What's your favorite painting?
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A bunch of different Machetanz oils and lithographs. Picking one for today? "Where Men and Dogs Seem Small."
Hands down no question: "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" by Sargent. See it at the Tate!
The painting that at one time in his life kept Bill Murray from committing suicide:
Good grief. So many to pick from. but this is always near the top of the list for many reasons...
Carl Spitzweg - The Bookworm
And this. Benjamin Williams Leader - February Fill Dyke
Carl Spitzweg - The Bookworm
And this. Benjamin Williams Leader - February Fill Dyke
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One of my favorites, this is by Thomas Kinkade:
Wife and I love roses, bought this one years ago, it’s in our bedroom!
Wow - looked it up and the museum where it lives was one of the giant list of things we couldn't visit on our whirlwind two day train trip to Paris last spring. Wish we'd had time.
What got my attention is the Caravaggio interpretion is in London - saw it!
I have no favorite to offer - there is an incredible red squirrel painting we kept coming back to at the giant food/art/wares market in Belfast a few years ago that hangs in our dining area (I actually couldn't get it out of my head and called the guy a few days later when we were out of the area to ask about purchasing it and he ended up shipping it to us a couple of months later - he was obligated to have it on display somewhere for a time, and no it wasn't anything "great" or expensive) - we don't "collect" anything but have a few watercolors with particular "connections" and every few years we buy something that gets to us in some way - so right now, the squirrel is my favorite painting. My wife had a sketch done of our now passed and wonderful golden retriever - I'd put it up against anything else for quality and absolutely capturing his essence - a local teacher created it - it will forever be my favorite work of art and brings a tear to my eyes even thinking about it right now.
Otherwise, we've been lucky to see dozens of the so-called greatest paintings ever the last few years and some we've liked better from famous and not so famous artists in museums and elsewhere in various places we've visited - I enjoy them but don't have the time to even come close to understanding all there is to see when I read about some of them or listen to an expert talk about them. There is so much going on and so much context - fascinating world - I'll never have the time to know enough about it so I appreciate it for what it happens to say to me on I guess a superficial level when I'm standing there.
Looking forward to seeing what is speaking to other folks.
I have many favorite paintings, one that stands out is Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on 16 November 1581 painted by Ilya Repin around 1885.
Arthur Burdett Frost (1851 - 1928) is another of my favorite artists. This image, "Autumn Woodcock Shooting," graces my den:
Not my favorite but one I’ve always liked and fitting for this forum
Tête d homme fumant une pipe (pour Jacqueline
Picasso 1971
Here's another favorite by Mr. Frost. The title is "The Last Match":
