not one painting in particular, but i lurv me some ROTHKO

and HANS HOFMANN


or DE STAEL

abstract expressionism FTFW

no, i totally get it.

the thing is this: in the painting i posted above, it's nothing that you can see in that picture that is the attraction for me. what i mean is that it doesn't work in the interwebs-- it's neither the subject of the painting nor the composition that i love there: it's the way the light reflects in the tiles from the sky outside the door that does it for me, that simple detail, but that you can only see in front of the actual painting.

vermeer is also wonderful in the same way, by the way: live, in the flesh.

or say for example rothko: postcard-sized reproductions would never do him justice.



is that a great painting? it is. can that be seen over the interwebs? nevarr.

in any case, i'd love to see botticelli's primavera and birth of venus in person. if i lived in florence, i'd stop by the uffizi every day.

i've seen his mars and venus though, and also this:

I really adore paintings that look this realistic. It always boggles my mind when I can't tell the difference between an image someone painted, and a photograph.

as a photograph that would not be possible, would it? the night lights + the daytime sky?

Michaël Borremans "People must be punished"


Same artist. "Four fairies"
Couldn't find any larger pictures.

I believe my brain has become far too accustomed to digital photography. I didn't even think about that. But other than that small factor - the painting looks eerily lifelike. I can't even imagine the talent it must take to get every minute detail so precisely.

Those first 3 abstracts that you posted were outstanding.

Let's hear it for Bridget Riley and her genius Op-Art, especially "Crest":



OK kids, which Krautrock album does this artwork feature on?

bridget riley, yes please!

Satan and Tokolosh - great pics there. I've seen some of yer actualy Bridget Riley art, at that humongous gallery in Buenos Aires (bugger, cant remember the name of it offhand), and I remember being well impressed by both the scale and effect of her pieces - she sure likes to work with big canvases. One day, I will see "Guernica" as well.

I'm a fan of 20's Weimar-era genius Georg Grosz, and I was knocked away by this painting the first time I went to Berlin:



("Metropolis")

I like this pointy art as well. Looks really cool.

YES!

don't make me choose. i love magritte and goya.



spilliaert: vertigo



edward hopper (i love the atmosphere he puts in his works)



egon schiele did some of the best model drawings ever.

I wanted to post Schiele and Chagall but couldn't decide which ones to post..

I really like Jeffrey Smart, but I couldn't find my favourite of his on the internet, this one is pretty good though.
Jeffrey Smart

Giacomo Balla


I don't have a favourite though, I haven't looked at Modernism art in a long time.

I love this thread :D

Fix'd

I like impressionism.
Things like this:

omg yes. ( the cat hugging pic)

impressionism yes too.. I just was replying before that was there haha.

Claude Monet