the Kunsthistorisches Museum here in Vienna. I had been there a few times, but I hadn't seen their incredible collection of Brueghel paintings. I had seen many prints of the works of this Renaissance painter before, but somehow his paintings just don't quite come across in reproductions -- however, I was completely blown away by his work live. The atmosphere, sensibility, colors: without doubt a great master.
Here is one I liked particularly, titled "Gloomy Day":

[mozartsneighbor]

I love the art of Adolf Wölfli, a schizophrenic resident of an insane asylum that died in 1930.

Thanks for posting that, Corey. I made a mental note to look up Wölfli's paintings when I read the liner notes of the cd with Nørgård's 4th&5th symphonies, but then forgot all about it. Now I can see why he captivated Nørgård so much.

[Kullervo]

The death of an insane asylum is always a tragedy. 

Aah, the subtleties of English!

Thanks for posting that, Corey. I made a mental note to look up Wölfli's paintings when I read the liner notes of the cd with Nørgård's 4th&5th symphonies, but then forgot all about it. Now I can see why he captivated Nørgård so much.

No problem. I've been meaning to get a book of prints of his work but keep putting it off. This one looks interesting.

[Lilas Pastia]

Aah, the subtleties of English!

No problem. I've been meaning to get a book of prints of his work but keep putting it off. This one looks interesting.

Yes, that was a good one. I had to reread it to get the point.

Brueghel is probably my all-time favourite painter, and Gloomy Day is one of his most extraordinary works. I think Gauguin is one of the very few painters whose sense of nature was as intuitively right as Brueghel's.

Meanwhile, back to the topic:

                       

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Poor child. 

[prémont]

And just to show that my taste is not entirely morbid here is a painting I like of Corinth with his young wife:

She obviously backs him up.

[Haffner]

Gorgeous! The top reminds me of the mermaids in Rheingold.


Who is this good looking man (laughing)?

[Haffner]

And this:

[greg]

Ha, nice poses. Is that a tattoo on your hand? 

[Haffner]

Ha, nice poses. Is that a tattoo on your hand? 

Yeah, an old, dumb one that reads "shooting star".

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

And this:

My guess, erm - Killer Bob with glasses?

[Haffner]

My guess, erm - Killer Bob with glasses?

Now I've got to know whom Killer Bob is (laughing)