Who's your favourite painter?

TheMarlin · July 2016

Trevor did a lovely job of our stairs and landing.

bigjon · July 2016

Walter Steggles - follow East London Group on Twitter. http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n498/bigjon1684/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20160721_053914.jpg

p90fool · July 2016

Just like music, it's impossible to pick just one, but if pushed I'd say either Rembrandt or Cezanne.

cacophony · July 2016

rembrandt, i stood in front of one of his self portraits in the national gallery, just breathtaking.

EricTheWeary · July 2016

MrsTheWeary was the one who studied art and Rossetti is the family favourite .
http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y513/phlplls/Mobile Uploads/2016-07/92AAEC24-632E-4291-998A-A5A40FFE9984_zpssarvasbc.jpg

And an honourable mention for local artist Percy Shakespeare, although having problems with the link so you'll have to imagine.

Finally the anonymous painter of Boy With Penis. An art student moved in to our shared student house for a short while and left behind one of his paintings. Anonymous because I can't remember his name. I kept the painting for a few years but MrsTheWeary eventually convinced me to part with it. However, if taste in art comes up then Boy With Penis gets mentioned as an example of how little I know...

CabbageCat · July 2016

I went through the normal Dali and Escher phases as a student. Nowadays I'd rather have a Captain America poster on my wall.

BigLicks67 · July 2016

Rembrandt, Picasso, Constable. Also, some of Picasso's paintings feature guitarists or guitars so he must be good.

Neil · July 2016

Although I love many kinds of art the Pre Raphaelites are my favourites, I note Rosetti was mentioned earlier.

It's the other worldly feel and absolute skill in the brushwork that I wonder at.

The lady of Shalott by Waterhouse...

Image: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/N/N01/N01543_9.jpg

and Hylas and the nymphs...

Image: http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/assets/images/content/waterhouse/hi/waterhouse50.jpg

Ophelia by Millais

RobDavies · July 2016

Winny_Pooh said:

Gustav Klimt
http://imagecache5d.allposters.com/watermarker/63-6358-X2H8100Z.jpg?ch=774&cw=776

Nice.

We have a similar Klimt canvas above our fireplace. I'd post a picture but that whole process is flipping nightmare these days....

RobDavies · July 2016

Winny_Pooh said:

Bronzino
http://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/England - London/London/National Gallery Top 20/slides/London National Gallery Top 20 10 Bronzino - An Allegory with Venus and Cupid.jpg

Ginger hair, small penis and carrying someone's internal organs? That's a picture of Sambostar, right?

axisus · July 2016

I studied Art 30 years ago for my degree. I just can't pin down a favourite painter right now. I'll have to think about it and come back.

Clarky · July 2016

my dad and uncle are pro artists.. their work is amazing

personally I like the big Renaissance fellas most
and some of the unusual Salvador Dali stuff..

but top of the list is this
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/JEAN_LOUIS_THÉODORE_GÉRICAULT_-_La_Balsa_de_la_Medusa_(Museo_del_Louvre,_1818-19).jpg

DamianP · July 2016

Edward Hopper

JezWynd · July 2016

Too many to pin it down to one but I recently got my first opportunity to get up close to a Van Gogh and it blew me away. There's so much personality in the application of the paint that isn't revealed by a print.

Recently I've been getting into Andrew Wyeth's work since getting his Autobiography.

chrispy108 · July 2016

Bosch - his work looks likes it's from the future, but it's 500 years old.
Goya
Titian - I've seen three in person (rape of Europa in Boston, and the two the UK bought) and they really are stunning.

stickyfiddle · July 2016

I can't really get on with Rembrandt. I've tried, and he was clearly phenomenal, but they're all so miserable.

I do love Van Gogh though. Maybe a cliche, but just astonishing stuff. I sat for a good 30 minutes in the Van Gogh room in the Met. I could've stayed all day.

hungrymark · July 2016

Caravaggio, Raphael, Leonardo float my boat from Renaissance/Baroque period. Turner and Constable of the Brits, yup.

Bezzer · July 2016

Dali and Picasso are top of the list for me. This in particular, saw it in Tate modern, fell in love with it and now have a full size canvas print of it in my hallway http://www.pablopicasso.org/images/paintings/goat-skull-bottle-and-candle.jpg