Recent art that you liked

[PaintBoss]

Oh yeah, love Klimt!

 

[txomsy]

Don't know where to start. Just stayed three days in London, went to the British Museum, Wallace Collection, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Guildhall Gallery, Tate Modern... and likes pretty much everything I saw.

If you go to London, it is amazing the amount of incredible museums with free entry. An Art lover's paradise.

 

[Bongo]

Well, that would be fabulous to see. so much to discover in those paintings. What task painting that!
In 2016 I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) to see Mystical Landscapes. An astounding show. Here is the description.

Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and more | Art Gallery of Ontario

ago.ca

What a variety that demonstated man’s encounters of the spiritual, through different paths.
I fell in love with this quieter piece. It was not large compared to some of the other paintings. But I definitely felt drawn into that yard at twilight. I practically could feel and smell the green, the quieting of evening with nightfall approaching. The cooler air suggesting dew in morning.
I would absolutely love to buy the book the gallery put out of this show, that shows everything, but the price is unbelievable. It was high then and it’s higher now. $499 Which is a great shame. The surprise of the show for me were some pieces that were painted during the war for the Canadian government by our future famous artists- and they actually fit into the premise (MacDonald for ex). The cost of war. They were incredibly moving. But there were all kinds of styles and a wonderful list of artist. It was wonderful seeing their approaches to this part of our human experience.
Here’s a more descriptive and enjoyable article about this show.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/mystical-landscapes-brings-monet-van-gogh-masterpieces-to-toronto-1.3814343

White Garden In Twilight By Henri Le Sidaner​

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When I see pictures of this on the Internet, I see some where the flowers look white and there’s more color. But I remember it being this green when my face was 1 foot away from the painting.

"White Garden in Twilight" reminds of Henri Rousseau's "Football Players". I have no idea what they could be playing it's not football (soccer).

 

[txomsy]

Maybe rugby (also called football) given the roughness of the play depicted.

 

[Bongo]

good call. That composition always stuck with me. One of my first Plein Air paintings- putters at a nearby golf course- composition inspired by Rousseau's "Football Players" - additional putters added in studio.

 

[stlukesguild]

I really enjoyed this one I saw on the weekend in the De Young museum in San Francisco. Unfortunately I don't remember the name or who made it. I should have photo'd the plaque. It's a large oil painting. I love the lighting and the fine detail. There's so many tiny details when you really examine it up close.

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That landscape painting is by Frederick Edwin Church: Rainy Season in the Tropics

 

[john]

Loving these paintings. They are proof that green can indeed work in a painting. I don't know why but I was starting to doubt it.

Bongo that's a great painting. It reminds me of George Bellows, Tennis at Newport

 

[Bongo]

Loving these paintings. They are proof that green can indeed work in a painting. I don't know why but I was starting to doubt it.

Bongo that's a great painting. It reminds me of George Bellows, Tennis at Newport

Thanks John. I'm a big fan of George Bellows too

Bellow's "Dempsy vs Firpo"

my homage - "After Bellows"

 

[Artyczar]

I so love your work, Bongo!

 

[TK H-H]

This piece by Ilene Meyer. I really love her work and find it inspiring. I hadn't seen this piece before.

I absolutely love surrealism, and find her work particularly eyecatching because of her choice of colors. Almost psychedelic in a way. Her work served as the inspiration for some surreal insect pieces I designed years ago. I never finished them but am thinking of revisiting the concepts soon.