your favorite artwork?

[jetdog]

http://www.thousandsketches.com/images/blog/pablo-picasso-don-quixote.jpg

what's yours?

[Friday]

He was a nut.
And his art speaks volumes to me.

http://www.poster.net/van-gogh-vincent/van-gogh-vincent-starry-night-7900683.jpg

[samnyc]

http://www.florencewelcome.com/musei/images/david-michelangelo.jpg

[Bob Impact]

http://davidho.com/gallery/personal/fearofperfect.jpg

[prothunderball]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Kosuth_OneAndThreeChairs.jpg

[MadMatt]

The 19th Century painter Frederic E. Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Church)did some of the most amazing landscapes I have ever seen. I first saw his work in an issue of Smithsonian magazine when I was a kid and have been hooked ever since. He's one of my favorite painters of all-time.

http://www.ibiblio.org/ulysses/gec/painting/church/cotopaxi1862.jpg
"Cotopaxi" - Frederic E. Church

[epo]

There are so many that I truly love, but Marc Chagall's Flying Carriage simply blows me away everytime that I look at it.

http://www.encore-editions.com/artists/chagallmarc/thumbs/The_Flying_Carriage.jpg

[IamPixie]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/GENTILESCHI_Judith.jpg

[IamPixie]

There are so many that I truly love, but Marc Chagall's Flying Carriage simply blows me away everytime that I look at it.

http://www.encore-editions.com/artists/chagallmarc/thumbs/The_Flying_Carriage.jpg

good call, epo. I love chagall.
http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/5/4/Marc-Chagall-Birthday-5481.jpg

[IamPixie]

yay art! http://www.percontra.net/oldmansboatoldmansdog.jpg

The Old Man's Boat, the Old Man's Dog
Eric Fischel

[BoondockSaint]

I'm a big Ralph Steadman fan. Most people know him for his stuff with Hunter Thompson but is other works are great as well.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e93/menacemineure/12695Ralph_Steadman_s_America_Cover.jpg

[ChoppedLiver]

ANOTHER Chagall fan here. 'The Wedding' is a fave.

[FUNKMAN]

http://tonova.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/frank_frazetta_1.jpg

Frazetta

[jetdog]

I can't beleive how this makes me feel the sun coming up over the water, Ive been there so many tiems in real life, and this feels the same way..
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/images/monet_sunrise_l.jpg

[WhistlePig]

I love Georges de La Tour:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Georges_de_La_Tour._St._Joseph,_the_Carpenter.JPG/438px-Georges_de_La_Tour._St._Joseph,_the_Carpenter.JPG

And Stephen Blickenstaff:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/9053/cramps.jpg

[PhishHead]

here are two of mine:

http://www.cgmarshall.com/images/Photos/Cupid_and_Psyche.JPG

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/8c/Christ_of_Saint_John_of_the_Cross.jpg

[Hottub]

I have this one hanging in my living room. always brings me to my happy place.

http://www.edmundsullivan.com/images/sheps.jpg

Here is Mr. Sullivan's site. (http://www.edmundsullivan.com/order.htm)

[epo]

I'm also a big fan of Georgia O'Keefe as her work is always striking to me:

Black Cross

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/3432/black_cross.jpg

Lake No. 1

http://www.dmcityview.com/images/2006/06.01.06/ART%20From-the-Lake-No-1.jpg

[sailor]

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/kandinsky.comp-8.jpg

[IamPixie]

I'm also a big fan of Georgia O'Keefe as her work is always striking to me:

Lake No. 1

http://www.dmcityview.com/images/2006/06.01.06/ART%20From-the-Lake-No-1.jpg

pssst. it's a vagina

[jetdog]

pssst. it's a vagina
aren't they all..?

[IamPixie]

aren't they all..?

that's the crux of my joke.

[jetdog]

that's the crux of my joke.
mine too...we're joke crux buddies!

[jennysmurf]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/MagrittePipe.jpg/300px-MagrittePipe.jpg

[IMSlacker]

pssst. it's a vagina
aren't they all..?

