Who is your favorite artistic painter?

[debm55]

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you can include your favorite if it is not listed. I could have gone on to include others but I didn't want to make to long

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[applegrove]

1. Emily Carr, British Columbia

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/963120962/emily-carr-indian-church

[debm55]

29. I was introduced to her paintings a couple of years ago. isn't she from Alberta? Love the folkiness

of her art.

[applegrove]

36. She grew up in Victoria on Vancouver Island, province of British

Columbia. She wrote well too. "Kleewick" is a good book on her canoe trips up the Coast of BC to Indigenous communities to paint at the turn of the 20th Century.

[debm55]

37. Thank you. I have a friend from Prince Edward's Island that introduced me to her work. Knew she was

from the western section of Cananda. Thank you.

[applegrove]

38. The greatest Canadian folk artist, who has recently become world famous, is Maude Lewis

of Nova Scotia. Her paintings and life were turned into the movie "Maudie". Here farm scenes are sweet and perfectly rendered folk art. She used house paint.

Emily Carr was more expressionist/impressionist. Not folk art so much.

[debm55]

42. Maude Lewis , my friend mentioned her also. I will have to check out the movie, "Maudie"

[applegrove]

43. She had such a tough life but was loved and respected by the time

she died.

https://www.google.com/search?q=maud+lewis+folk+art&sxsrf=APwXEddFc_YAKUJXB-whO5AGZZJskYZDsg%3A1682910446168&ei=7ixPZKH4CbKIptQP1tWw-Ac&oq=maud+lewis+folk+art&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQguEIAEMgYIABAWEB4yCAgAEIoFEIYDMggIABCKBRCGAzIICAAQigUQhgMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQoAE6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6CggAEIoFELADEEM6DwguEIoFEMgDELADEEMYAToSCC4QigUQ1AIQyAMQsAMQQxgBOhgILhCKBRDHARCvARDUAhDIAxCwAxBDGAE6BwgjEIoFECc6DQgAEIAEEBQQhwIQyQM6BQgAEIAEOgoIABCKBRDJAxBDOg4ILhCABBDHARCvARDUAjoHCAAQigUQQzoICC4QigUQkQI6CAgAEIAEEMkDOggIABCKBRCRAjoKCAAQgAQQFBCHAkoECEEYAFCMDliGOWCQSGgBcAF4AIABpQGIAZIPkgEENS4xMpgBAKABAcgBEcABAdoBBAgBGAg&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#scso=_-ixPZODkJaylptQP6JeCyAM_29:2483

[3catwoman3]

2. Monet...

…and Van Gogh.

[CTyankee]

57. I am going to see Monet's gardens at Giverny in September. And I broke down in tears before a

painting of "Wheat fields with Crows" in Amsterdam a few years ago.

[3catwoman3]

61. I've been to l'Orangerie twice, and the oval room...

…that surrounds you in the Waterlilies murals is enchanting. I’ve not been to Giverny.

I also have been to the VanGogh museum in Amsterdam. In many of the paintings, the paint is so thick that you can see the tracks of the individual hairs in the paint brushes, and the colors or so rich that it looks as if the paint hasn’t dried yet.

I look forward to a description of your journey after you return.

[CTyankee]

68. The l"orangerie is interesting. When I was there several years ago they played what sounded like

New Age musical sounds and we were instructed not to speak or just be very quiet. The overall impression was very different from other museums. It was an "experience." And I got it: setting the mood to better experience the art.

[brush]

4. So many others could be added.

de Kooning, Rubens, Braque, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Rembrandt, Hals, Lautrec, Monet, Manet, Basquiat, Motley, Bearden, Lawrence, and on and on.

[debm55]

6. Yes, I should have. I have a degree in Art Ed, but I just wanted to include artists that were most

familiar. i did include the other box for others

[brush]

8. Yep, if you listed all worthy painters we'd have to scroll down to see them all.

[womanofthehills]

67. In the 60's in art school, Dr Kooning was my favorite

Most of us loved his loose brush strokes & we actually copied his colors. He was a great colorist. I studied with John Kacere at Parsons - John Kacere & deKooning were both represented by the Alan Stone Gallery - so we, as students, went to many shows there.

My best friend at art school was dating Kacere who was deKooning’s friend - so she had many dinners with de Kooning. (That was back in the day when it was fine for a 40 yr old teacher to date his young students).
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De Kooning’s wife, Elaine, also a painter/printmaker taught at UNM in the late 50’s. I think they were separated, but not divorced by then. Univ of NM has works by both de Kooning’s.

