Favorite Artist?

[Tony]

Who is your favorite artist?

What is your favorite style or movement?

[KelvinG]

Artist: Piet Mondrian

Movement/Style: De Stijl

[Tony]

Originally posted by KelvinG
Artist: Piet Mondrian

Movement/Style: De Stijl


Good one!! But why is that your favorite?

For its time it was cutting edge, but dont you find it a little TOO simple and restrictive?

[KelvinG]

Originally posted by Tony



Good one!! But why is that your favorite?

For its time it was cutting edge, but dont you find it a little TOO simple and restrictive?

I like it cause it's simple. The strict geometric forms and minimal use of color and shape are relaxing to me. I have one hanging above my computer that I'm looking at right now (No, not an original!!). It blends into the room nicely. I'm something of a minimalist, I suppose.

Of course, this is but one art movement that I like. I'm a big fan of dadism/surrealism, and expressionism.

On a recent trip to London I saw some Van Gogh's work and was blown away by the vibrancy of the colour and brush stroke. You have to see a Van Gogh close up to appreciate how amazing it is.

How about you, Tony? What's your favourite?

[Tony]

Originally posted by KelvinG


I have one hanging above my computer that I'm looking at right now (No, not an original!!).



Hey me too!! (not above my computer, but in my room)


How about you, Tony? What's your favourite?

I dont really have a favorite, but if I had to choose I suppose I would choose Roy Lichtenstein and James Rosenquist.

http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/

http://www.jimrosenquist-artist.com/

[BrianT]

Jim Woodring.

[SteveW]

Caravaggio - hands down.

All of his work is superb and his use of chiascurro is even better than Rembrandt's imho.

[no one in particular]

Ben (http://www.benhampton.net/) Hampton (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=ben+hampton+&from=R2&ht=1&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort). Being a minimalist, Ben Hampton’s work is the only thing in my home that could be described as decoration. I enjoy bare surfaces and bare walls with the exception of a well placed print. Most of Hampton’s scenes are depictions of landscapes of the southeast and many of Chattanooga, TN’s (from whence I come) land area. His use of understated colors and the rustic, even “ugly” (twisted trees, and such), quality of some of his scenes fit well into my minimalist preferences.

[Mr Manifesto]

Well, at the risk of sounding mainstream, I have to say Salivdor Dali and Surrealism. I have a poster of "Temptation of St Antony" on my wall. I'm surprised this painting hasn't been adopted by the religious movement: It's portrayal of a wizened man with a fragile cross holding off giant monsters with one hand on a rock pretty much sums up what Christianity should be about.

However, I suspect your modern-day Christian would be more comfortable with the image of a large tank crushing cockroaches under the tracks.

[Bluegill]

van Gogh and Mondrian are both great choices. Van Gogh is sort of funny--everyone makes such a big deal about him, you almost have to ask how his paintings can live up to expectations. But then when I see one of them in person--or even just a decent reproduction-- I think, "Wow."

I'm pretty fond of Whistler.

[Frostbite]

I got a thing for MC Esher and Giger, and also Da Vinci's hand drawn sketches.

[thrombus29]

Richard Serra, Laurence Weiner, John Copelans.

All for different reasons.

[coalesce]

Maxfield Parrish, Roger Dean, Frederick Church and Norman Rockwell. It took me a looooong time to appreciate Rockwell because of his subject matter. But once I got past my ignorance about what he was trying to accomplish, I found he had an uncanny eye for detail. His tables and books and food exsited in real space and time. His paintings just didn't suggest things, they were there. I don't know if I'm explaining it clearly enough, but what an eye he had.

And Maxfield Parrish doesn't get nearly as much recognition as he deserves!!!

Michael

[LillyThePink]

Mark Ryden

Fresh, fun, meaty and very interesting take on pop culture.

Failing that, my other half :)

[Hexxenhammer]

Jack Kirby

Golden and Silver Age comics.

[Nie Trink Wasser]

Ray Parker Jr.

[Azathoth]

Bosch
Magritte
Arcimboldo
Dali
Escher
Klimt

But the greatest work of art I've ever seen is Bernini's
Statue of Apollo and Daphne (http://www.artinvest2000.com/bernini_apollo-dafne.jpg)

[whitefork]

Benvenuto Cellini
Watteau (the drawings)
Kandinsky
Vermeer

[hgc]

Marc Chagall

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/images/lists/work/28_1_md.jpg

Alberto Giacometti

http://www.beyeler.com/fondation/e/images_sam/bey_sam_imggiacom.jpg

[BillyTK]

I like Jackson Pollock (http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/painting1.html)'s work. They call him an abstract expressionist but really he's a surrealist. I just like the light and texture of his work, and the way his pictures could be anything from satellite photos of the earth to skin cells seen through a microscope. Or even paint thrown randomly at a canvas.