Really? I just don't see it...
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/georgiaokeefe-icecave-c1950.jpg

[Stankfoot]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a350/stankfoot/magrittesonofman.jpg


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a350/stankfoot/magrittetwolovers.jpg

[Mike Teacher]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/hamptonthrone.jpg

Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations Millennium General Assembly
James Hampton

=

In short, God appeared in physical form to Hampton, a Wash DC janitor, asking him to build the throne for His return. He did. He rented an unheated garage and spent 14 years building 180+ pieces out of abandoned furniture light bulbs cardboard and lots of foil. Because of its size, only parts of the entire work can be seen. I saw it at its residence at the Museum of American Art.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/throne.jpg

The central piece, the Throne.

Hampton's Story Here. (http://www.missioncreep.com/tilt/hampton.html)

Little is known about him. He wrote notes, but in a language/code no one has deciphered. No one even knew the piece existed until after he died. This was not meant as art, per se; he truly believed this was the throne for God's return.

Found out about this coz evolutionary biologist Stephen Gould wrote about it. Extensively, actually, and about others who have been visited by God and tasked. He asked whether or not someone like that should be deemed as insane, without real purpose or meaning in their lives. He said not. I agree.

[epo]

pssst. it's a vagina

Why do you think I love it so? :wink:

[RoyMunson]

http://www.maryannhennosy.com/Portals/43b2e397-b4f4-4c28-9061-c556a5df4fd0/7030/ClownWithRedHat.jpg

[fluffernutter]

Anything by Scott Sinclair

http://a369.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00014/86/37/14427368_l.jpg

Steak

http://www.steakmtn.com/work/1006-2/a.jpg

Scott Bramble

http://a698.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00012/79/63/12913697_l.jpg

or William Hogarth

http://www.williamweston.co.uk/images/m/785.jpg

[bensonenson]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1782/schieleselfportraitxd9.jpg

Schiele. HAWT.

[JPMNICK]

I know it's hack, but I have always love Escher.

http://www.poster.net/escher-mc/escher-mc-hand-with-globe-7400026.jpg

[Landblast]

Mark Rothko and Chuck Close.

<img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/pbr_/rothko_white_over_red.jpg"width=300> <img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/pbr_/close2.jpg"width=300>


sculpture, "Game Fish" Larry Fuente
seen up close, it's fantastic!

<img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/pbr_/GameFiship.jpg"width=850>

[El Mudo]

http://www.askart.com/AskART/photos/CNY20061130_3446/109.jpg


http://www.historicalartprints.com/images/product_large/red_devils_lg.jpg


http://www.slavinsgallery.com/images/tro10.jpg

[Don Stugots]

http://a33.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/34/l_50c7cf46817497687cc398b75f4e2ed0.jpg

http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/images/0305/maxx.jpg

[bensonenson]

Ohhh The Maxx, oblivious me didn't know that existed until a few months ago. So sorry it ended where it did. I was hit hard when my Maxx fix suddenly disappeared.

Kudos Mr. Stugots!

[Don Stugots]

ah, thank you. Sam Keiths art work to me is amazing, with Larson right behind him. The story was good but seemed to run out of gas. Julie was HOT!

"Life is all about pain and pain management. we're all just wading in it."
"waiting?"
"wading"
"oh."

[Fat_Sunny]

First Choice: Starry Night - Already Posted By Friday. Fat's Enjoyment Of This Has Always Been Enhanced By The Fact That Don McLean Wrote An Incredibly Moving Song About It.


Starry, starry night.
Paint your palette blue and grey,
Look out on a summer's day,
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills,
Sketch the trees and the daffodils,
Catch the breeze and the winter chills,
In colors on the snowy linen land.

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how.
Perhaps they'll listen now.

Starry, starry night.
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze,
Swirling clouds in violet haze,
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.
Colors changing hue, morning field of amber grain,
Weathered faces lined in pain,
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how.
Perhaps they'll listen now.

