Art that you like

[Lethevich]

Yay, thanks pjme! The eyes seemed very famliar to me, and I felt that once I discovered who it was by I would be kicking myself, but it turns out that I didn't know this artist (although from reading his Wikipedia biography, I could imagine his work is relatively widely displayed, if not recognised).

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

I like this thread. Personally I like a lot of Monet and Van Gogh. Very much like the "Boston Common at Twilight" posted before. Beautiful scene.

John Atkinson Grimshaw 
1836 - 1893)

Same painter as in your post?

[Lethevich]

Probably, but be aware that he had two sons who painted in an identical style and who he sometimes collaborated with: Arthur Grimshaw, Louis (H) Grimshaw.

Apparently two of his daughters painted as well, but their work is beyond obscure. Kind of the Bach Family of painters

[Henk]

artist: Kees van Dongen


arist: Henri Matisse

[karlhenning]

artist: Henri Matisse

Aye, knew that right away.

In fact, because the image above the Matisse was blocked, I saw artist: Kees van Dongen, and I was going to remark how his work looked like a shameless Matisse knock-off : )

[Henk]

Aye, knew that right away.

In fact, because the image above the Matisse was blocked, I saw artist: Kees van Dongen, and I was going to remark how his work looked like a shameless Matisse knock-off : )

Can you see the van Dongen now? I can see it (it's not blocked). Really a great artist you should know.

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Probably, but be aware that he had two sons who painted in an identical style and who he sometimes collaborated with: Arthur Grimshaw, Louis (H) Grimshaw

Thanks Lethe. I had a look into the booklet - it's the same painter.
"Front cover In the Golden Olden Time (c. 1870) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 –1893),
© Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire/The Bridgeman Art Library"

[Opus106]

Assuming that this is as close as it gets to an "Art Thread" in GMG, I'm posting it here. Please let me know if art lovers usually gather elsewhere.


Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project
2/01/2011 06:02:00 AM

One of the things I love about working Google is that you can come up with an idea one day and the next day start getting to work to make it a reality. That's what happened with the Art Project—a new tool we're announcing today which puts more than 1,000 works of art at your fingertips, in extraordinary detail.

It started when a small group of us who were passionate about art got together to think about how we might use our technology to help museums make their art more accessible—not just to regular museum-goers or those fortunate to have great galleries on their doorsteps, but to a whole new set of people who might otherwise never get to see the real thing up close.

We're also lucky here to have access to technology like Picasa and App Engine and to have colleagues who love a challenge—like building brand-new technology to enable Street View to go indoors! Thanks to this, and our unique collaboration with museums around the world, we were able to turn our 20% project into something you can try out for yourself today at www.googleartproject.com.

You’ll find a selection of super high-resolution images of famous works of art as well as more than a thousand other images, by more than 400 artists—all in one place. And with Street View technology, you can take a virtual tour inside 17 of the world’s most acclaimed art museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art  and MoMA in New York, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Tate Britain & The National Gallery in London, Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

[Lethevich]

I really hope this catches on and expands. The internet may be good for many things, but it's still so primitive in the quality of its image content, even on institution websites - people aren't demanding enough for acceptably high resolution and crispness.

I haven't seen images as well-scanned as the first one I saw on that link. Presumably the others are as good.

[pjme]

Albert Servaes' "Stations of the cross" caused an incredible uproar in 1919. Catholic Belgium (and the Netherlands ) were not used to such ugliness.
Servaes ((Gent, 4 april 1883 – Luzern, 19 april 1966)) is still a fairly controversial artist with a hugely uneven legacy. But his "Stations of the cross" are a powerfull reminder of his artistry.
P.
The museum Dhondt-Dhaenens http://www.museumdd.be/
shows a selection of his work.

[Opus106]

Albert Servaes' "Stations of the cross" caused an incredible uproar in 1919. Catholic Belgium (and the Netherlands ) were not used to such ugliness.
Servaes ((Gent, 4 april 1883 – Luzern, 19 april 1966)) is still a fairly controversial artist with a hugely uneven legacy. But his "Stations of the cross" are a powerfull reminder of his artistry.
P.
The museum Dhondt-Dhaenens http://www.museumdd.be/
shows a selection of his work.

Is that Jesus without a beard?

[pjme]

Servaes' drawings are really powerful. With or without a beard.

P.

[pjme]

I suppose Servaes knew Holbein.



P.

[knight66]

This is a piece of Spanish polychromatic art from 16th cent. This is an astonishing genre. Unflintching and often hyper-realistic.

http://www.thearttribune.com/The-sacred-made-real-Spanish.html

Mike

[pjme]

Possibly one of the weirdest "portraits" of Christ: Gustave Van de Woestijne's 1925 "Christ sacrifices his blood"

Van de Woestijne ( 1881 -1947) is one of the great originals in Flemish expressionist art.

[mahler10th]

More Grimshaw, who has always been my favourite artist.

This mud lane was built into a road not long thereafter, and it became "Valley Road."  I lived there in 1995!

[Scarpia]

I would argue a photograph of a sculpture may be a work in its own right.

[Ten thumbs]

Easter Morning - Caspar David Friedrich

When this came up for sale, it was let go, I think by the National Gallery, because it was just like 'another Atkinson Grimshaw'. Rather a pity considering the standing that Caspar David Friedrich now rightly holds. Anyway, I too am an admirer of Grimmy, who is a distant relative of mine.
I'm not sure of the exact connection but my father's father was the son of Sarah Ann Grimshaw (1844-1929), who was descended from Grimshaws on both sides and was the daughter of John Grimshaw (1808-1849).

[pjme]

At the Elsene/Ixelles Museum in Brussel there's a great show on Jules Chéret. His elegant posters stand for "Belle époque".



Here's a good example. The drink inspired Deodat de Séverac to write a Valse brillante for piano.



See also: http://www.museedixelles.irisnet.be/nl

P.

[Drasko]

At the Elsene/Ixelles Museum in Brussel there's a great show on Jules Chéret. His elegant posters stand for "Belle époque".

Jules Chéret is great, I utterly love posters from that period. 

Also Henri Privat-Livemont, more flamboyant than Chéret but less florid and freer than Mucha.