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Shame ye cannae see the eyes though...they're amazing.
Jack Vettriano - Only The Deepest Red
"...and he painted matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs..."
I like the Hockney Splash, it would look good in my new room which is kinda contemporary. Is there a print I can buy do you know?
http://www.calpomatt.lavista.org/
Find out which Museum is displaying his pictures. I'd imagine their posters are off a better quality than the ones found on the net.
Yep.
Try the Hockney gallery in Bradford.
I love Lowry; mind, I should, working in Sunderland. His Sunderland seascapes are brilliant, there's a great Lowry gallery in Sunderland Museum.
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/02/tiananmentanks03,0.jpg
This photo is the news image which means the most to me. It brought home for the first time, just how far authority will go to maintain control.
'1989 was also the year of the student massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Three thousand students were demonstrating against martial law. The authorities sent tanks and armed troops into Tiananmen Square and opened fire on the students. Hundreds were killed, thousands injured'
Five months later the Berlin Wall came down.
Nice work if you can get it !!
I like this.
And this.
Just been poking around some Van Gogh again, and I'm always struck by the self-portraits
I'm a massive fan of, among other things, American realism. Kinda thing you imagine when you read Nabukov or F Scott Fitzgerald. My favourite artist by a mile is Edward Hopper. Here are some of my faves.
Nighthawks - words cannot describe what this painting means to me. I could write pages about my layman interpretation to it. Suffice to say, the fact that there is no door is the most significant in my opinion.
Early Sunday Morning - the uneasy calm is what strikes me about this piece. Something's about to happen and you don't know what.
Solitude
Also, in the American realism section, quite a famous painting that still scares the shit out of me.
American Gothic by Grant Wood. Utterly terrifying. It's the woman's face and the man's stare.
I love the picture but never found out who did it originally.
Couldn't find a decent picture of Solitude so posted that ickle one. It's a lot better in my Hopper book.
Also a big fan of Goya. Whenever I'm in Spain I make a little trip to the Prado to see his stuff. Some examples;
Saturno (Saturn)
Snowstorm - one of the finest uses of colour I have ever seen.
Asmodea - wow.
http://brill-art.de/galerie/2000/b01traum.jpg
I normally liked bright, colourful pictures but this is one of my favourite pictures.
Singing Fish by Joan Miro http://www.poster.net/miro-joan/miro-joan-singing-fish-2104880.jpg
Petite Fleurs by Pablo Picasso http://www.artexpression.com/images/ESC/jpgs/P121.jpg
Love that pic.
Serve me right for not checking out all the links! lol:thumb:
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