[Tony]

Originally posted by BillyTK
I like Jackson Pollock (http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/painting1.html)'s work. They call him an abstract expressionist but really he's a surrealist.


Jackson Pollock is regarded as one of the pioneers of abstract expressionism. I have never heard anyone knowledgeable of art and art history refer to him as a surrealist. If you want surrealism, you need to check out Salvador Dali, he is the quintessential surrealist.

[Soapy Sam]

A Scottish-resident German, Reinhardt Behrens.
A whimsical realist.
I have one of his works at home.

[Tony]

Originally posted by coalesce


And Maxfield Parrish doesn't get nearly as much recognition as he deserves!!!



Indeed, here is a Maxfield Parrish piece I think we all will recognize. ;)

http://www.talariaenterprises.com/images2/stars.jpg

[Temporal Renegade]

In no real order:
Rembrandt--I love the detail (a recurring reason)

Michael Whelan--fantastic use of colour & attention to (you guessed it) detail

Roger Dean--vivid imagery, totally from "out there"

Rodney Matthews--see RD

Frank Frazetta--dynamic, primal, just plain eye-catching: In fact since I came across his Edgar Rice Burroughs drawings for the John Carter stories, his images are all I now see whenever I re-read the damn things!

[Iconoclast]

Originally posted by Tony
Who is your favorite artist?

Damn, so many people have already picked Dali, and I have to agree, and every time you buy a Chupa Chup you get a piece of his art you can keep. Seriously.

[kittynh]

You have to see Van Gogh in real life. The more the better. His really good work is as much about texture as anything else. When I go to the Van Gogh museum I rarely am able to buy a print after having seen the real thing. They are totally different.

Maxfield Parrish. He painted the skies where I live. Our favorite saying is, "oh look, it's a Maxfield Parrish sky tonight!" It really is those colors here! You have to see his paintings in real life. They glow, they shine, they radiate off the wall drawing you to them.

Here's a game I learned from Thomas Hoving, when you go to a museum, ask yourself what two works of art you would steal if you had a chance. It's fun to do with a group, or alone. Just don't talk about it when you are in the museum, or make up a code!

[Peter Jenkins]

Another vote for Dali. And Chagall. I love the surrealists.
I had the great pleasure of visiting the Van Gogh exhibition in his centenary year (1999?) in Amsterdam. As othe people have noted, the texture of his paintings has to be experienced in three dimensions. 2D just doesn't do the artist justice.
(I first became a fan of Van Gogh after hearing Don Mclean's Starry, Starry night, and wanting to see the picture it was based on - how lame is that? :) )

Anyway, Here's one print that I love and never tire of. Dali's 'Woman at a window)
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/NIM/RTP383.jpg
Peter

[BillyTK]

Originally posted by Tony
Jackson Pollock is regarded as one of the pioneers of abstract expressionism. I have never heard anyone knowledgeable of art and art history refer to him as a surrealist.
Well, here's a first for you. Surrealism is acknowledged as a major influence on Pollock's interests and work; his interest in the unconscious can be seen in his work from the early 1940s which featured Jungian psychoanalytic symbolism (Pollock was undergoing psychoanalysis at the time for his alcoholism). But it really came to the fore with his Action Painting of the late '40s, which echoes (and was doubtless influenced by) surrealist automatism; the idea of painting with as little conscious control of the brush as possible; and what could be less controlling than throwing the paint onto the canvas? Here's a quote from the great man himself:
When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through...
Source (http://www.beatmuseum.org/pollock/jacksonpollock.html)

If you want surrealism, you need to check out Salvador Dali, he is the quintessential surrealist.
*sighs* Yup, good old Dali; everyone goes for him. I guess his work is... how can I put it... more decorative than Max Ernst, or Rene Magritte (my favourite) for instance?

[JAR]

My favorite artist is John Gurche. He paints these really cool dinosaur paintings. To see his dinosaur paintings use this link and press on the text that says "DINOSAURS": http://www.gurche.com/main_frameset.htm

My favorite style of art is realism.

[HarryKeogh]

Originally posted by JAR
My favorite artist is John Gurche. He paints these really cool dinosaur paintings. To see his dinosaur paintings use this link and press on the text that says "DINOSAURS": http://www.gurche.com/main_frameset.htm

My favorite style of art is realism.

i recognized dinosaur image #132 on his website from the entrance to the new york Museum of Natural History. they have a fantastic fossil display and Gurche fleshed it out in his painting.

as far as my favorite artists, sad to say art is something that has never inspired me. like poetry, it does nothing for me. i appreciate their talent and dedication though but it doesnt thrill me like science, literature or music for instance.

plus i see pollack and can't help thinking "man, this guy really duped a lot of people into believing this stuff is good!". i'll take dali anyday.