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In May I had opportunity to visit the Prado and see one of the great paintings, Velasquez's "Las Meninas" close up. While it would be absurd to choose one all-time favourite painting, or even one all-time favourite painting from the Prado, seeing it live and close-up was like meeting an old hero.
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- Dublin
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By coincidence I got to visit the newly refurbished national gallery of Ireland today, it's an amazing space well worth a visit, the centrepiece is "the marriage of strongbow and aoife " an enormous canvas detailing a key moment in the Norman conquest of Ireland, also HP, love that picture, it was Sam Malones favourite picture in Cheers as well
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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437749
Jan Steer's Merry Company on a Terrace. I can't claim that paintings are something that I've ever really been interested in, but this one caught my attention when wandering about the Met in New York this January. There's just so much going on in it. So many little stories.
It's the only painting that's ever made me want to explore this kind of art more. I'll head to London at some point and spend a day doing it.Last edited by Corieltauvian; 15-08-2017, 17:13.
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I'm with Hobbes on the Seagram murals.
Then there is this nude by Richter in Cologne
Lake Keitele by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (National Gallery)
Oh there are too many. I could fill a thread with just paintings I love.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostOne painter I always return to is William Adolphe Bouguereau. A print of his "Madonna of the Lillies" (1899) hangs in my office. And I love this , titled "Work Interrupted"
It must be said, though, this "work" of hers that's been "interrupted" does unavoidably look like the practising of her slow left-arm spin.
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Since I backed the wrong thread, here are mine again.
Originally posted by Sits View PostAlfred Sisley - Flood at Port-Marly:
http://m.ranker.com/review/flood-at-...n&l=992330&g=5
George Clausen - Willow Tree Farm:
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/...8521944/page/1
I like almost everything by Sisley apart from his very late stuff. And I first saw Willow Tree Farm on a calendar. It's simultaneously evocative and melancholy. Something about the figure, the horse. I also love the way the trees are really moving in the wind.
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Originally posted by Various Artist View PostBouguereau's portraits make their subjects look more 'human', if you see what I mean, than just about any other painter I've come across. The one you posted here is a case in point G-Man – you feel like you could step out onto the street and run into her right now.
It must be said, though, this "work" of hers that's been "interrupted" does unavoidably look like the practising of her slow left-arm spin.
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