Just sold for 91 million dollars. I really like E. Hopper's work, what do you think?
I think I'll have two, doc I rather like his stuff too. I do like lots of different types of art though. Liri - so glad it went well for you. The joys of tricky landscapes though. I wonder if your Mum had a little laugh at you all having to negotiate the divertion.... 'made you put some effort in' Enjoy your holiday. Timely indeed. Hope you've caught up with yourself now, LG! I'm glad I don't have that sort of running around to do any more A rather vile day here today, very wet and windy, and not helped by the rain making an entry into the extension. The back hallway had a small damp spot just where it adjoins the existing house. I thought it might simply have been when the roof/flashing was initially done, and it had seemed ok after I treated and painted it, despite the winter rains last year. I noticed a couple of weeks ago there was another mark after the rough weather we had, so I thought 'must phone someone then'. By the time I came home at lunchtime, it was dripping through onto the carpet, and there was a big watermark. Such is life! Fortunately, the torrential rain has now slowed down , and it's to be reasonable for the next few days, so hopefully the builder will be able to come and look at it, and fix it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Vermeer ... beautiful drawing and use of paint ... gorgeous amazing paintings ... but I always feel slightly distanced from them ... they're cool and enigmatic ... self contained ...almost dispassionate ... whereas Hopper's work is much more about the feeling of life going on ... waiting for something to happen ... that sort of thing ... IMHO
I mean, look at this
something is going to happen ... even if it's just a waitress coming over or a bus going past the window ...
Love devilled lambs' kidneys ... shame we're full of chicken and mushroom pie
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I agree with Obelixx. I find that painting rather flat and the amount of money is obscene.
I'm glad it went well, Liri, apart from the journey. "How Great Thou Art" is my favourite hymn, also called "Oh Lord my God" (is that the one?), I've asked for it at my funeral.
Then we looked around the shops. I bought a new bra, black with embroidered white flowers. I had a fitting, never done that before. Anyway, it's comfy.
I've just read an article in a French paper that I get online which said President Macron will try to get rid of oil fired boilers in 10 years. I've just bought a new one at vast expense for the French house. The paper also asked what did he expect everyone living in the countryside, where there is no gas and frequent power cuts, to do. Also he is raising the price of petrol yet again. There is to be a huge strike and blockages of roads tomorrow because of it.
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I agree with Obelixx. I find that painting rather flat and the amount of money is obscene.
Just as well we don't all like the same things and yes, of course the money is obscene ... just as it is with anything else bought as an investment ... jewellery, carved Chinese wig stands, houses, race horses etc etc etc ..... but that's what happens when the morality of the world is out of kilter ........
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Is he going to give us all PV panels and geo-thermal heat then Busy? I'm told our boiler only dates from 2004 so a lot of life left in it yet and only radiators to heat over winter these days.
The Belgians are revolting against fuel and other price rises too Busy - FB and other campaigns to get people to block roads and not buy any fuel or other goods from multi nationals on a particular day in November. I've seen a great poster about cars being duel fuel - 38% petrol and 62% taxes.
Vermeer's painings, for me, display close observation of people, amazing brushwork, immense and minute detail, glorious colour, shade and light and loads of feeling. Compared to him, others just look messy, slapdash, dark/flat/boring or just plain odd. I like Da Vinci but always think the Mona Lisa could do with a good clean, along with The Night Watchmen and other "greats". Paul Delvaux is good - mix of Magritte surrealism and classic subjects and wonderful trains and stations.
That Hopper wench in the coffee shop just looks defeated by life and not as tho she's waiting for something to happen. The people in The Diner look like a cheap illustration for a serialised Raymond Chandler novel. I've seen more life in Marvel comics! And in your leaf come to that.
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$91 million!?!? Surely nothing is worth that? I am really not sure what to make of most art or how to critique it... is it the craft of the paint work, the subject, the feelings they evoke or the meaning/message etc. ?? I think Hopper’s style is thought-provoking regarding the potential story and the glimpses into people’s lives but some of the compositions often have large area of ‘block’ colour - like walls or ceilings, which I personally find strange. Maybe that’s the point, or maybe I just don’t get it??
I don't believe it....... no life in a Hopper painting..... what about Nighthawks..... if that does not sum up the loneliness of being in the city...... I don't know what does. Vive la difference.
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Off to do devilled lambs' kidneys for dinner.
I rather like his stuff too. I do like lots of different types of art though.
Liri - so glad it went well for you. The joys of tricky landscapes though. I wonder if your Mum had a little laugh at you all having to negotiate the divertion.... 'made you put some effort in'
Hope you've caught up with yourself now, LG! I'm glad I don't have that sort of running around to do any more
A rather vile day here today, very wet and windy, and not helped by the rain making an entry into the extension. The back hallway had a small damp spot just where it adjoins the existing house. I thought it might simply have been when the roof/flashing was initially done, and it had seemed ok after I treated and painted it, despite the winter rains last year. I noticed a couple of weeks ago there was another mark after the rough weather we had, so I thought 'must phone someone then'. By the time I came home at lunchtime, it was dripping through onto the carpet, and there was a big watermark. Such is life! Fortunately, the torrential rain has now slowed down , and it's to be reasonable for the next few days, so hopefully the builder will be able to come and look at it, and fix it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree with Obelixx. I find that painting rather flat and the amount of money is obscene.
I'm glad it went well, Liri, apart from the journey. "How Great Thou Art" is my favourite hymn, also called "Oh Lord my God" (is that the one?), I've asked for it at my funeral.
We had a delicious lunch, seafood platter with salad. Amazing place, it looks like a black hut for selling fish outside (which it does as well) but inside is a largish restaurant all decked out in light wood and decent central heating, full of character. www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g503753-d2177259-Reviews-Sole_Bay_Fish_Co-Southwold_Suffolk_East_Anglia_England.html
for the French house. The paper also asked what did he expect everyone living in the countryside, where there is no gas and frequent power cuts, to do. Also he is raising the price of petrol yet again. There is to be a huge strike and blockages of roads tomorrow because of it.
Then we looked around the shops. I bought a new bra, black with embroidered white flowers. I had a fitting, never done that before. Anyway, it's comfy.
I've just read an article in a French paper that I get online which said President Macron will try to get rid of oil fired boilers in 10 years. I've just bought a new one at vast expense
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The Belgians are revolting against fuel and other price rises too Busy - FB and other campaigns to get people to block roads and not buy any fuel or other goods from multi nationals on a particular day in November. I've seen a great poster about cars being duel fuel - 38% petrol and 62% taxes.
Vermeer's painings, for me, display close observation of people, amazing brushwork, immense and minute detail, glorious colour, shade and light and loads of feeling. Compared to him, others just look messy, slapdash, dark/flat/boring or just plain odd. I like Da Vinci but always think the Mona Lisa could do with a good clean, along with The Night Watchmen and other "greats". Paul Delvaux is good - mix of Magritte surrealism and classic subjects and wonderful trains and stations.
That Hopper wench in the coffee shop just looks defeated by life and not as tho she's waiting for something to happen. The people in The Diner look like a cheap illustration for a serialised Raymond Chandler novel. I've seen more life in Marvel comics! And in your leaf come to that.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I am really not sure what to make of most art or how to critique it... is it the craft of the paint work, the subject, the feelings they evoke or the meaning/message etc. ??
I think Hopper’s style is thought-provoking regarding the potential story and the glimpses into people’s lives but some of the compositions often have large area of ‘block’ colour - like walls or ceilings, which I personally find strange. Maybe that’s the point, or maybe I just don’t get it??
(ponders...)
Hope everyone ok this evening.
Vive la difference.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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