Going strictly by the paintings offered, I chose this one.

I probably would've went with Van Gogh, but the one shown wasn't all that appealing.

George Caleb Bingham

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ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL



Definitely a classic!! :thumb:

My wife is a retired art teacher. So we have prints from many of those artists in the poll in our home. Our bedroom has a Monet and Van Gogh print. At work I have Thomas Hart Benton, George Caleb Bingham, Richard Estes, Picasso, Magritte, Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell's "The Kansas City Spirit."

I was there many many years ago and I agree, it has always remained one of my top 3 in the world. A great one for sure! :clap:

C.M.Coolidge has one of the World's most recognized paintings!


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Andy Warhol so overrated.

Probably take any of his shit over Pollock, though.

I cant for the life of me understand how what Pollock did is considered art or talent in any way and there's actually people out there that try to put meaning behind his work. It's ****ing paint splatter people.

The 2019 versions of Pollock have turned into vomiting paint onto a canvas, stripping down naked and climbing a ladder to drop paint eggs out of their vagina in the middle of town sqaure, laying down naked next to a canvas and shooting paint out of their ass. Slap the words "Abstract Expressionism" on it and after they die it might be worth millions.

I have a coworker in Barcelona who has that on his living room wall. Not something I would do.

Please add Bob Ross to the poll please

And add the Kramer

MONET was a close second for me but I ended up going with JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER. (Whom I've never heard of)

If you hate Pollock, you'll REALLY hate Mark Rothko.

Odd, I really dislike Pollock, but I chose Rothko for my painting. (I actually use Rothko for my screensavers.)

Monet would have been my choice if not based on the painting in OP

The Pollock is something I really can dig

Yes.

It's not so much that I hate them, I just think its ****ing stupid that they are legitimately considered some of the greatest artist and most influential in history for shit that requires absolutely no talent.

Painting rectangles and slopping paint around? Come on man. That's some shit I would expect to buy for $5 at a kindergarten fundraiser and the shit sells for $146M with someone trying to tell a back story on a painting that has no logical meaning and then there are people out there that actually argue how they are misunderstood.

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You folks are slipping....

I'm holding out for one of the Airwolf series by Demonpenz. His work with MS Paint is special.

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“I sense great vulnerability. A man-child crying out for love. An innocent orphan in the post-modern world.”

“I see a parasite. A sexually depraved miscreant who is seeking only to gratify his basest and most immediate urges.”

“His struggle is man's struggle. He lifts my spirit.”

“He is a loathsome, offensive brute. Yet I can’t look away.”

“He transcends time and space.”

“He sickens me.”

“I love it.”

“Me too.”

I don't think my love of art is on the same level.

This was tough. It is almost like you went out of your way to find less inspiring works by several of the artists. I know I could have found more than a dozen paintings by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Picasso, Rothko, and Monet that I enjoy more than the selected paintings.

It came down to these four:

Kadinsky -- I always enjoy his paintings, and this is not a bad selection.
Van Gogh -- a top five artist for me, but a bad selection. I suspect I would enjoy this painting more in person. I can't really make out the brushstrokes in the image.
Picasso-- I like the blue period. I would probably enjoy this more in person.
Rothko -- I've learned the meditative value of Rothko over the past five years. This one is meh and the room has to have the right lighting for them to bring out their best.

I'm going with the Rothko, edging out the Picasso.

I used to think Rothko was just some blotches of paint. If you look closely you will notice very subtle variations in color even in the most monolithic of his blotches. The longer you look, the more you see. With the right Rothko in the right lighting, this process of discovery can persist for more than 10 minutes, with colors slowly revealing themselves every few minutes.

Rain man will come back later and tell us how much each one sold for.

I think Rothko's work is profoundly beautiful, but then I'm a twit who hangs around art venues.

I'm not wild about any of these paintings for my living room, but if I'm going to live forever with one it would be the Picasso or Manet.

I prefer Antonio Canaletto or Salvador Dali, but from this list the Da Vinci is a no-brainer. It looks good, it’s got what appears to be a pissed off ferret, and Da Vinci only has 15 known paintings so it’s priceless.

Jackson

I'm proud to be the only vote for a guy who could do this....

I visited this place called Dafen Oil Painting village near where I’m staying at while I work out here. Anyway, these Chinese artists are able to reproduce these works of art and it’s pretty damn close to the real thing to where you couldn’t spot the difference unless you were an expert.

There is NOTHING the Chinese don't copy and steal. :(

That's amazing.

I should get a print of that.

Da Vinci or Caravaggio


but if I'm hanging it in the living room, I'm getting a Graig Kreindler...that dude does amazing work.