I have been creating a series of posts about favorite writers in a variety of categories, and I wanted to expand to considering other art forms. With this idea in mind, I want to consider favorite painters. I have loved and studied art history as an interest throughout my life, so I want to explore what painters others like.
For this post, I will include
Leonardo da Vinci
Claude Monet
and
Vincent Van Gogh
I ask all of you: who are some of your favorite painters?
Edward Hopper
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Excellent choice!
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frida kahlo, basquiat, monet, vermeer
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Salvador Dali and El Greco
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Lyonel Feininger, John Brack, Cezanne, Monet, Ivor Hele, Arthur Streeton, Hugh Ramsay…
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That is quite a group!
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Monet & Picasso
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Recently I came across one post on social media & believe me this was by far the most realistic artwork I’ve ever seen in my life by Chinese artist leng jun. you can definitely look into that stuff.
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Thank you for the suggestion.
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What would this reality be
with Pablo Picasso
and Salvador Dali?
Just to mention …
the Spanish Connection 😎
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Yes!
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You’ve included three I really like, especially Van Gogh. As for other painters, I recently discovered some of Picasso’s early works, which are closer to realism and definitely among my favourites.
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Yes, I think they are better than his cubist work.
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I adore Alphonse Mucha’s work. Not only is it beautiful but he made a point of making it accessible for everyone, not just the upper class art gallery frequenters.
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Excellent point!
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Millais, Holman Hunt, Dali, stanley Spencer,
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I like the three you mentioned of course. Who cannot not? I also love Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, Georgia O’Keefe.
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Excellent choices!
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Soooo many! Every work carries a message.
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Yes, they are!
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Leonardo, yes! Other “oldies”–Vermeer and Rembrandt. Complete and total fan of John Singer Sargent.
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Thank you for excellent choices!
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Bosch, Chagall (a kind of modern Bosch), Kahlo, Grant Wood, and those in this post – when I tried to “just pick one,” I just couldn’t! I 💕 art!
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They are wonderful choices!
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Van Gogh is undoubtedly my favorite painter.
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He was brilliant!
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He was. I’ve seen quite a few of his paintings.
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I took a college class on Art History once, and since then I’ve always rather liked Raphael, Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Monet, and Van Gogh.
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They are all brilliant artists!
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The 3 you mentioned but I prefer Van Gogh’s landscapes from his time in Arles the most.
In addition to those 3 I love J.M.W.Turner, Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Titian, and Wysocki.
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All are wonderful choices!
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Vincent van Gogh, Albrecht Durer, and Sandro Botticelli.
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All are excellent choices!
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I like the feeling of Monet’s paintings and also love Mary Cassatt, Renoir, and other Impressionists, as well.
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The Impressionists are my favorite movement.
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I was always fascinated by Salvador Dali.
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Hi surrealistic paintings are fascinating.
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Chagall – for his almost childlike use of primary colours. Hopper for his voyeuristic American street scenes (particularly nighthawks). Picasso for his range of skills – ( in his youth he was an amazing classically trained artist before he became more experimental/cubist and later, toward the end of his life, was more involved in ceramics and sculpture). He was also a stage set designer and poet. BUT there are many many others all very worthy.
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Thank you for these artists!
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Van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Monet, Georgia O’Keefe, and I’m sure there are others I’ve forgotten!
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Currently – Monet, Monet and Monet.. 😉 😉
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I love all three choices!
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This might be the most difficult question you’ve asked here for me, Charles! 😉 Having studied art history I would probably make your comment section explode if I were to list them all! 😂 So instead I will limit myself to only 3: Boticelli, Caravaggio and Vermeer. 😊 (Ah! It really hurts to stop there! 😂)
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Sarah, all are excellent choices!
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You have picked three of the best. I would like to add Edward Hopper, Wassily Kandinsky, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Maxfield Parrish.
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All are excellent choices!
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You are welcome!
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Chagall. And Hopper for me, also.
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Wonderful choices!
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Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir,
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