Artist - Who is your favorite ?

I enjoy visting the various art galleries around the world as I travel viewing both public and private collections. Who do you enjoy the most ? Personally, I always return to the Frenchman Monet and the British artist Turner with his hidden sun and ships. I love the US artist Sargent as well. I always find the most peace in Monet's work.

 

I don't know much about art, but I do like Monet. In fact, when my ex (a Fine Art major) was in college, one of her assignments was to try to duplicate a painting by a famous artist. She chose Monet's Garden at Giverny. I still have it and it hangs over the mantle in my living room. I love that painting! Nicely done, Dear!

It looks exactly like............this!

 

That is special . How did you manage to keep it ?

 

My wife is my favorite artist! Van Gogh is a close second!
I also enjoy Japanese brush art!

 

Great topic.
I like some of the classical masters of art, but I'm a modern type of guy in the end.
I met one modern american artist many years back, he inspired me to try my hand at it, I didn't find the success. But I ripped off one of his normal subjects to design a tattoo for myself. The artist being Michael Knott. Subject "Bunge Boy", My top modern american piece:


Edward Hopper is my fave of all time

 

I have a few of these:

http://strangelydrawn.com/strangelydrawn/paintings.html

 

Johannes Vermeer


Raf

 

Melinda Beck: http://www.melindabeck.com/
Hieronymus Bosch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch
H.R. Giger*: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giger

* a chunk of Giger's work is highly offensive. I like the stuff he did for the movie Alien, and some of his non-sexually explicit work.

 

am fond of the Impressionistas, as well. Monet ist goot.....sorry, no umlauts here




........................but seriously, folks. One of my favorites: Leroy Neiman

 

I agree, Alien is awesome! I visited the Giger museum in Gruyères, Switzerland a few years ago... and I was nauseated by some of his stuff... and then I even stayed out of the section that they had "warning signs" on... This man can't be all sane, I tell you!

 

Yo Rick!

 

Classic !

Did that one pass the Denali test ??? :happy102

 

Leonardo Da Vinci.

The man was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist. It is hard enough to be a master of just one of those fields, let alone ALL of them!!

 

I was fortunate to see McLean many years ago. He was wonderful live.