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By an artist, any era
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IMy favourite paintings are by our very own Jocksgloves in the two volumes of Kicking Uphill by Pete Rollo, which is a chronology of football in Rotherham until 1926. Fantastic reading and illustration. Priceless art is in the eye of the beholder and Jock's art is priceless to me.
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Van Gogh - Wheatfield with crows
I love Van Gogh work and if you get the chance go to his museum in Amsterdam. As you walk around you can see his decent into severe mental health, through is art work as it’s all laid out chronologically.
Other favorites include
Munch - the scream
Klimt - tannerwald
Kandinsky- Farbstudie Quadrate
Trialist
A painting in Edinburgh main art gallery.of Lady Agnew painted by John Singer Sargent. He had breathtaking brush calligraphy which gives his paintings a photographic appearance from a distance of a few feet, but close up his brush marks are quite free and loose. A supremely talented painter. Lady Agnew was quite a beautiful woman who sadly died very young.
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Books to Birds by Salvador Dali but I also like Swans reflecting Elephants by the same artist.Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson
A genius - a lot of his work is technically & visually brilliant
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A hard question there are so many choices
But if I had to chose one it would be:-
Turner - The Fighting Temeraire
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Frank Auerbach - any of his charcoal portraits
Henri Matisse - the Red Studio
Mark Rothko - most of his later works
Joan Eardley - any of her works
Joan Mitchell - amazing gestural use of paint
Joaquin Sorrolla - beach scenes/stunning use of paint and portrayal of light
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Hmmm……interesting choices
Where can I see them “ in the flesh” ?
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Auerbach - Courtauld Gallery London - ex begins late winter/early spring - book in advance
Matisse - this one I think at MoMa, New York
Rothko - some at Tate Modern, many in MoMA and also Paris
Eardley - collection at National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh
Mitchell - MoMa NY
Sorrolla - one in National Gallery and best in Museo del Prado Madrid
App called See Saw useful for current and upcoming exhibitions eg. Portraits by Jenny Saville in London
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Hmmm…some doable, thanks for the heads up, though the best thing in the Tate Modern is the exit door, Tate Britain is more my cup of tea
But each to their own
On a separate ( sort of connected point) I’ve recently been in the National Portrait Gallery after its 40 odd million revamp and to be honest I can’t see where the money went ( other than developers back pocket)
Yes the access for the less able is better but £40 million and 3 years work?
Plus what still annoys me are the description plaques for the paintings, far too small and impossible to see unless you’re the only viewer. Even then you have to get close up and squint at them like Mr Magoo to read about those magnificent pieces of art.
Should have gone to spec savers I suppose ( and bought a telescope)
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