Here is the revived discussion for all things about Art. Don should be here soon to lead you. Enjoy!
mark
The brilliant artwork of post-Impressionist Dutch Master Vincent Van Gogh (1853 â€" 1890) powerfully impacted countless artistic movements. Producing all of his works within a decade, Van Gogh’s output in just one year totaled 150 paintings and drawings. Van Gogh painted outdoors with a special talent for capturing the subtleties of nighttime light and shadow. He suffered from lifelong bouts with mental illness yet created many of his masterpieces while institutionalized. An amazing fact is that he sold only one painting during his lifetime.
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This picture is entitled Wheat Field With Crows.
I particularly like this one which is less known I think. The Patio.
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Anyone visited a gallery or a museum this winter?
Oh, I like that one Bubble. Love the multi-colored cobblestones. This is one I don't think I've seen before.
Phyllis, thanks for reinstating the forum.
Which is your favorite painter, MG?
It's hard to point to just one, but Rembrandt probably tops the list. I like the his use of light and dark. Rubens is right up there, next, if not beside. Notable, but not at the top are John Constable (very good with clouds, which I hear are hard to paint and look natural), Goya and Gustav Klimt.
Hi Bubble
My favourite artist is John Constable.
And I like L S Lowry
Kelly
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I like this one very much "Girl with a Broom"
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This one I saw in the Tate Gallery in London.
Hi Bubble
Thank you for the two pictures.
Kelly
Hi Bubble
Your picture timed 08.54am Sunday I have just noticed is by John Constable.
And I realised it is called 'The Lock', painted in 1824.
It is on the River Stour and is in the area of of Flatford Mills.
I know that as I visited Flatford Mills to see Constables 'The Haywain' and while there I went to view where 'The Lock' was painted.
Kelly
Some countryside of UK is very picturesque. I was amazed when there of the rich green of the vegetation. That is due to such plentiful water.
Hi Bubble
Indeed it is, that is why the Isle of Man is so green!
Kelly
Green man, hey? :2funny:
Hi Bubble
Red man!
Kelly
Blue Smurf
Purple people!
Kelly
Silver bells!
Pink Blush!
Yellow Journalism!
Blue mood
golden age
What's up with the color references? Whatever, it is fun.
black night
turquoise sky
I love the few days a year that the sky turns turquoise and the clouds gain an orange tint to them.
dead pale
Red scare !
Pink champagne
Kelly
"Blue Bayou"
We could paint a mural using all our color-related posts! Wouldn't that be fun?
MarsGal I've been aware of Eric Whitacre's works but the "Virtual Choir" is new to me. I found the Seal Lulaby to be especially agreeable. The entire post was extremely informative and a great listening experience; I'm happy you posted it.
Kelly just to avoid any confusion, in Israel they don't use Christian names; mostly they use Hebrew or ethnic Semitic names. Likewise, the practice of christening---in the Christian context---is not observed.
Hi Radioman34
I stand corrected.
Kelly
Spent a little time (and very little money) at the local Friends of the Library Book Sale. Came away with Roman Art by George M. A. Hanfmann (pub: New York Graphic Society) and Salvadore Dali, Exploring the Irrational by Edmund Swinglehurst. The first thing I thought when I saw the cover of the Dali was that someone was having a major migraine, it isn't all of the painting. Here is the full painting. http://www.artwallpaper.eu/Paintings/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/26/7951/Salvador-Dali-Paintings-7.jpg How so very strange, but then, most of his art is.
MarsGal, if you're ever in the neighborhood, you should go to the Dali Museum in Tampa/St.Petersburg, FL It's amazing.
Here is a compilation of some of Jean Henri Gaston Giraud, aka Moebius. It doesn't hurt that the music is by Robert Rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CBrGbpC6UQ
I'm am rather fond of SciFi, so I found much of his works interesting.
What has happened with all our "art lovers" here? No posts since May, and I am sorely missing the beauty we could find here!
WOW MarsGal - I could not stop watching that and was mesmerized to the end. What versatile artist, what visions he had! I loved it. I grew up with the "older generation " of cartoons drawn artists and though Moebius was not a stranger I haven't read or seen anything of his.
Thanks for the link to his life.
Here is a site on which I spent over an hour and I'm not done yet.
http://www.jacopotintoretto.org/
Tinteretto really knew how to paint beards!
In school, my art teacher was very enthusiastic about him. I didn't like much his crowd paintings, but the details on portraits are so realistic.
http://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/article/museum-modern-art-online-archive/18943
(http://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/article/museum-modern-art-online-archive/18943)
Well worth a visit - and it is free!