Later, John Kacere became a visiting professor at UNM - and brought 5 of his students with him including me. They all went back to NY but I fell in love with NM and stayed. And

[brush]

74. I'm a big fan of de Kooning's too. His brush strokes and...

texture...you just know it's paint.

Must've been wonderful to experience closeness and learn from art greats like you have. I'm a bit jealous.

[LakeArenal]

5. Renoir

This is such an intimate painting. Renoir’s friends at a real boating party.


Alphonsine is the smiling woman leaning on the railing; Alphonse, who was responsible for the boat rental, is the leftmost figure. Also wearing boaters are figures appearing to be Renoir's close friends Eugène Pierre Lestringez, a bureaucrat, and Paul Lhote, himself an artist.

[debm55]

30. Love his work

[gibraltar72]

7. Rubens.

[debm55]

32. Agree, very realistic.

[Ocelot II]

9. Caravaggio; Artemisia Gentileschi; Sargent; Van Eyck

[debm55]

31. I never really cared for his violent themes, but did admire him for his use of light.

Thank you fir posting the art.

[Ocelot II]

33. Gentileschi's "Judith Beheading Holofernes" in my post is even more violent

than Caravaggio's version. Gentileschi was a rape victim and some of her art reflects that experience.

[debm55]

34. I admire the use of light, but here again the violent theme is a turn off.

[Ocelot II]

35. Art isn't just for pleasant things - it reflects people's experiences.

Gentileschi had been raped, and her Judith and Susanna paintings tell you pretty viscerally how she might have felt about some men. Caravaggio vividly expressed scenes that often featured violent struggles; he himself was inclined toward violence and at one point had to leave Rome because he'd been accused of killing another man in a fight. Art expresses life, and sometimes life is intense and violent - if it were all just puppies and babies and flowers and ballerinas it would be pretty damn boring.

[debm55]

40. But for my own prefences, I do tend to move toward the soothing and calming. I appreciate the

talents, but not the themes. The man in the tub with his wrists slashed is a great example -beautiful work of color and light, but I don't like the theme-suicide. Art is left up to the viewer's interpretation and preferences. My very favorites are O'Keefe for organic paintings and Van Gogh. Each of us have our own likes and dislikes. That is art. One can appreciate the talent, but not like the themes. You may not like Van Gogh. Years ago in HS, I did a collage of newspaper clippings of the Vietnam War on a large shape of the United States. As I finish touch, I painted my hands red and smeared them down the center of collage. It won first prize in an Art Show in Westmoreland County. Alot of people did not like it, but it was not there to hand in my room, but to get my point across about the war. I didn't expect everyone to like it, but to appreciate the message. As a 16 year old I was not prpared for the fallout. but I accepted the idea that not all would like it.

[brush]

77. Know for his mastery of chiaroscuro. Sometime said to be the inspiration...

for an entirely different art form — Film Noir.

[CTyankee]

59. I have written about all of these. The story of Artemisia Gentileschi is troubling.

I'm writing a book on music and art and include one of Artemesia, a proud one of her playing a lute.

And thank you for the last one! The Ghent Altarpiece is a treasure and I finally got to see it on a visit to Belgium a few years back.

I'll let everyone know when my book is ready. I am giving away copies and will send it to DUers who would like a copy.

[brush]

75. Yes, all of them.

[Different Drummer]

82. I like Van Eyck as well.

[debm55]

86. Always thought of this as wonderful use of color and light. thank you for posting this.

[The Blue Flower]

10. Kehinde Wiley

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[CTyankee]

55. He is a magnificent painter. His works are beautifully crafted and very moving.

I wish Peter Shjeldahl had lived to write about him in The NewYorker Magazine.

[brush]

78. Absolutely.

[elleng]

11. JMW Turner

[Ocelot II]

13. I especially love this one:

[debm55]

23. Beautiful, love the shimmers of light. Do you have a copy? Very relaxing to view

[Ocelot II]

44. I wish!

[Coventina]

50. That's a Whistler "Harmony in Gold and Black" subtitled "The Falling Rocket"

It depicts fireworks over the Thames.

There was a famous lawsuit over that painting:

The very famous art critic at the time: John Ruskin, said Whistler had "thrown a pot of paint in the public's face."


Whistler sued him over the insult. Lengthy trial, Whistler won, but he was only awarded one British pound in damages.

(Fun art anecdotes are my jam!)

