Favourite painters

[Phantonym]

i like his paintings.
also he looks very contemporary. like within the last 10 years or so.

Yes, Asencio is a contemporary painter.

 

[Nonsensical]

Brett Whiteley:

Kay Sage:

Van Gogh:

 

[mockingbird]

Marc Chagall

 

[OrangeAppled]

I like Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Eyck a lot.

Goya (I think I like his drawings more than his paintings though)

And this is an image that leaves an impression:

 

[mockingbird]

Zdzislaw Beksinski

 

[Kingfisher]

i really enjoy N.C. Wyeth's paintings. he painted some famous illustrations for Treasure Island, and several other books. his son was Andrew Wyeth, who was also a great painter.
Treasure Island was my favorite book when i was a kid. i have my old copy with N.C. Wyeth's illustrations. it has fallen all apart, the pages are pretty much entirely loose individually, and the binding is just trashed. haha.

here's a photo of N.C. Wyeth, and some of his paintings/illustrations:

 

[Phantonym]

Andrew Atroshenko

http://www.fineartandsoul.com/upload/Atroshenko/Andrew-Crimson_Dancer_40x40-G.jpg

http://www.artleaders.com/media/ccp0/prodsm/andrews/intothelight-thumb.jpg

http://www.piersidegallery.com/artists/andrew/andrew-2008-flyin-art-atroshenko-painting.jpg

http://www.nesegallery.com/parthenon/triglyphs/store/products/Ballerina Andrew Atroshenko.jpg

http://www.ameansofexpression.com/images/art/atroshenko/FieryDance40x24.jpg

http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/2/23/974/23974728_AndrewTango36x30O.jpg

 

[Lady_X]

I like Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Eyck a lot.

Goya (I think I like his drawings more than his paintings though)

And this is an image that leaves an impression:

love those.

 

[Lady_X]

Zdzislaw Beksinski

oh wow that's cool too.

 

[Kanamori]

George Inness "The Valley of the Shadow of Death"
(I'm not religious, but if you want art, there you have it, IMO)

The Deleware Water Gap (Civil War painting)

 

[INTP]

i dont have eny single favourite, but this kemia guy is one of my favourites

 

[SilkRoad]

Most of my favourite painters were active at least 150 years ago. Much modern art feels quite empty to me.

My favourite painters for several years have been: Turner, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rembrandt...there are others but those are the main ones.

As far as really modern painters go, I do like Francis Bacon but I think he could get pretty tiresome after a while.

 

[Kanamori]

Julian Alden Weir
The Bridge: Nocturne

 

[BlueScreen]

William Bouguereau is a definite favorite of mine.

Detail is stunning. So are the eyes.

 

[brainheart]

I like way too many to mention. But at the moment, I especially like this guy:

James Kochalka

 

[Halla74]

Salvador Dali

 

[slowriot]

Rene Magritte

Gerhard Richter

Kandinsky

Lauritz Tuxen

P.S. Krøyer

 

[WoodsWoman]

Andrew Wyeth

 

[BlueSprout]

Favorite surrealists (or artists who had a similar approach and aesthetic, but didn't label themselves as such.)

Remedios Varo:

Beksinski:

 

[theadoor]

Krøyer is awesome, seen the originals of those paintings at Skagen. Ancher family paintings were nice too.