jason_els
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I like:
Leonardo DaVinci (A true artist immerses for understanding and writes it all down.)
Rembrandt van Rijn (his studies on light and shade were amazing.)
Georges Seurat (Devil's in the details. He was really spot on.)
Salvador Dali (Sometimes it is good to have a skewed view.)
Jackson Pollack (With him, haute cuisine would be boring.<==Joke. :biggrin1
Considered all yours too Invisi, except Seurat. I have been lucky to see many of his works and they are a great pleasure.
I have just been looking at his work online, same with Seurat. This thread could be great for bunking off work :biggrin1:.
Have any of you gone to Chicago and seen La Grande Jatte? I have and it is, along with the Sistine Chapel, the most spectacular painting. Its size is wholly surprising as is its beauty. I had the same reaction many people around me did; something along the lines of, "Holy shit!" I'd kind of filed Seurat away in my head as an interesting post-Impressionist and left it at that. His NYC works are all relatively small, if very pleasant and interesting to look at. La Grande Jatte is a wholly different matter altogether. That's a masterpiece. It's completely breathtakingly beautiful. It made me understand why Sondheim made a musical (a good one too) about it. Photographs do not do it justice. I think it's like trying to photograph Byzantine/Ravenna mosaics. It just doesn't work.
If a starving Chinese baby in a private jet showing The Life of Rembrandt over Chicago.... and it was down to the baby or the painting..... I don't know...