Who is your favorite classic painter, and what picture of his/hers do you most enjoy and why?

Van Gogh's Irises of course.

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Severin Roesen's Still Life With Flowers and Bird's Nest (at the Huntington)

I enjoy the detail of the piece and it is very restful.

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Mae,

I’m very fond of the Dutch painter, Rembrandt van Rijn. My favorite is Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer.

Rembrandt contrasts the importance of material success, fame, and power, with being true to art. Aristotle is resplendent in the finery provided by his most prestigious pupil, Alexander the Great, but whom the philosopher had failed to form spiritually. He is looking at a bust of the great blind poet Homer. The bust shows us that Homer was poor. What matters more, the material success of a failed teacher or the true art of a pauper?

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jseal...My dear sir, you appear to be a true connoisseur.

Although I have many favorites one of my top five is Dali

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BigBad i've gone to his museum in St Pete. Amazing to see his work up close.



I love many different artists for many different reasons. I love Klimt's work because he paints like my mind works. When I am looking at something my mind is swirling and racing with a thousand thoughts and he paints the thought right into the painting. In turn which allows my mind to turn off and focus on his work.

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LOL! Lil - that first one looks like one of my daughter's slumber parties! I love that one!!!