How do you get the pictures to come up?
click on the black MOMA
http://www.moma.org/collection/?=undefined&page=1&direction= (http://www.moma.org/collection/?=undefined&page=1&direction=)
I wonder how this compares to the MOMA in New York.
Art is not only painting.
http://www.timracer.com/index.html (http://www.timracer.com/index.html)
Ousmane Sow, Sculptor of Larger-Than-Life Figures, Dies at 81
http://www.africanews.com/2016/12/01/famed-senegalese-sculptor-ousmane-sow-dead-at-81/ (http://www.africanews.com/2016/12/01/famed-senegalese-sculptor-ousmane-sow-dead-at-81/)
http://www.mutualart.com/ExternalArticle/Senegalese-sculptor-Ousmane-Sow-in-last-/BD28B61E7F0DB724 (http://www.mutualart.com/ExternalArticle/Senegalese-sculptor-Ousmane-Sow-in-last-/BD28B61E7F0DB724)
MarsGal. That Itube was terrific. Not gotten into the other yet. Seems like this type of work not shown or done anymore. Every year in my city all the Schools from age 6 to 19 have a competition on Drawing. They all then appear as a part of the News paper. Unbelievable what these young people can do. Of all my Grands and Great Grands I have one 12 year old GD. She has been doing it since age 5. No other hobbies and great. I think I have her age 6 first one someplace in S and F.
Bubble. I envy people who can Carve also. My father was very good when it came to Furniture etc. The man who use to live next door to me was fantastic on Carving Birds and animals. He quit a few years ago and I don't know why. Just gave up doing anything.
The other day I got reminded of Two Steps from Hell, not a group but a company. Saw this YouTube which has a piece of artwork that I just love. It must be the mood I've been in, combined with all the SciFi I've been reading. The combo of the music and the art is just awesome, IMO. I would love to have that piece of art on my media room wall. Unfortunately, the posting does not include the artist's name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJj2EpC8vg
Van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern-renaissance1/burgundy-netherlands/a/vaneyck-ghentaltar (https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern-renaissance1/burgundy-netherlands/a/vaneyck-ghentaltar)
Most interesting!
Thank you, Bubble, for getting the Art board going again, and for this wonderful information on the Ghent Altarpiece.
http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=24957 (http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=24957)
What a drawings artist! Patience and talent combined.
http://adelmanfineart.com/artist/iris-scott/ (http://adelmanfineart.com/artist/iris-scott/)
An innovative art, colorful and full of life.
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The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial in Budapest, Hungary to honor the people (mainly Budapest Jews in Budapest during World War II who were shot at that very spot. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. It represents their shoes left behind on the bank. It's a small picture but it can be enlarged by clicking on it
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The Shoes make the most moving memorial I've ever seen. John and I both stood silently and wept.
And from the shoes one can tell how many young were among them. How soon many things have been forgotten now . Things are being repeated over again now. A promise not kept.
So very sad indeed...I dont think our world knows half what goes on, or half of what has taken place...
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sculptor of Brooding Forms, Dies at 86
http://culture.pl/en/artist/magdalena-abakanowicz (http://culture.pl/en/artist/magdalena-abakanowicz)
Thank you for the article, Bubble. I hadn't heard of her. I am particularly taken by the Backs, and I very much like the bird (which I think the article mislabeled in the photo description). Her medium of choice is most interesting of all.
Right now I am reading a book (The Bookman's Tale by Charles Lovett) which is about an Antiquarian bookseller who is trying to track down a Victorian watercolor artist who painted a portrait of a woman who looks like his dead wife. He wants to know who the artist is and how his wife (for whom he is still grieving) came to be painted 100 years before she lived. Wrapped up in all of this is another mystery, which becomes the prime focus, in which a supposed original copy of a book in which Shakespeare wrote notes in the margins having used it as a basis for A Winter's Tale. Both are intertwined. I am following the bookseller/antiquarian through the steps he is taking to locate the artist as well as authenticate the book. There is also a general overview of restoration of books and bookbinding. Needless to say, art and books are two subjects I enjoy. I am finding the book hard to put down.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/weird-clouds-may-inspired-scream-scientists-113038139.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/weird-clouds-may-inspired-scream-scientists-113038139.html)
New theory about THE SCREAM
Just listened to this beautiful but sad piece of music by Don... Berlioz: Death Of Ophelia...
...Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It is held in the Tate Britain in London. It depicts Ophelia, a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark.
