who are your favorite artists?

Hi, I just love an artist named Guy Rose. He is an American Impressionist. I also like Frank Benson.

Myself of course, but also there is Sam Yeates of Austin, we just did a review of his work for Capitol City A&E Magazine. He is originally well known for his Armadillo World Headquarters Poster Artist, but now he is dipping his tool into oil.

Which posters did he do? Which concerts? I remember many of these.

Sam did posters for LoneStar Beer, for several musicians around Texas, Bob Segar, lots of blues musicians. You can see original oils at Wild About Music.

I'm not bad myself!?! http://www.io.com/~larue

Hi, my name is Denise, I am an avid collector of Harrison Fisher, I have been collecting for about twenty years. I collect bookplates, some covers, postcards, novels and I am trying to find some original art and some different pieces such as calendars and I also have heard of a room screen that is decorated with his work. I have several large illustrated books and many novels that Harrison Fisher illustrated. I would be very interested in any information and or material done by Fisher. Thanks Denise

The Pre-Rapaelites as a movement, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in particular. It's no longer quite the indicator of poor taste that it once was, and I can safely admit I'm a Rossetti admirer even in academic circles.

What are Rosetti's more famous paintings?

Pretending I didn't hear that . . . ashamed to say, I don't have a clue. There are simply too many artists to be able to keep up, I swear. I have about 500 favourite artists, but I'll start with a top 10 - but they're all ones. Peter Mwahalugange (my all-time favourite and friend) Joyce Mbonani (favourite Ndebele artist) Andr� Derain August Macke Alexej von Jawlensky Ljubow Popowa Franz Marc Wassily Kadinsky Vincent van Gogh Sonia Delaunay-Terk (like her work better than that of her husband, Robert Delaunay) Expressionism is my thing.

Doug La Rue, I've just checked out your page. Nice.

my favourite artist is M C Escher. I studied him quite a bit in my art course this year, and really really enjoyed his work. i wrote my essay ("MC Escher and the link between art and mathematics") on his illustrations etc.

Hope you still have it - once we get going here, that's the kind of thing I want us to share. Mike, can you tell me how to do that background thing, and how to scan in pictures? I have a scanner, but have only had it for three days, so I'm still a little clueless.

yeah, sure. probably best to drop by the porch conference. i'll open a host-help topic there to pre-empt the host conference that we seem to be getting.

Thanks, Mike - will have a look!

Hi Terry and Riette, I'm just visiting...came over from Drool. Great conference.....will come often. Congratulations! And oh,BTW...Camille Pissaro is my fav. So I guess I belong with the Impressionists.

I'm a big Impressionist fan too, especially of Renoir. Gotta love Matisse!!

Hi, I'm Renate and managed to take a break from Drool :-). I love water colour painting, particularly English Landscapes and German Romanticism. Have to think about a list of my favourites, but J.M.W.(?) Turner is one of them.

Joseph Mallord William - Turner. An amazing painter, a visionary far ahead of his own times. Can't say he's a particular favourite of mine, but I have a great respect and admiration for him. (I also normally dwell in Drool, but hope to be popping in occasionally to have a look around.)

Didn't he do a painting of haystacks? Turner, I mean.

BIG WELCOME TO THE DROOL SISTERS!!!! THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING! Terry, you just can't tear your mind from the hay, can you?? Anyway, it's quite possible that Turner painted haystacks during his travels to Holland and France, though I can't think of one off-hand. You're not thinking of Millet in that respect, are you? One of Turner's most famous (and beautiful) paintings, is Steamboad off a Harbour's mouth. I'll try and find it, and post it here.

This is an address to the tate gallery, with A HUGE AMOUNT of Turner pics, but no haystack so far :-( http://www.tate.org.uk/coll/cchtm/turnerj1.htm But at least there's one that is called "Walton Reach". http://www.tate.org.uk/coll/cchtm/n02681_c.htm

I'm a Van Gogh gal, m'self :-)

Thank you, Nan! And I'm with you - I absolutely ADORE Van Gogh's paintings. The lines and colour, the movement in his skies, the texture of his ground, it is all so beautiful. And the second painting (The Church at Auvers, painted June 1890) is one of my favourite paintings by him - saw it last year in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris, and it's even more impressive in real life than on photos. The colours are just incredible.

Isn't he great? My kids love "Starry Night."

Oh, I absolutely ADORE Starry Night! So, just for our pleasure: Vincent van Gogh 'Starry Night' 1889 He painted it after going into an asylum at St R�my at his own request in May that year. I must say if going insane would help me paint like that, I'd gladly give um my only slightly instable frame of mind for a frenzy.

now i can put the name with the work. he did scream, right? i particularly love the swirls and how everything is an impression. so if you stand back and look, you know what the composition is. the big black waves in the foreground make me think of a bonfire (the smoke)

oh, that asylum was probably the only place he could find some quiet!

Hmm, there's a thought! His work must have been shocking in those days. Mad or not, I find him probably the 'sexiest' figure from the past - passionate, intense, sensitive, strange, impulsive, energetic, lonely, waiting for a woman like me to revive his ragged, ravaged soul......!!

well then he definately was ahead of his time, wouldn't you say?

I think he was - mad as a hare, or not. Perhaps he went mad BECAUSE of that.

yeah, cuz he knew you were coming but didn't know when *sigh* how romantic *wink*

That would be a nice thought to flatter myself with, but I suspect it was more a case of seeing I was coming, and thinking: FU�K!!!

LOL!!

Incredible energy in Van Gogh's work/life!! However, I feel sure "The scream" was painted by Edvard Munch, who may be Norwegian. Maybe we can post a picture of that one, eh art goddess?