For they could not love you,
But still your love was true.
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night,
You took your life, as lovers often do.
But I could have told you, Vincent,
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you.

Starry, starry night.
Portraits hung in empty halls,
Frameless head on nameless walls,
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget.
Like the strangers that you've met,
The ragged men in the ragged clothes,
The silver thorn of bloody rose,
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.

Now I think I know what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they're not listening still.
Perhaps they never will...


Second Choice. "The Scream". This One Has Haunted F_S For Years And Is Seared Into His Psyche!!

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/redir?src=image&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.alibaba.com%2Fphot o%2F11100639%2FRep__Edvard_Munch___The_Scream_Oil_ Painting__Art_Prints.jpg&moduleId=image_details.jsp.M&clickedItemDescription=Image Details

[PapaBear]

I'm partial to the work of Pantera. I can't wait until his next gallery show.

[BoondockSaint]

He goes by the mysterious moniker of "Gvac."

[Don Stugots]

I'm partial to the work of Pantera. I can't wait until his next gallery show.

http://a746.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01212/54/76/1212836745_l.jpg

[Gvac]

http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/NatureGallery/Nature3.jpg

[landarch]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/bshankle/DCP_0965-1.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/bshankle/DCP_0966.jpg

William Wetmore's last work was the tombstone for his wife of 50 years, Emelyn Story. It is said that such was the love for his wife that when she died, even the angels grieved.

The tombstone of Emelyn Story and the tale behind it drew such a reaction from my wife and I that if our baby (Due in February) is a girl, we are naming her Emelyn.

[Don Stugots]

http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/NatureGallery/Nature3.jpg

i love that one.

[sailor]

x

breathtaking

[Fat_Sunny]

breathtaking

So It Was Either (1) Elaine, Or (2) The Baby, Or (3) The Eggs.

[landarch]

breathtaking

Sorry, I had trouble editing. It's fixed now.

[weekapaugjz]

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Runway/3568/Seascape_at_Saintes_Maries2.jpg

i stared at this painting for at least 15 minutes when i saw it in amsterdam. i have a print of it hanging over the mantle in my apartment.

[sailor]

So It Was Either (1) Elaine, Or (2) The Baby, Or (3) The Eggs.

i am so confused by this. is it some pop-culture reference i'm just not getting?

[weekapaugjz]

i am so confused by this. is it some pop-culture reference i'm just not getting?


yes.

[sailor]

yes.

and what, pray tell, would it be?

[weekapaugjz]

and what, pray tell, would it be?

seinfeld. elaine was once called breathtaking by a new boyfriend, a comment she was quite taken by. later on, he described elaine's friend's new born baby as breathtaking, and finally he described eggs as breathtaking. thus, elaine was not too thrilled about the compliment anymore.

[sailor]

seinfeld. elaine was once called breathtaking by a new boyfriend, a comment she was quite taken by. later on, he described elaine's friend's new born baby as breathtaking, and finally he described eggs as breathtaking. thus, elaine was not too thrilled about the compliment anymore.

i figured it was seinfeld from the elaine thing, but didn't get it. now it sounds a little familiar.

[bimmle_420]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GDtQi7ZI3u4

My favorite artist. Nothing like happy little trees and squirrels.
ROCK ON BOB!!

[hedges]

Raymond Pettibon; and seeing several Van Gough paintings up-close blew me away. I also like some of what falls under the genre "southern folk-art." I like a lot of abstract-expressionism from earlier in the century. The sculpture and visual arts I saw in Rome and Florence Italy will never be matched.

[ppanda]

My favorite is Hieronymus Bosch. His paintings are so tortured and evil.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/40978~Hell-Posters.jpg

As far as contemparary artists- I know Im gonna get a lot of flack for this- but I love H R Geiger

http://www.hrgiger.com/images/gigersalien.jpg

[sailor]

As far as contemparary artists- I know Im gonna get a lot of flack for this- but I love H R Geiger

http://www.hrgiger.com/images/gigersalien.jpg

i always liked the mic stand he created for korn:

http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/images/55/h06-korn1.jpg

http://www.instrumento.cz/img/clanky/inf/news/giger_mic_stand.jpg

[ppanda]

Sailor- Have you seen the formal dinner table he designied?