[CTyankee]

88. We must be kindred souls. I always liked and admired the Whistler falling rocket.

The book I am working on now is about art and music, how to portray in paint or sculpture that which you cannot see: music

This book has been fun to research and write. I am hoping to finish it and have it printed and ready for me to present it to my family over the July 4 weekend. I have a great young IT guy help me with the technical aspects of putting the book together. It's a good work relationship and he gets to learn about art history. We're designing a cover right now using part of Chagall's beautiful ceiling at the Garnier opera house in Paris. That ceiling really amazed him!

[debm55]

27. Love the mist on his land and seascapes. Do you have any copies?

Sorry, I couldn't get this to post under your post.

[elleng]

28. I have no copies, just my memories!

Did attend a moving 'showing' of his works, so visited Mystic (but didn't have Pizza!!!)

[elleng]

12. Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt’s Lavish Landscapes of The American West

[debm55]

22. Beautiful landscapes. Over a two year period, we visted all the National Parks from Mexico to Canada

I had so wished I brought my pastels and paper with me. But we were on a tour, so was limited for time.

[NullTuples]

80. Seconded, along with most other Hudson River School artists

They capture what I love most about the American West.

[Bayard]

14. So many.....

I like some of the old Masters, like Renior and Monet. I was an art major way back when.

But also Georgia O'Keefe. Especially because I love New Mexico.


Z.S. Liang's paintings of Indigenous people's lives is a big favorite. I have this signed print of a Navaho girl hanging in our bedroom. The play of shadow and light is wonderful.



I also really like Howard Terpning, and his daughter, Susan (one of her prints in our living room.)

Wildlife art is my mainstay though, even if its not considered high class. It makes me happy. We have signed prints from Carl Brenders and Charles Frace' all over our cabin. I'm looking at this one now hanging over my desk. 26? x 37?

[debm55]

21. How did I forget O' Keefe, Love her paintings of flowers up close and the NM landscapes. The Navaho

girl does show a beautiful use of light. The print of the wolves are wonderful , Thank you for sharing,

[Duppers]

46. 💕 These last two.

I also like these
https://www.exposuresfineart.com/art/majestic-grand-canyon/

Been to The Canyon twice, actually spent the night there.

[debm55]

56. Loved the Grand Canyon and also stayed there. Love the painting. I wanted to get some photos of the

canyon lite up like that. Didn't wake up earlier enough to catch it. Thank you for the memories.

[jmowreader]

15. I'm going to assume Cassius Marcellus Coolidge does not count

He's the guy who did all the poker-playing dog paintings, in which there is a hell of a lot more going on than one would expect from a painting of dogs playing poker.

[debm55]

19. Wanted to limit my list, should have included more, Poker playing dogs don't count, neither does

Elvis on velvet.

[Sneederbunk]

16. Earl Scheib.

[debm55]

20. I guess if you want him to be,,Long ago had my Rambler done. They did a very poor job on it but

but everyone sees art differently. Thanks for the response.

[ironflange]

17. Klimt

[debm55]

18. love this painting

[Brother Buzz]

24. Charles Nahl

Sunday Morning in the Mines, is my favorite (It's parked in the Crocker Museum in Sacramento)



Miners in the Sierras is another one I like (I'm a sucker for red shirts)

[debm55]

26. You must like realism. Do you have any copies of his work or a book of his work?

[Brother Buzz]

39. No, but Sunday Morning in the Mines was in my go-to California history book by Bean

It was a black and white print; I truly fell in love with it when I first saw a color print of it. I don't know exactly why, but the red shirts sucked me in. I also discovered the Bean book image was somehow reversed.


Nahl was German, but curiously, another painter I like is Thaddeus Welch. He was born in Missouri and reared in Oregon, but studied in Germany with his deaf cousin. My cousin has one of his famous 'cow' landscapes, but I have a painting done by his cousin, 'Dummy' Dickeson (an odd prehistoric landscape).

[consider_this]

41. Franz Marc

Is one of many faves for me, here's an example:
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[debm55]

45. Yes, I enjoy Franz Marc's work and the Faves.

[Coventina]

51. I adore Franz Marc. I have a large print of his in my bedroom.

I wish his career hadn't been cut so short.

[Ptah]

47. Charles Russell

[Bayard]

48. Thank you, debm55!

I have really enjoyed this thread, and seeing other people's art choices.

[debm55]

49. You're welcome. Everyone has their own likes and dilikes. I ony wish I had put

choices. I love the posted paintings by our posters and the range of their tastes.

[Coventina]

52. I'm an art historian, so I could never pick a favorite.

Right now, I'm covering the Post-Impressionists in one of my classes and I was reminded how much I love Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
Here's his painting of a queer couple dancing at Le Moulin Rouge


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[debm55]

62. I remember that he includes himself in all of his paintings. I think that is him --upper left with a

top hat on.

