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So you have a favourite painting?

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CaulkheadUpNorth · 06/03/2015 16:30

This is mine. It's called A pageant of childhood By Thomas Cooper Gotch

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PiggyBeekman · 07/03/2015 20:40

Certain Uncertainties by Christian Vincent. I could stare at this all day.

spaceal · 07/03/2015 20:15

MrsWembley we're watching Mr Turner tonight - I loved it when we saw it at the cinema and the story of Snow Storm is a key part of the film.

spaceal · 07/03/2015 20:12

It is, isn't it Dharma? Loads of Peter Lanyon's are amazing.

I love Frida Kahlo too squizita, and Diego Rivera's murals too.

MrsWembley did you get to the Late Turner exhibition at the Tate? Snow Storm blew me away.

Lanyon was really influenced by Turner, something that really made sense to me after going to the exhibition. Both painted a lot of storms at sea.

This is another good one.

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Mumzy · 07/03/2015 20:11

I love Raoul Dufy's paintings of views of Nice. They make me feel happy

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Lagoonablue · 07/03/2015 19:55

Hunters in the snow by Breughel.

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 07/03/2015 19:49

His animal paintings are pretty awesome too

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MooseBeTimeForSnow · 07/03/2015 19:48

This is my current favourite. It is called "Leave a Mark" by a local artist called Lucas Seaward. He paints using bitumen. I'm in the "oil sands" of Alberta, Canada

MrsWembley · 07/03/2015 19:47

I hope they don't fuck up in the new film...

MrsWembley · 07/03/2015 19:45

This is another: Death on a Pale Horse.

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MrsWembley · 07/03/2015 19:44

I have four particular Turners I used to go sit and look at whenever I was in London. I managed to get DP to the Tate once, to show him what I was banging on about, and all of them were in store! Grrr...

This is one of them: Snow Storm - Steam Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

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squizita · 07/03/2015 19:42

...less depressing. .. I love The Haywain www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-constable-the-hay-wain ...just a moment of everyday, captured so simply and calmly.

squizita · 07/03/2015 19:29

Not exactly a favourite, but Freida Kahlo's "Ford Hospital" struck me utterly dumb when I first saw it. It's pretty graphic and yet personal and touching (warning: deals with pregnancy loss). I've never seen anything so raw and real about this in art before or since. www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/Ford-Hospital.html

livefastlove · 07/03/2015 19:25

My dd,10 likes art and surprised me by really liking Picasso, she likes. La reve she tells me art has to have a meaning! But I prefer pretty landscapes.

Merguez · 07/03/2015 19:09

Botticelli's Birth of Venus

trickleupeffect · 07/03/2015 19:04

Hieronymous Bosch, Garden of Delights- teenage obsession I have never grown out of.... Also, I teach Spanish so this gives me an excuse to have lots of Dali and Picasso prints in my classroom, some of my current favourites have been mentioned, like Picasso's stark but unmistakable Don Quixote. Also love Van Gogh and lots of Japanese artists. You can never surround yourself with too many beautiful, uplifting things.

MedusaIsHavingaBadHairday · 07/03/2015 11:02

Dali's St John of the cross for me too. Just incredible!

DharmaBumpkin · 07/03/2015 09:25

spaceal that painting is gorgeous!

DharmaBumpkin · 07/03/2015 09:23

Landscape paintings by Kyffin Williams. I live in Gwynedd, so they are beautiful to me on a familiar level.

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CaulkheadUpNorth · 07/03/2015 08:58

Wow, I'm so glad I started this tread - there are so many painings on here I've never seen before.
Thank you all

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Holdthepage · 07/03/2015 08:49

Starlight over the Rhone by Van Gogh, saw it in Paris. Made my eyes water, it was so beautiful.

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Pixa · 07/03/2015 08:42

My favourite piece of art is Bernini's Pluto and Prosperina. It's so moving.

In terms of paintings, I love the different theories behind The Touch of God and I love Michelangelo's humour (or revenge) in The Last Judgement.

Henri Matisse Blue Nude II is another favourite.

PacificDogwood · 07/03/2015 08:32

spaceal, if you have a chance see (some) of them in many museums in Munich - they are spectacular in RL Smile

I also like large format Rembrandts like The NIght Watch for atmosphere and detail. I often wish I knew more about history and history of art.

Hoppinggreen · 07/03/2015 08:29

I love Picasso's Guernica, it's amazing and I find new things every time I look at it. The story behind it is fascinating (but tragic as well)
I have been lucky enough to see it " in the flesh" twice and it was one of the reasons we went to Madrid on Honeymoon so I could see it !!

Bubblybint · 07/03/2015 08:23

The Pebble paintings by Ester Roi are spectacular - they make me feel happy Smile

spaceal · 07/03/2015 08:13

Pacific I love those!