Ok, you can pick 10 paintings past or contemporary -which???

I remember seeing another Rockwell like the one Craven posted on the little black girl, except this one was a little black girl going to school with the national guard protecting her. c.i.

That one is called something like "the trouble we all live with" ci. It has tomatoes splattered on the wall and is a powerful painting.

Okay, Craven, what attracts you to Rockwell's "runaway?" c.i.

That's one of my favorites by Rockwell. It was more realistic than others, less of the cartoonish slant. Powerful indeed.

The back of the head of the boy praying is very affecting, too. So vulnerable and humble.

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First of all Rockwell is the best artist of all time when it comes to choosing titles.

He is also the best at thinking of the right details to add and is the second best (all my opinion of course) at implementing the details.

What is awesome about the runaway is the spirit of the time it captures (all rockwells do this). The kid has the little knapsack and is probably at the diner because he was tired of walking around the block (he's not allowed to cross the street and this is making the getaway difficult).

More than any artist Rockwell was able to capture the details of his era. The boy's haircut is typical of the time but what makes me love it is that it is a very difficult cut to paint. Rockwell did it flawlessly.

The face of the guy behind the counter is priceless and the cop was a fantastic touch.

You can almost hear the patronizing amusement in their voices as they give the kid a free drink and listen to how he's running away to the "big city".

The reflections on the stool are sublime...


I really could go on forever. Each rockwell deserves a whole book. There is so much detail.

Soz,

I like the back of the kid's head in "saying grace" as well. but the part I like the most is the humbled look on the guy to the woman's right.

everyone is staring out of curiosity but I imagine a guilty humility in the face of the gut close to the window.

The condiment rack is fantastic.

sigh, I LOVE Rockwell's stuff (not the cartoonish ones). Other than Rembrant I think nobody has matched his skill.

Petworth: Music Salon JW Turner

This is scanned from the book Turner, by Pierre Rouve.

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Osso, now THAT'S a great painting, and Turner was a great painter. Rockwell was a GREAT illustrator in a very different category all together.

Well, JL, I think it would go well with Eakin's The Actress (I finally posted a good pic of it on page 10 or 11). Perhaps at opposite sides of my gallery room, ala the Frick Collection, in NYC. (There are duelling Turners in that room, the harbor at Dieppe, and another similar one, forget the name.)

Back on page 4, I mentioned Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano (middle panel) and didn't give a link -

Yikes, the color on that link is garish. I try to be back with my own photo, or a better link.

There we go...compare and contrast!



Wonder if the painting has been cleaned since I saw it..

I guess I got confused when I looked Steaming Streets up...I knew the pic but not who in the Ashcan School did it..and came up with Robert Henri. Turns out it is by George Bellows, who studied with Henri.

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Osso, both VERY powerful works. I think the color in the Uccello seemed fine (not the one with the gal poking her finger at someone). Love the effect of the lances. I remember making that comment about this picture somewhere before. And the Bellows is poignant. Little color, but oh what there is and the forms are very moving.

Structures and simple architecture always hold my attention more than other artwork. My two favorite artists are very different. I love the golden warmth and fullness of Anne Belov. And, the bare starkness of A. Wyeth.

Favorites of Anne-- Passage, Assisi--Open Door; Renoir Garden--Florentine Door--Porta Nove Bohemian (?) Begonias. Like many others.

Wyeth-- Around the Corner--Karl's Room--Bradford House--Evening at Kuerner's--Ides of March--Master Bedroom--Wash House.

Honorable Mention-- Reynard Milici-- I love his Americana-type streetscapes and houses.

House with a Cracked Wall--Cezanne

Enjoying getting a glimpse of member's favorite art! This is a neat thread.

That's my own twist on De Kooning's later works -- they began to rely more on linear forms and they seemed to be more mechanical, like much Duchamp and perhaps even Klee ("The Twittering Machine.") The play of angles and floating forms reminds me of Kadinsky
There weren't as many landscape evoking images as there were figurative subjects that seem "disassembled." That's more Duchamp than Picasso as far as an abstraction. Untitled V looks like an extension of his Woman series.

I have a definite bias towards works I have actually seen, in person. I haven't been able to find a decent picture online -- the colors are off -- but this is one that I thought of:



It's just this side of saccharine, though it comes dangerously close, but really captures the langour and comfort of snuggling in the morning. The details are just right -- the position of the baby's legs and upturned toes, the way she has snuggled in, the casual, comfortable way the mother's arms are clasped around her.

My second two choices are Ozuka and Stan Beckman. I'll post some photos later. c.i.

there are some great paintings being posted. I must look for links for mine. I'm enjoying being reminded of some works and seeing artists that are totally new to me like some of the American ones. (I knew Rockwell and think they are very good)

Interesting.. I am probably going to copy my own choices and links on to a file to save for my own amusement....and save the whole topic in Favorites, for everybody else's choices..

I've got one more choice to go, unless I kick some out of the present nine favs. I am interested in movement or implication of movement in painting, as I know Vivien has said she is. I have one or two more in mind that show it in another way than either the Uccello or the Bellows, or the Turners

Turner painting from the Pierre Roeve book - Marine avec cote lontaine -

yes I am - i like the nude descending the staircase and the woman walking the dog where you just see her feet and the dog - I cannot remember the artist(s) though. Can someone tell me who i mean????

Giacomo Balla "Dynamicism of a Dog on a Leash."