OT Favourite painting

[ragingpup]

My daughter's painting of our late dog and our house, which shows said dog rising majestically at twice the size of our house and looking like the maniac idiot he was. Monet and van Goch can't touch that!

[sawmiller]

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)

Good point about the descriptions - sometimes need larger, clearer fonts, especially in dimmer light conditions. I’ve been collecting for years (some now insured and in safe places/on loan) so have developed very broad tastes. As you say rightly, each to their own - always very subjective.

Small gallery in Dulwich (name escapes me) has some great work by a lesser known French Impressionist - Berthe Morisot - worth a visit if down that way

As for Turner - think the man was a genius - for me the first real Impressionist - his use of paint and understanding of tone/texture was way ahead of its time - a highly talented if somewhat imperfect maverick

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Good point about the descriptions - sometimes need larger, clearer fonts, especially in dimmer light conditions. I’ve been collecting for years (some now insured and in safe places/on loan) so have developed very broad tastes. As you say rightly, each to their own - always very subjective.

Small gallery in Dulwich (name escapes me) has some great work by a lesser known French Impressionist - Berthe Morisot - worth a visit if down that way

Not the Dulwich Picture Gallery then?

Smaller than there?

[sawmiller]

Not the Dulwich Picture Gallery then?

Smaller than there?

That’s the one

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I think there’s a Rubens theme on there at the moment if you like that Flemish/ Dutch stuff

[sawmiller]

I think there’s a Rubens theme on there at the moment if you like that Flemish/ Dutch stuff

Thanks - it’s his portraits that I particularly like

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Best check on the dates ��

I saw the advert on the free paper on London Undergound back in early October, so it might have been and gone

[CAMiller]

Not at all an art connoisseur but interesting to see the posts on here.

My favourite is an oil painting done specifically for me by my cousin. He is a local artist around the Sheffield area (he used to display some of his stuff in the art shop 'upstairs' in the outside market by Adam and Eve (that dates it)). The one he did for me is of a steam train passing through a cutting in Rotherham/Sheffield but I can never remember where.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Sheffield area is a cultural desert for art

The Graves art gallery is a disgrace.

Very poor for a city the size of Sheffield

[CTMilller]

I've always liked the work of Pierre Doutreleau, a French artist who is most well known for his coastal scenes in the Camague, his skyscraper filled New York street images and his American football action paintings.

I also enjoy the English water-colourist, Davis Paskett, who visited Hong Kong when I lived there and painted some brilliant local street life works.

When I was still working, and could just about afford it, I bought a painting by each of them: a Camargue boats image by Doutreleau and a Wan Chai market scene by Paskett.

I treasure them both