I'm not the art goddess but I posted it anyway. Being a Norwegian and all.

Thanks! Gotta love it. I have an inflatable version.

had heard that about you...

Ha ha!!! It would really say something about me if "the Scream" turned me on!

Thanks for that Autumn, and Terry. I think 'the Scream' is a fantastic painting. I find it amazing how this artist could paint really expreme psychological states with such and unprecedented conviction and intensity - it almost borders on the frenzied at times. Apparently he once said of his own art: 'Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls.' Great stuff!! You're Norwegian, Terry?

Half. On my dad's side.

And have you ever been to Norway? How are you today, Terry?

I'm ok except for my mouth which is swollen a bit from my dental work. I've never been to Europe, much less Norway. My sister, the traveler, has been to Norway though. And so has my dad.

i like scream. it takes a lot of bravery to show a relevant human emotion such as anger or fear (or even total surprise) in a world that always wants a happy ending.

I think so too. Some artists do it to shock people, or because they think it 'the modern was'. But not Munch. His pictures are real.

And now for something quite different. . . . Pierre Puvis De Chavannes (1824-1898) 'The Balloon' 1870 136cm x 86cm I saw this one in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris last year, and found it just wonderful in real life.

Is that Steve Forrester up there??

ha-ha!!!! No, it's Barney, actually.

And let us not forget that truly great one, Leonardo de Vinci. Leonardo de Vinci 'Portrait of Mona Lisa' 1503-1506 While this is by far not my favourite painting, seeing it in the Louvre was utterly impressive. Did you visit the Louvre when you were in Paris, Autumn? What did you think of it?

FANTASTIC. I could've spent 18 hours there barefoot! ha ha. Loved seeing this one from behind the little brass railing, it was such a thrill.

Next time I'll probably stay even longer, what with the new Egyptian department!

My favourite Art Nouveau artists is Alphonse Mucha, and so I'll give you one of his: Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Strangely entitled: 'The Cowslip' (!!)

strange indeed! a girlfriend of mine (back when we were younger) had a book full of these pictures that were devoid of color. we had lots of fun coloring them in.

in case ya didn't know, a cowslip is a flower...

I didn't - thanks for that; a comforting thought. I thought the girl was on her way to present some lucky bull with those flowers!

Here is something I like: Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) 'Tall Trees in Autumn' 1876 I don't know much about this painter. He was a French landscape painter, one of the minor figures of the Impressionist group. And he was one lucky guy. Lack of success made it impossible for him to rely on art for income - until he won a lottery in 1891, that is. This enabled him to devote all his time to painting for the rest of his life! The painting itself I find really really pretty.

Wolf's sky is just as good as his! But yes, the fall colors are perfect.

thanks, Autumn...the whole picture brings to mind the smell of fall in the air, the crispness of it...

And I like the way the trees on the right just goes on forever, almost like the artist intended for them to reach straight into heaven. Wolf's sky is potentially BETTER than his.

my favorite artists are paul cezanne for his work with pointillism.....and van gogh for his dedication to his friend in cutting off his right ear from an arguement they had had over a piece of artwork that van gogh was doing at the time....but michealangelo shows patience and perseverence in making a masterpiece like the Sistine Chapel,,,that actually crippled him from holding his head back like he did for so long.......

Interesting about Michaelangelo, Judy. Have you been to the Sistine Chapel, Riette?

Once. It was a very moving experience, even though at the time I wasn't really into art. I remember standing there and thinking what bliss it must be to have such talent, to make something so profoundly beautiful with ones hands; I thought this not only because of the art, but the chapel itself is just so beautiful. I still think that!!!! I mean, my art is really worthless, absolutely worthless compared to that sort of thing. Unfortunately one isn't allowed to take photos in there - no idea how the ell photos of it get into art books!!! I want to ask you something too, Terry: do you get these really big, fantastic cathedrals in America?

Nothing on the scale of Monmartre or the Sistine Chapel. Or at least nothing that I know about.

What a shame. Being inside on of them is such a singular experience - makes your skin tickle. My favourite cathedral will always be Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford - the first one I ever entered. I have not been able to just walk past one since that day - I HAVE to go in.

Has anyone here heard of Louise Moillon?

No, but I sure would like to hear about her.

me either. is she a painter? or a potential springeur?

No, better! Louise Moillon was a professional artist in the 17th century! Isn't that incredible???

And her claim to fame?

Two surviving still lives, painted before and just as she turned 20. Then she married, had children, and gave up her career like a good 17th century woman.

so how long was she a professional painter? and did she actually make a living?

Yes, she actually made a living from painting, though only for a very short time, because she married so young, and then did what all other women did. But still I find it so amazing! I never knew there existed such a thing as a 17th century female painter! I want to go to the library on Friday to see what I can find on her; I don't think much exists, but I get such a kick out of it!

sounds neat. i mean, in that century, a woman actually making a living on her own without doing the street walking thing. that's way cool. i certainly hope she kept painting even after she married. at least for herself and her children.

I hope she kept it up after marriage. In those days women died giving birth, fairly often. I hope that is not what happened.

hi patrick! are you new here? by all means introduce yourself in the porch conf, topic 1, "lets introduce ourselves"

hi patrick!

Hello, wolf.

Where ya' from Mr. T?

Welcome home, Patrick. I believe Louise Moillon simply stopped painting when she married - sadly so, because her work is truly exquisite. The little I have seen anyway. Back in the 17th century women were basically expected to tend to household and kids full time after getting married, and I suspect that is what happened to her too. But I must do some more research first.

I hope that she did do more painting at some point.

Hopefully I'll manage to find that out.