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Not many look that good laying in a coffin. Specially after drowning. Now is that a coffin or is she still in the river?
I like to watch You Tube videos by "Amazing Places on Our Planet". The last month or two he has been posting places in Italy. This latest one is of Florence. Thought you all would like to see the wonderful art and architecture of the city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-2onqSc40 This guy does an amazing job of putting these videos together, no voice over, just music. Here is is You Tube page with other places around the world. https://www.youtube.com/user/milosh9k/videos Enjoy!
This afternoon my sister told me about a movie she just saw called Maudie (2016). It is about a Canadian folk Artist. Her works and tiny house are on display at the Maud Lewis Art Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I found the link to the museum website which includes a trailer for the movie. https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/maud-lewis Sue and Barb (my other sister) will be traveling to Halifax in September, I think, so she is looking forward to visiting the museum. If you are wondering why I am not going, it is because I need to save my money for new windows and doors. Groan! I've always wanted to go to Nova Scotia.
MarsGal, I liked Maud's paintings. Looking at her picture, I didn't see the lack of a chin.
Mary Ann
MarsGal - I like Maud's paintings also. The ones shown look like book illustrations, or maybe greeting cards? I especially like the house! I've always been fascinated with folk art, and would like to see more of her work. Too bad you can't go to Halifax with your sisters . . . sounds like a great vacation destination.
What a colorful house! I too wish I could visit it.
Mary Ann, I believe this would be a picture of the pair in the film, not her in reality?
That's correct bubble. The actress who played Maud, BTW, is the same one who played the lead in The Shape of Water, recently released. This site includes a picture of the real Maud and a short bio video.
https://boingboing.net/2017/06/21/lovely-short-film-about-canadi.html
Mars Gal, than you for the information and video about Maud Lewis. She was evidently an amazing woman who overcame many difficulties to pursue her art. I'm hoping to see the movie when it reaches my small city.
Sue
MarsGal, I enjoyed the video about Maud Lewis. Her paintings reminded me of Grandma Moses' paintings.
Mary Ann
Yes, I think they include her in the primitive painting category. She did a lot of cats. That is enough for me to like her.
https://www.jmichaelwalker.com (https://www.jmichaelwalker.com)
Interesting artist
Here is something a little different. This is an article about the ongoing restoration work being done on the Church of Decapitation of John the Baptist in Tolchkovo, Russia. https://www.rbth.com/travel/326967-magnificent-frescoes-of-yaroslavl-church
I just had to look up the Archangel Cathedral mentioned in the article. Be sure to click on the photo thumbnails at the bottom to see more of the church. https://moscow.touristgems.com/attractions/12-archangel-cathedral-moscow-kremlin/
I found another interesting old book on art called Ideals in Art by Walter Crane (1905). http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57852 It appears to cover a range of art related subjects. Most were either lectures or readings for Art Workers Guild. Crane himself was an artist and illustrator. http://www.waltercrane.com/ More info and art from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Crane
Very interesting, thanks for the discovery. I had never heard of Crane. Very detailed illustrator! The puss in boots image reminded me of one in a book I had as a child, maybe it is the same?
Is anyone here an artist? I paint. My medium is acrylic paints on canvas. I love to do faces best, animal and people. I like to see if I can capture the inner being.
Go to Card Shoppe
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?board=11.0 (https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?board=11.0)
scroll down and look at the Paint Shop discussion, as well as the Holidays Birthdays etc. discussion.
Amulet, go to Soda Shoppe Shirley is an artist....she paints plus she is a fantastic photographer too.
Quote from: so_P_bubble on April 11, 2021, 03:03:16 AMGo to Card Shoppe
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?board=11.0 (https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?board=11.0)
scroll down and look at the Paint Shop discussion, as well as the Holidays Birthdays etc. discussion.
Thanks.
Quote from: Amy on April 11, 2021, 07:35:05 AMAmulet, go to Soda Shoppe Shirley is an artist....she paints plus she is a fantastic photographer too.
Thanks.
Thank you all. I'd like to put in a thread about strong old women that people have admired, and have people enter stuff about them. I like to write strong old women into my books.
why don't you try it in Soda Shoppe to see if there is an interest (most of the members visit it regularly). If there is a good response, then I'll create a new thread for it.
Quote from: so_P_bubble on April 12, 2021, 01:20:57 PMwhy don't you try it in Soda Shoppe to see if there is an interest (most of the members visit it regularly). If there is a good response, then I'll create a new thread for it.
Thank you. I really don't think there will be a long interest, so I will pass.