Nighthawks and Automat, both by Edward Hopper, but Hopper's work in general is really exquisite in its depiction of contemplative solitude that I feel is really unique and defining. Besides that, I find works by JC Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell to be iconic in their own ways as well.
Rob Gonsalves made some awesome paintings. He focuses on magical realism and illusions. People have probably seen his stuff around. He painted the waterfall that turns into dancing women. I'm fond of his space-themed ones.
Monet was good, but I don't know his paintings well enough to point out a specific one. I also like Starry Night. Oh, and The Swing by Jean-Honorรฉ Fragonard! I want to see The Apotheosis of War by Vasily Vereshchagin in real life. It's/huge/ (127ร197cm)!
I LOOOOVVVEEEE Alphonse Mucha's paintings with the way he incorporates lines and movement within flowing frames (and just the art nouveau movement in general!!! its my favorite art movement secondly to gothic architecture, mainly gothic cathedrals!!), John Singer Sargent's paintings with his ethereal realism that looks just like dipping a paintbrush into a memory, and Claude Monet's paintings with bright colors that spark nostalgia and peacefulness!!!
i've always been a big fan of rembrandt (because of my artist dad lmao) so really most of his stuff is rlly fun. like The Storm on the Sea of Galilee obviously but also like. so many of them have such nice textures and values! (like The Mill, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Supper at Emmaus etc) and his environments are sick!! esp those trees... (Christ and St Mary Magdalen at the Tomb, The Stone Bridge, Landscape with the Good Samaritan and all that!)
ive also always been a big fan of Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich because in hs i had it as my pfp in online class and everyone associated it with me lmao. so that ones more personal. but its also pretty cool lookin! i like that one
anyway sorry for goin a lil crazy on rembrandt there u reminded me to look at his paintings again and i had a bunch of fun LMAO
may be a bit basic but i LOVE the Garden of Earthly Delights..... I spent like 2 hours staring at it instead of writing my art history final its so incredibly intricate
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Monet was good, but I don't know his paintings well enough to point out a specific one. I also like Starry Night. Oh, and The Swing by Jean-Honorรฉ Fragonard! I want to see The Apotheosis of War by Vasily Vereshchagin in real life. It's/huge/ (127ร197cm)!
ive also always been a big fan of Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich because in hs i had it as my pfp in online class and everyone associated it with me lmao. so that ones more personal. but its also pretty cool lookin! i like that one
anyway sorry for goin a lil crazy on rembrandt there u reminded me to look at his paintings again and i had a bunch of fun LMAO
* Caspar David Fredrich - Winter Landscape
* Ken Currie - Tragic Form (Skate) [contains gore!]
* Francisco Goya - Witches' Fight