Table... plus 6 chairs.... something like $50 grand...special order- absolutley insane

I just figured I would get a lot of flack because he works with air brush which is not highly looked upon in the art community

[hedges]

[QUOTE=ppanda;1382240]My favorite is Hieronymus Bosch. His paintings are so tortured and evil.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/40978~Hell-Posters.jpg

Bosch is great.... and ppanda I got to give props to Ralph Steadman...

[ppanda]

[QUOTE=ppanda;1382240]My favorite is Hieronymus Bosch. His paintings are so tortured and evil.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/40978~Hell-Posters.jpg

Bosch is great.... and ppanda I got to give props to Ralph Steadman...

absolutely agree with you regrading th R.S.- even his artwork for the Flying Dog micro-brews is fukin brilliant.
I honestly only know him for his H.S.T. book contributions but a friend of mine has a huge art book of his. Some of the sickest, most schytzophrenic artwork I have ever seen. It was a tough toss up for modern day for me between Geiger and R. Steadman

[hedges]

I honestly forgot about Steadman 'til I caught your logo. There are so many artists and styles. Steadman is brilliant. And the way he complemented Thompson was perfect. Did you ever read about when Thompson went to the Kentucky Derby and took Steadman with him. I believe it's in the "Great Shark Hunt" and is called "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved." Funny as hell.

[ppanda]

I honestly forgot about Steadman 'til I caught your logo. There are so many artists and styles. Steadman is brilliant. And the way he complemented Thompson was perfect. Did you ever read about when Thompson went to the Kentucky Derby and took Steadman with him. I believe it's in the "Great Shark Hunt" and is called "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved." Funny as hell.

Oh yes, I did read that- fukn brilliant shit- best is their fishing trip which Thompsan describes and Steadmans artwork to accompany- you are 100% correct sir- RS's art and HST's words totally complimet each other and put you in the story.

[aceofspades7]

http://tonova.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/frank_frazetta_1.jpg

Frazetta

I love Frazetta - I also love all the stuff by the brothers hildebrandt (http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/Brothers.htm)

http://www.spiderwebart.com/images/art/100910b.jpg

I've also been collecting blue dog (http://www.georgerodrigue.com/) art for the past couple of years

http://www.georgerodrigue.com/silkscreens/The%20Newlyweds.jpg

[sailor]

Sailor- Have you seen the formal dinner table he designied?

Table... plus 6 chairs.... something like $50 grand...special order- absolutley insane

I just figured I would get a lot of flack because he works with air brush which is not highly looked upon in the art community

no, do you have a link to the table? ok, i have the chairs here (http://www.hrgiger.com/chairs.htm). harkonnen...dune, i presume?

and i had a number of friends who did airbrushing when younger. i would not presume to denigrate the form.

[A.J.]

http://goodfellas.martin-scorsese.net/images/goodfellas_painting.jpg

http://www.mash4077.co.uk/images/paintings/painting4.jpg

[JesterOfSadness]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Jesterofsadness/FrazettaDeathDealer.jpg

I've always enjoyed this one.

[deepinthewoods]

Max Ernst: "Approaching Puberty"

http://www.classifieds4u.co.uk/surrealists/Ernst/MaxErnst-Approachingpuberty1921.jpg

Steven Stapleton: Untitled

http://www.uncarved.org/music/graphics/nww1.jpg

Werner Hornung: "Disaster Forms Character"

http://homepage.mac.com/photomorphose/images/werner.jpg

Gertrude Kaesebier: "The Crystal Gazer"

http://www.photogravure.com/photogravure_images/medium/Kasebier_08.jpg

Alexis Trice: "Leroy & Margots Circus Of Happiness"

http://www.welcometothedoghouse.net/pics/circus_painting_thumb2.jpg