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Szykneij

#100
August 29, 2007, 08:42:36 AM
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

karlhenning

#101
August 29, 2007, 08:46:48 AM
Richard Simmons grew his 'fro out, Tony?

Kullervo

#102
August 29, 2007, 08:47:33 AM
Ando Hiroshige



Schiele



Whistler



Guston

Lethevich

#103
August 29, 2007, 08:48:22 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on August 29, 2007, 08:42:36 AM


:s He looks kind of related to PMD...

Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Saul

#104
August 29, 2007, 09:37:42 AM
Quote from: paul on August 29, 2007, 07:06:09 AM
By the way Saul, are those from a video game?

no way

Szykneij

#106
August 29, 2007, 10:26:51 AM
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

pjme

#108
August 29, 2007, 11:43:16 AM
Sorry Saul, but I cannot help it : ;D



Vladimir Tretchikoff, the Russian-born painter of the kitsch classic Chinese Girl, has died aged 92 in South Africa.

Painted in 1952, Chinese Girl became the world's biggest-selling print. It has been described as the " Mona Lisa of kitsch", having adorned half a million suburban walls around the world.

The self-taught Tretchikoff also produced a host of other popular paintings during a career spanning 50 years.

Chinese Girl is considered the most famous of his works, many of which are displayed in galleries worldwide. Other works, including The Dying Swan, Zulu Girl and Lost Orchid, are widely embraced as kitsch and have undergone a revival in recent years, with prints fetching hundreds of dollars.

Peter

pjme

#109
August 29, 2007, 11:52:02 AM Last Edit: August 29, 2007, 11:55:04 AM by pjme
Artists I really admire :

Dick Ket




James Ensor



And Rembrandt, Vermeer, Matisse, Picasso, Gauguin, Fra Fillippo Lippi, Cimabue, Rik Wouters, .....











Renfield

#110
August 29, 2007, 01:09:33 PM
No Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dali, Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir, or Claude Monet? Or even Caravaggio? Titian? :o

I'll remedy that once I've the time to look for links. Thankfully, there's at least one van Gogh, and a reference to Rembradnt. :P

Norseman

#111
August 29, 2007, 04:26:22 PM
Quote from: Lethe on August 29, 2007, 08:26:55 AM
Oh, and this is one of my favourite "IMPORTANT EVENT WITH CLASSICAL ALLUSIONS" Romantic paintings, I figure, if I want to pick one, I may as well pick the most overblown/ridiculous/impressive one :) :



That is pretty overblown  ;D Back then, this kind of paintings (so called "history painting") was considered the supreme form of art, if you wanted to be a serious and esteemed artist you'd have to paint things like this..

George

#112
August 29, 2007, 04:46:57 PM



Dali

Kullervo

#113
August 29, 2007, 09:42:58 PM
Quote from: Renfield on August 29, 2007, 01:09:33 PM
No Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dali, Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir, or Claude Monet? Or even Caravaggio? Titian? :o

I'll remedy that once I've the time to look for links. Thankfully, there's at least one van Gogh, and a reference to Rembradnt. :P

Love Klimt but liking him seems to be unfashionable these days. 8)

Saul

#114
August 30, 2007, 05:31:33 AM Last Edit: August 30, 2007, 05:33:17 AM by Saul

Hector

#115
August 30, 2007, 05:51:17 AM
Quote from: Corey on August 29, 2007, 09:42:58 PM
Love Klimt but liking him seems to be unfashionable these days. 8)

No. Why?

Kullervo

#116
August 30, 2007, 05:56:56 AM
Quote from: Hector on August 30, 2007, 05:51:17 AM
No. Why?

Something I've noticed from art students. Most of them tend to dismiss him as flashy and decorative (both of which are true, but are also reasons I love him).

Renfield

#117
August 30, 2007, 06:07:09 AM
Quote from: Corey on August 30, 2007, 05:56:56 AM
Something I've noticed from art students. Most of them tend to dismiss him as flashy and decorative (both of which are true, but are also reasons I love him).

Flashy and decorative? Klimt's work is - literally - gilded! Yet beauty set aside, just find me one artist able to express the sensuality Klimt channels through his paintings; you'll be hard-pressed to...

Hector

#118
August 30, 2007, 06:10:48 AM
Quote from: Renfield on August 30, 2007, 06:07:09 AM
Flashy and decorative? Klimt's work is - literally - gilded! Yet beauty set aside, just find me one artist able to express the sensuality Klimt channels through his paintings; you'll be hard-pressed to...

Absolutely.

Some cannot see beyond the gilt.

Surely one of the 20th century greats?

greg

#119
August 30, 2007, 06:14:02 AM
never saw that Dali (above). Forgot about him, he's one of my favorites.
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