What is your favorite painting?

[kalanamak]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_use_of_fire

 

The one at the upper right is mine, although I'm not a huge fan of Remington in general.

 

I also like Correggio, Van Gogh, and a lot of the old Japanese prints, but this speaks to me of my Kansas roots, I think.

 

What is your #1?

Edited May 28, 2012 by kalanamak

[Denise in Florida]

 

I like everything by Edward Hopper but Nighthawks is my favorite painting of all time.

 

 

 

 

[Mothersweets]

My favorites lately are:

 

Madame X by John Singer Sargent

 

and

 

At Breakfast by Laurits Andersen-Ring (I have this one in my kitchen!)

 

and

 

The New Novel by Winslow Homer

 

I'm sorry, I couldn't pick just one.

[Parrothead]

Most any of Monet's work. This is my favorite of the Water Lilies studies.

[Twigs]

 

Lots of Beirstadt (I can't pick just 1 for a favorite.)

[OrganicAnn]

Van Gogh.... maybe Almond Blossoms in bloom or Iris or A girl in a Winter Woods.

 

But I could pick about 20 favorites among different artists including Monet, Sargent etc.

[Guest]

Most any of Monet's work. This is my favorite of the Water Lilies studies.

 

I'm a Monet fan, too. My favorite is The Artist's Garden at Argenteuil. I have a print of this in my Dining Room.

 

I am also a fan of Wyeth and I love Master Bedroom.

[kalanamak]

I like everything by Edward Hopper but Nighthawks is my favorite painting of all time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love his Hotel Room best, perhaps because I saw it in the flesh, and I must say Hopper in the flesh is much better than prints. You really need to a bigger painting to see the subtlety. (True of art in general, but Hopper's first-glance simplicity blown away when you see them in person.)

[elegantlion]

This is my current favorite as I'm using it for inspiration to redecorate the classroom.

 

 

Albrecht Durer is my favorite artist. I love this one, St. Michael fighting the dragon. It makes a powerful statement to me.

 

 

I also like John Lennon's artwork. This is the print dh has had for years.

[Beth in OH]

I think it might be Smoke of Ambergris by John Singer Sargent. The picture doesn't touch its magnificence. It is hanging in The Clark in MA.

 

Edited May 29, 2012 by Beth in OH

[Gisel_le]

I love A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. This is kind of silly, but I first saw it as a kid on Ferris Bueller and every time I see it, I hear the music from the movie. lol

 

 

[cjbeach]

I don't know that I have a favorite, however I do like Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.

[Onceuponatime]

Elegantlion, that oriental painting is breathtaking. I can just imagine myself in the tree.

[Onceuponatime]

I've always liked Van Gogh's sunflowers. I have a print of one in my kitchen. I've also been partial to Norman Rockwell and Currier and Ives prints, very American. :-)

[elegantlion]

Elegantlion, that oriental painting is breathtaking. I can just imagine myself in the tree.

 

Isn't it just relaxing. I found it the other day in my search for some inspiration for our classroom. Ds really wants to travel to Japan when he is older. We already have a tree motif going in our school, spurned by Homer's comment about a Generation of Leaves. “Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.â€

― Homer, The Iliad

 

So add the one boy that I have and it's a perfect mix for us. At first I thought it was lonely, but if you look close it's like the boy is playing a flute, as if he is trying to move the mountain or entertain it. I haven't delved into the history of the painting yet, except it was done by Hokusai, who is probably best known for the giant wave print. http://www.katsushikahokusai.org/

[Onceuponatime]

Isn't it just relaxing. I found it the other day in my search for some inspiration for our classroom. Ds really wants to travel to Japan when he is older. We already have a tree motif going in our school, spurned by Homer's comment about a Generation of Leaves. “Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.â€

― Homer, The Iliad

 

So add the one boy that I have and it's a perfect mix for us. At first I thought it was lonely, but if you look close it's like the boy is playing a flute, as if he is trying to move the mountain or entertain it. I haven't delved into the history of the painting yet, except it was done by Hokusai, who is probably best known for the giant wave print. http://www.katsushikahokusai.org/

 

I know the giant wave very well. I didn't think the tree painting was lonely looking at all, it seems like more of spiritual/meditative thing to me, invoking peace and contentment.

[Denise in Florida]

I love his Hotel Room best, perhaps because I saw it in the flesh, and I must say Hopper in the flesh is much better than prints. You really need to a bigger painting to see the subtlety. (True of art in general, but Hopper's first-glance simplicity blown away when you see them in person.)

 

I know what you mean about seeing the actual painting vs a print.

 

I like Mondrian's work but I am usually :confused:. Then I saw an actual Mondrian, it was very impressive.

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

I can't pick one favorite!

 

I like surrealism and this is my favorite Magritte:

 

Chagall's ceiling at the Opéra Garnier is another favorite:

 

And I love this painting which I saw at the Groeninge Museum in Bruges, but I can't remember who painted it.

 

[mom2jjka]

This one hangs in a local gallery. I just love it, and it reminds me of my daughters.

[Kalmia]

I love Thomas Hart Benton. The vivid colors. The sense of movement. The ever present inkling of danger. The psychological portraiture. But his 1942 painting, July Hay, is my favorite.

 

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Edited May 29, 2012 by Kalmia

[NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_(Klimt)

 

His paintings seem to capture the intimacy of love.

[Shawna in Texas]

I love Caravaggio. Narcissus is my favorite.

 

[LostSurprise]

I love many different types of art, but one of the deepest experiences I've had was seeing Chagall's America Windows. The presentation makes you a part of the design. You're saturated with color if you come at the right time of day.