Who Is Your Favorite Painter from This Diverse List?

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The discussion centers around a poll asking participants to choose their favorite painter from a provided list, which includes notable artists like Canaletto, Monet, Rembrandt, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Many participants express their preferences, with Monet receiving particular praise for his use of color. Some participants note the absence of other significant artists, such as Vincent van Gogh and Salvador Dalí, leading to a debate about the selection criteria for the poll. The conversation highlights the subjective nature of art appreciation, with individuals sharing their personal favorites and opinions on various artists. The dialogue emphasizes that art is a matter of personal taste, with participants acknowledging the diversity of artistic styles and the varying degrees of popularity among different painters. Overall, the thread reflects a rich exchange of thoughts on art, personal experiences, and the impact of cultural context on artistic preferences.

Favourite painter?

  • canaletto

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • monet

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • rembrandt

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • constable

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • james mcneill whistler

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • diego velasquez

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • mary cassatt

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • winslow homer

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • georgia o' keeffe

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • frieda kahlo

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Total voters
    7
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Who is your favourite painter out of the list in the poll?

CANALETTO http://www.archiram.com/Canaletto.jpg
http://www.dsi.unive.it/~baldan/CoMeta02/images/canaletto17.jpg

MONET http://www2.kah-bonn.de/ausstellungen/thyssen/p/monet_gr.jpg
http://www.essentialart.com/ni/Claude_Monet_Waterlillies_Detail.jpg

REMBRANDT http://www.jamescgroves.com/rembrandt/rembrandt.jpg
http://www.gilbertolacchia.it/rembrandt.jpg

CONSTABLE http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/lili/personen/fleischmann/d_archsuse05/210_constable_stoneh.jpg
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/c/constable/constable_bishops_grounds.jpg

JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER http://www.glyphs.com/art/whistler/whi1_50k.jpg
http://www.glyphs.com/art/whistler/whi3_50k.jpg

DIEGO VELASQUEZ http://www.portalplanetasedna.com.ar/estado18.jpg
http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/stories/images/velazquez-immaculate-conception.jpg

MARY CASSATT http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/detail/Detail_cassatt_mary.html?noframe
http://www.globalgallery.com/prod_images/hd-5469.jpg


WINSLOW HOMER http://www.salesianhigh.org/gli/artGLI/homer.jpg
http://truckeemercantile.com/images/jumping%20trout%20-%20homer.jpg

GEORGIA O' KEEFFE http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Georgia_Okeeffe/FromTheLake.jpeg

http://mag.rochester.edu/okeeffe/images/CUP_OF_SILVER.jpg

FRIDA KAHLO
http://web.tiscali.it/paintgallery/Frida_Kahlo_le_due_frida.jpg
http://artxchangenetwork.com/gallery%5CK%5CKahlo_Frida%5CKahlo_Frida_The_Love_Embrace_Of_The_Universe_The_Earth.jpg
 
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I don't have a favorite painter, but "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat is my favorite painting.
 
Where are?

Johannes Vermeer,

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Pieter Brueghel,

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(Little Ice Age

Vincent van Gogh

http://www.arttoheartweb.com/images/Van_Gogh_Starry_Night.jpg

Carel Willink

willink.jpg


and some dozen dozens more
 
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Of the listed ones I picked Monet, because I love the use of his colors.
 
Since you asked for a favoirte, none in that list match my choice - Waterhouse. Where I live, we are inundated with Georgia O'Keeffe: Museums, Touring displays, Alfred Steiglitz stuff. But that doesn't make my persoinal impression of her work any fonder. That is the great thing about Art - you can like/dislike just however you please.
 
That's a very odd list. The most influencial neo- and post-impressionists (Seurat, Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne, Breton, Dali, van Gogh,...) are missing as are all the Renaissance painters.
 
Gokul - I thought the list was more than odd. Missing are about 98% of the painters considered great by the old Art History I book I have. I don't get the "why" of the choices at all. e.g., Where's El Greco?

Maybe the OP thinks these guys all practiced steganography. You know, the art of drawing dinosaurs... :smile:
 
... well Stegosaurus at least...
 
I only asked people to choose from what was on the list. Of course I expected some debate about other painters which is good.Even with all your own personal favourites on the list it would be difficult to choose.
 
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What about Andy Warhol? LOL, anyways, I voted for O'Keefe seeing as she lived and worked in New Mexico for many years.
 
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Hey Jim, where are you at if your "inundated with O'Keeffe"?
 
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I'm also a Waterhouse fan, obviously.
 
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binzing

I live in New Mexico. In a ghost town. We used to see O'Keeffe at the Abiquiu store every once in a while. Years ago. She was kinda doty back then.

Taos has the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. The museum staff has shows around the state all the time. It regularly get good press because she was considered a local girl. Her art was good, but - considering all of the art in Santa Fe and Taos and the number of really repected artists who lived and died here, she gets more than her fair share of air time. IMO.
 
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MODS: how do I make these into thumbnails, or smaller! aah they're HUGE!


Dali (how is Dali not in there??) and Henry Fuseli:

Johann_Heinrich_Füssli_008.jpg



Probably best known for:
John_Henry_Fuseli_-_The_Nightmare.JPG



By the way. I've been looking everywhere for a book containing Fuseli's paintings and drawings, and can't find one (a good one: big pictures, etc.).

It seems weird that a decent compilation hasn't been done, considering how influential he was. So if anyone knows of one or happens to stumble upon one, do please please please tell me. :biggrin:
 
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jim mcnamara said:
Gokul - I thought the list was more than odd. Missing are about 98% of the painters considered great by the old Art History I book I have. I don't get the "why" of the choices at all. e.g., Where's El Greco? QUOTE]

Great art is a matter of personal opinion.I don't like lots of artists that art history books say are good.Last time I saw a van Gogh in London I thought it was dreadful.
And I am not a big fan of most of Monet's work.Nor do I like most religious paintings.
And as for most world famous artists from the last 50 years ... they are just awful!
 
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pitot -
That's it: opinion. There are some really good artists - alive as we speak. And it is fine to love/hate any painting or painter. Just don't expect my love/hate list to match yours. Ever.

I've spent an awful lot of time in museums, and with a little hunting around you can almost always find at least "one something good" from one of the lots of artists in art history that you personally hate. There are a few that I cannot seem to do that with. Mostly 20th C abstractionist-types.
 
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jim mcnamara said:
pitot -
That's it: opinion. There are some really good artists - alive as we speak. And it is fine to love/hate any painting or painter. Just don't expect my love/hate list to match yours. Ever. QUOTE]


The list I put iup is not a list of my favourite artists.I thought I'd put up a bit of variety
with european,mexican and us artists and some female and male ones.When you live in europe like me the temptation is just to put up da vinci,monet,rembrandt etc.
But I agree with you that most artists in well-known galleries have a few paintings most people will like.
 

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