D. Allan Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 Here is a picture to ponder and maybe inspire you to making your self-portrait. - Arthur Armstrong (1924-1996), and Irish Artist He has drawn in a simple almost doodling manner but straightforward and honest. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 . Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 What a beautiful painting! Off to google "Serebryakova"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 Zinaida Serebryakova, (1884-1967) Russian "At Breakfast", 1914 Oil on Canvas, 88.5x107 cm The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, Russia source: http://www.russianartgallery.org/ Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 OOOOo I really like that piece. Looks like soup for breakfast. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Could this Russian artist be the mother of the three children at breakfast in the painting above? The portrait below was painted in 1922. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 . Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 You find the most amazing paintings! Love this one as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 The big birds just overhead bring a person right into the picture - as if sitting in a rowboat. I never saw anything like it! Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Why have we not seen more of these great Russian paintings? Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Isaak Levitan, the 'Chopin' of landscape painters. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 a painting for animal lovers to ponder Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 . Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 Another beautiful Russian painting of a beautiful girl. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 Quote: "Springtime in Eskdale" is an extremely detailed landscape painting by the Scottish artist James McIntosh Patrick. It depicts "The Crooks" in Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, birthplace of the famous engineer Thomas Telford (1757-1834). Patrick painted it in 1934 to mark the centenary of his death. The painting shows people visiting a cottage, a farmer ploughing a field and a river in the middle ground. Light spreads evenly throughout the scene, except for a long shadow in the foreground, suggesting that the artist looked down on the landscape from on high. Patrick loved to paint out of doors, believing that his landscapes could encourage people to appreciate nature: "I don't suppose there is much sentimentality about my paintings, but I have a deep feeling that Nature is immensely dignified when you are out of doors. I am struck by the dignity of everything." http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=2&id=29 Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 Quote: Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian language: Исаак Ильич Левитан, August 30, 1860 - July 22 August 4 new style, 1900) was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the mood landscape.... Levitan spent the last year of his life at Chekhov’s home in Crimea. In spite of the effects of a terminal illness, his last works are increasingly filled with light. They reflect tranquility and the eternal beauty of Russian nature. Isaac Levitan's hugely influential art heritage consists of more than a thousand paintings, among them watercolors, pastels, graphics, and illustrations. - wikipedia.com Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 ............ Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is a very "realistic" still-life. If one had no idea what a lemon is or what grapes are would one still find this painting beautiful? Some "surrealist" painters make beautiful painting also, but of unreconizeable objects. Yves Tanguy, for instance. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Denise Posted August 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 8, 2007 I really love those 2 paintings of spring time. They are just beautiful, and I can just sit there and stare.....how beautiful.....you can really get the feeling like you are there almost! Anyways, I found this picture, and really like the detail of the pic I can see...the ripling and droplets of the water, the bug frozen in mid air that the duck is about to have for a meal....such a nice picture and wanted to share.... :) Quote Be Kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another... Monticello Georgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 Oh, yes! Thanks Denise. Anyone would be proud to have taken that picture. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 This painting grabbed my attention - I never saw rocks painted so nicely. And the lady lost in thought brings the viewer into thoughts about sitting quietly, and being one with nature. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Denise Posted August 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 8, 2007 Yes, that is a beautiful picture! Those rocks look almost real, the colors are really nice. Quote Be Kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another... Monticello Georgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Allan Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Sir Anthony van Dyck (many variant spellings), (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. - Wikipedia.com Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Oh I love that one! Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Denise Posted August 9, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2007 At the bottom of the painting, it mentioned Princess so and so 19 something to 19 something.....One of them was 15 years and the other was a few years, I think it was three....can't turn back to the picture while I am typing.....anyways....I wonder if that is how long they lived? Do you know? Quote Be Kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another... Monticello Georgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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