Your favourite painting (day, painters, paint, American)

[Just Zola]

"The Scream" (1893) - Edvard Munch



Have always been fascinated/fearful of this painting, ever since viewing it at my local museum when I was 10.

[Tantalust]

Adolphe Bouguereau - 'Work Interrupted' (1891).

[zortation]

Originally Posted by StarlaJane

Une soirée au carnaval by Rousseau:

Mine too.

Interesting tidbit, Picasso held Rousseau in very high regard.

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by cahpsuth

My favourite painting is Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali,I first saw this painting when I was nine years old and fell in love with it there and then. I'm fortunate that it hangs in a gallery only 10 minutes from my home. I have yet to see another painting which evokes the feelings I have when I see this one, I am not religious at all but I don't think that matters,I love it for it's beauty, not what it represents.
It was bought by Glasgow City Council in 1952 for the controversial sum of £8,200 (about $15,500). Last year it was voted by a very large margin as Glasgow's favourite painting. (don't tell anyone but I voted twice !!!)

It is impossible to pick one, but there is a Dali museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, and it is easy to become a fan of his work.

[baileyvpotter]

Originally Posted by ZolaLloyd

[b]
"The Scream" (1893) - Edvard Munch

The Scream is a very recognizable piece by Munch but I do like the stark contrast of the lithograph:
http://www.popspotsnyc.com/the_screa...Scream_400.jpg

My favorite E. Munch painting is "Love and Pain," 1893-1894 and I prefer this title rather than
the other - "Vampire." There is a honest and raw moment of desperation and tenderness
in this painting.

http://images.art.com/images/product...0/13016670.jpg

[Tantalust]

Katsushika Hokusai [1760-1849]- from the '100 poems' series

[cahpsuth3]

Originally Posted by cahpsuth

My favourite painting is Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali,I first saw this painting when I was nine years old and fell in love with it there and then. I'm fortunate that it hangs in a gallery only 10 minutes from my home. I have yet to see another painting which evokes the feelings I have when I see this one, I am not religious at all but I don't think that matters,I love it for it's beauty, not what it represents.
It was bought by Glasgow City Council in 1952 for the controversial sum of £8,200 (about $15,500). Last year it was voted by a very large margin as Glasgow's favourite painting. (don't tell anyone but I voted twice !!!)

This was originally posted by me back in 2006

It was really bad weather today so I popped in to Kelvingrove art gallery and had a look at it again-absolutely amazing.

The Spanish government were said to have offered Glasgow about $104 million for the painting but it was refused.

[Tantalust]

Lyonel Feininger - "Segelboote" [1924]

[baileyvpotter]

Salvador Dali's "The Ship" 1942
http://67.media.tumblr.com/c84bdfd5f...ch2to1_500.jpg

Vladimir Kush "Butterfly Apple" 1978
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cjxt1qx00y...lusion7iz9.jpg

[Tantalust]

Originally Posted by cahpsuth3

It was really bad weather today so I popped in to Kelvingrove art gallery and had a look at it again-absolutely amazing.

Just the Kelvingrove building is a work of art-