Favourite Works of Art

[Elmer B Fuddled]

Great Elmer.

I have read much history on the American West and collected numerous monographs on individual artists over several years.

I still have some antique Navajo turquoise, but have given most of it away.

This bracelet was my favourite piece.
Turquoise from the Royston mine that ceased to be active in the mid 1950s.

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Beautiful.

 

[Elmer B Fuddled]

Beautiful painting. The guy somehow reminds me of Jeff Bridges.

The man actually reminds me of my uncle who trapped the mountains and streams in Idaho, USA and along the tributaries of the Clark Fork river, which was named after the explorers Lewis and Clark. Too bad it became so polluted. The mining operations along the river dumped their waste into it. Cleaning it over the years removing heavy chemicals and destroying the river beds. Spawning fish has declined.

 

[Juan]

Too bad it became so polluted. The mining operations along the river dumped their waste into it. Cleaning it over the years removing heavy chemicals and destroying the river beds. Spawning fish has declined.

That's such a pity. Governments should do something about pollution and climate change while there is still time.

 

[Jazzer]

My floppy pussycats are literally works of art.
Salvador Dali would be proud.

 

[Jazzer]

William Robinson Leigh.
Western artist (1866 - 1955)

 

[Juan]

Takashi Murakami (not the Japanese writer):

 

[Damocles]

For @Farida:

 

[Jazzer]

A few more gems from the brush of
William Robinson Leigh.

Enjoy

 

[Juan]

The first one is really impressive, but the Internet picture lacks quality.

 

[Juan]

Amazing Dutch painter:

 

[Steph1710]

Amazing Dutch painter:

Did you see these in person? I love Bruegel!

 

[aot]

A great Batman piece by Lee Bermajo, who is almost entirely self taught. This has been my phone's lockscreen for over a year.

 

[Juan]

Did you see these in person? I love Bruegel!

Yes, there are a few in Vienna.

 

[ALS]

@aot, badass

 

[aot]

Something for @Jazzer.

The Gunfight at the O.K Corral, by Don Percival.

 

[aura]

 

[Juan]

 

[aot]

Concept art for Nausicaä of The Valley of The Wind, by Hayao Myazaki.

 

[aura]

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Concept art for Nausicaä of The Valley of The Wind, by Hayao Myazaki.

Just watched with my 7-year-old girl "Kiki's Delivery Service".

It's the first time I've seen her so impressed.

She even asked me to pause the movie here and looked at this image for a few minutes. She said that this is the most beautiful house and sunset ever

Also, "Spirited Away" is one of her favourites.

 

[Jazzer]

Something for @Jazzer.

The Gunfight at the O.K Corral, by Don Percival.

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Thanks for this @aot.

I've read so much about this scenario.

 

[TracyJS]

Album Cover Art. Tears for Fears.

 

[Jazzer]

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What a fabulous intuitive design.

So true of what can happen to children.

 

[Damocles]

So I was lying in bed, thinking about @kuromi's new avatar... Azura (¯﹃¯*)

Then I decided thinking about her wasn't enough. So I started looking her up online, and lo and behold, I found these...

and liked them; because I belong to a generation of degenerate man children that would like to date cartoon girls.

(artist is this guy: https://twitter.com/harunn2288)

 

[Tanni]

Timoclea, Elisabetta Sirani

Depicts a woman throwing her rapist down a well.

 

[Tanni]

Pablo Gargallo:

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I like the combination of full and empty spaces in his sculptures.

Those are beautiful, @Juan!

Below is - I *believe* - the Torse de Clotho, Camille Claudel.

Camille was institutionalised by her brother at a young age, and although doctors insisted there was nothing wrong with her, he refused to release her and she died there 30 years later.

 

[Damocles]

Below is - I *believe* - the Torse de Clotho, Camille Claudel.

Camille was institutionalised by her brother at a young age, and although doctors insisted there was nothing wrong with her, he refused to release her and she died there 30 years later.

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I don't know... seems like she had a couple things wrong with her if you ask me...

 

[Tanni]

I don't know... seems like she had a couple things wrong with her if you ask me...

Yeah, thought you might.

 

[aot]

The Fiancée of Belus by Henri-Paul Motte

 

[Juan]

Those are beautiful, @Juan!

Below is - I *believe* - the Torse de Clotho, Camille Claudel.

Camille was institutionalised by her brother at a young age, and although doctors insisted there was nothing wrong with her, he refused to release her and she died there 30 years later.

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I was thinking that's a beautiful sculpture!

 

[Christiaan]

The Seven Works of Mercy by the Master of Alkmaar (1504):

1. To instruct the ignorant.
2. To counsel the doubtful.
3. To admonish the sinners.
4. To bear patiently those who wrong us.
5. To forgive offenses.
6. To comfort the afflicted.
7. To pray for the living and the dead