[brush]

76. Lautrec is one of my favorites too.

I once worked on an art staff at a newspaper along with other designers, illustrators and cartographers.

One of the retouch artists was a cut-up who enjoyed his "beverages" shall we say. We called him Too Loose La Wreck...and the nickname fitted him.

[debm55]

79. That's funny.

[GoneOffShore]

53. Too many to choose from.

[debm55]

64. I know thinking back, I should have included more choices in the poll before I put other.This is

only the second time I put a poll. I love all the paintings people are posting for various reasons.

[malthaussen]

54. Monet, generally.

But the list is extensive. "Favorite" is problematic, since much depends on subject matter. One of Monet's million haystacks cannot beat Rembrandt's "Night Watch," for example.

-- Mal

[Chakaconcarne]

58. Roberto Matta

[Niagara]

60. Where do I start?

I have several pieces of Dominic Davidson cottages. Not original work mind you.








I'd love to have a few pieces of Marilynn Dwyer Mason bear art, but not at $700 for each piece.





I have a piece of Charles Wysocki on a wall.




I'm looking to replace 2 to 3 pieces of signed Marty Fyne Kitchen Cat series, so if anyone would want to part with those pieces, please let me know. They were available in 1994 and I don't currently have a photo of what I'm looking to replace. The frames are roughly 8"x8".

[debm55]

63. I have my kitchen decorated with Wysocki's wallpaper border. I used to always by his calendars. At

one time the rooms were all decorated with folk art and primatives.

[ProfessorGAC]

65. Monet

Something about his work does it for me.

[debm55]

69. I would always get Matisse and Monet confused. Love both of their works.

[Glorfindel]

66. William Adolphe Bouguereau

[debm55]

70. Beautiful. Do you have a copy of the print?

Very much in the style of Rubens

[Glorfindel]

73. I do not have a copy of the print. Wish I did!

Several of his paintings have been turned into really fantastic Christmas cards. I have sent them several years and people always seem to enjoy them.

[yardwork]

71. Georgia O'Keefe.

[debm55]

72. Simply love her closeups of flowers.

[Different Drummer]

81. Picasso is a favorite of mine, but...

he's not the only one. I also like Rembrandt and Dali.

[debm55]

87. Rembrandt and Dali --two different styles, two different times, but both excellent artists

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[Different Drummer]

83. A have a t-shirt and a sweatshirt with prints of...

Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" on them.

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[debm55]

91. His style was very different.. This is one of my very favorite from Dali.

[Different Drummer]

84. Piet Mondrian

[debm55]

92. Yes, I remember when they had dresses based on his artwork.

[Different Drummer]

85. Can't forget about Rene Magritte!

[debm55]

93. I liked that period of art--very different and unique.

[GReedDiamond]

89. Others. Namely Marcel Duchamp and my good friend Jaime "Germs" Zacarias...

Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even, aka The Large Glass.



Germs, Star Spangled Bummer, CD cover art for my band, Benedict Arnold & The Traitors, 2008.



I have the original, and many more works by Germs.

He's also in the permanent collection of Cheech Marin's "The Cheech" museum of Chicano art.

[debm55]

94. Very different and unique. Do you have prints of any of the three?

[GReedDiamond]

96. I have around 100 Germs originals...

...along with some signed/numbered limited edition prints. I also have sculptural objects, such as Germs floor lamps.
I started collecting Germs art about 18 years ago, when the prices were more affordable than they are now.
I will try to post a picture of my "gallery" later today.

[Tikki]

90. I like Klee's work.

Tikki

[debm55]

95. I like his work too, Do you have any prints?

[Tikki]

102. Yes, a large print of The Red and White Domes.

My favorite is of Twittering Machine.
But I don’t have real print of that just a small copy I made and framed.

Tikki

[lucca18]

97. Artist Pierre Bonnard❤️

I love his use of color and subjects.❤️

Henri Matisse called him “one of the greatest painters among us”

[debm55]

98. I believe he was a printmaker also. His work is very colorful --a mix of post impressionism and

Modernism. Do you have any of his prints?

[petronius]

100. Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, and Ivan Aivazovsky are the three I think of first

But the list could get longer if I had a better memory...

[Different Drummer]

103. I love Edward Hopper's paintings.

I should have mentioned him with my other posts.

[AnnaLee]

101. Hamil Ma

[Mopar151]

104. Von Dutch

Gene Winfield