There are so many painting I love. There are some artists of phenomenal talent, eg Gainsborough, who paint stuff I just don't like. Technically stunning, I just don't like the images. Is that odd?
I think I'm the only person who doesn't really get Turner. I remember going to the opening of the Clore Gallery at the Tate in the late 80s expecting to be "wowed", and I kinda just wasn't.
I loved the Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijsmusueum in Amsterdam although, until I'd seem them " in the flesh" I'd not given them much thought.
I loved the Bridget Riley exhibition at the Tate a few years back
A member of my extended family started collecting Newlyn paintings a long while ago before they were taken much notice of ... he now has a marvellous collection ... shame I'm not likely to inherit
Pdoc ... re your query ... thereby hangs a tale, but not for public consumption at this moment in time... maybe if we ever meet up
And how could I have omitted Sir Alfred Munnings ... he was born not far from my old home and many of his paintings depict the countryside that I know. I love his rural scenes, not the society paintings that he became famous for. How can you not love this?
Sunny June
and this
and this?
The quality of the paint is absolutely luscious ......... if anyone's interested all the above and many more can be seen here
I have print of your last one there Dove, very pretty.
I used to go to London every Sunday morning, spend the morning in the Tate as the NPG didn’t open until the afternoon, then would walk back to NPG, I was very keen on Salvadore Dali‘s work in those days, especially this one and the telephone.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I love Vermeer and was lucky enough to be able to see a few of them in Amsterdam and the Hague in 2015 because, for once, they weren't being cleaned or out on loan. I love the composition, light and human scale and could imagine living with them and seeing something new but also familiar every time I looked at them.
Saw things like the Night Watch at the same time - huge, not a very interesting subject (bunch of men and arms) and looked like it needed a good clean. Popped into the van Gogh museum while we were there - disappointing as the best stuff is in other galleries or bank vaults and the only "sunflowers" was away for cleaning and research.
Saw lots of Gaughin in an exhibition in Liège 20 years ago. Didn't like them. Saw Mondrian at the Hague a year later and he was quite good till he went all abstract and geometric. Cheap with his application of paints too so all the white expanses between the stripes and blocks look thin and grey now. Don't get Picasso at all or Monet who was boringly repetitive.
I have a wonderful Dali print to hang in my kitchen - it's a loaf of bread. I prefer Magritte's surrealist stuff but then I get Belgian humour. Don't like Ensor but love Delvaux's steam trains and murals. Not all the endless nudes. Turner travelled round Belgium for a while and did loads of drawings and sketches and one or two fine paintings that I was lucky enough to see years ago. I can see that horse too!
On the whole tho, I like art that reminds me of where we've been or something we've done together so we have water colours of the Lakes, seascapes of Normandy, one or two pieces from the Calcography in Brussels including negro heads by Reubens. I find I get visual fatigue in galleries and museums so these days I plan a visit in advance and target a handful of paintings or sculptures to see. It's the only way for me to survive the Louvre, Orsay, Uffizi, National Gallery and so on.
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I love Hopper's paintings. I also like the Newlyn School - especially Stanhope Forbes.
Scroggin - there's a David Shepherd of big elm trees in the English countryside - very melancholy - I love it.
But all the pictures on my walls are originals by artists who wouldn't feel comfortable in this elevated company
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
So can I .
When you don't even know who's in the team
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ditto to Rothko. I wept when I first saw them.
There are so many painting I love. There are some artists of phenomenal talent, eg Gainsborough, who paint stuff I just don't like. Technically stunning, I just don't like the images. Is that odd?
I think I'm the only person who doesn't really get Turner. I remember going to the opening of the Clore Gallery at the Tate in the late 80s expecting to be "wowed", and I kinda just wasn't.
I loved the Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijsmusueum in Amsterdam although, until I'd seem them " in the flesh" I'd not given them much thought.
I loved the Bridget Riley exhibition at the Tate a few years back
I am assuming that no one is "making love to their tonic and gin " at that time Dove.
But then again............ maybe NFN.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I adore any of the Pre Raphaelite paintings. These are my top favourites, I also like Caravaggio and Vermeer,
A member of my extended family started collecting Newlyn paintings a long while ago before they were taken much notice of ... he now has a marvellous collection ... shame I'm not likely to inherit
Pdoc ... re your query ... thereby hangs a tale, but not for public consumption at this moment in time... maybe if we ever meet up
And how could I have omitted Sir Alfred Munnings ... he was born not far from my old home and many of his paintings depict the countryside that I know. I love his rural scenes, not the society paintings that he became famous for. How can you not love this?
Sunny June
and this
and this?
The quality of the paint is absolutely luscious ......... if anyone's interested all the above and many more can be seen here
https://www.munningsmuseum.org.uk/ .... his old home and such a peaceful place to visit.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have print of your last one there Dove, very pretty.
I used to go to London every Sunday morning, spend the morning in the Tate as the NPG didn’t open until the afternoon, then would walk back to NPG, I was very keen on Salvadore Dali‘s work in those days, especially this one and the telephone.
I love Vermeer and was lucky enough to be able to see a few of them in Amsterdam and the Hague in 2015 because, for once, they weren't being cleaned or out on loan. I love the composition, light and human scale and could imagine living with them and seeing something new but also familiar every time I looked at them.
Saw things like the Night Watch at the same time - huge, not a very interesting subject (bunch of men and arms) and looked like it needed a good clean. Popped into the van Gogh museum while we were there - disappointing as the best stuff is in other galleries or bank vaults and the only "sunflowers" was away for cleaning and research.
Saw lots of Gaughin in an exhibition in Liège 20 years ago. Didn't like them. Saw Mondrian at the Hague a year later and he was quite good till he went all abstract and geometric. Cheap with his application of paints too so all the white expanses between the stripes and blocks look thin and grey now. Don't get Picasso at all or Monet who was boringly repetitive.
I have a wonderful Dali print to hang in my kitchen - it's a loaf of bread. I prefer Magritte's surrealist stuff but then I get Belgian humour. Don't like Ensor but love Delvaux's steam trains and murals. Not all the endless nudes. Turner travelled round Belgium for a while and did loads of drawings and sketches and one or two fine paintings that I was lucky enough to see years ago. I can see that horse too!
On the whole tho, I like art that reminds me of where we've been or something we've done together so we have water colours of the Lakes, seascapes of Normandy, one or two pieces from the Calcography in Brussels including negro heads by Reubens. I find I get visual fatigue in galleries and museums so these days I plan a visit in advance and target a handful of paintings or sculptures to see. It's the only way for me to survive the Louvre, Orsay, Uffizi, National Gallery and so on.
I love your Finnish painting from the National Gallery, B3. Serene.
I've a bit of a soft spot for Claude Lorrain myself. "Landscape with Hagar and the Angel" is my favourite, I think.
Wish it was mine Liri. I like Sibelius too. I seem to have an afFINNity.