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"I wasn't interested in art for very long time. In fact, I went to Europe in 1983 with Freddy Nathan and the one thing we agreed on was that we would visit no museums. At some point, at least five or ten years later, my sister Anne introduced me to Magritte, who hit me over the head with the idea that alternative perspectives to reality exist, can be seen in art and they are very interesting." Tom Paper
"My favorite art is any of the mobiles by Alexander Calder. I appreciate the geometry, balance, color and fluidity of these pieces that remind me that almost anything is possible." Cathy Dean
"Despite Ib being my brother-in-law, I find “Beat in the Heart of Time” to be one of his most striking pieces given the color contrasts. As I interpret it, yellow being the beat and black being the heart of time." Jeff Akel
"After a lot of thinking I kept coming back to an up and coming amazing artist, my niece Callie Akel. This is a charcoal drawing that she did about different emotions. She did it last year in her art class at Convent and has recently been in an art exhibit in the city for this drawing. I am in such amazement of her talent I wanted to share it with you. I cannot believe how she got across these raw emotions in such detail. I am very jealous because I do not have an artistic bone in my body and can barely draw a circle. So far she is only famous in the Akel family, but I have a feeling we will be seeing more of her amazing works." Erin Akel
"I learned of this painting through the 1977 movie The Lacemaker (French: La Dentelliere) (which I think I saw circa 1981), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lacemaker. The painting is a lovely portrait of a girl making lace, but also of a girl whose history, what led her to this point, one can only guess. I have seen the painting numerous times at the Louvre in Paris, but sometimes it is in storage and not on view." Simon Frankel
"This gruesome work was painted for the movie adaption of Oscar Wilde’s novel of the same name, and it wonderfully captures the novel’s notion that all of a man’s transgressions could be captured in a painted portrait of him, while he does not age at all. Usually on view at the Art Institute in Chicago." Simon Frankel
"One of my favorite pieces of art is/are the photographic portraits of Cindy Sherman, taken by her, of herself, posing as another self. I like the mirror inside the mirror effect, and find all of her portraits a mixture of beautiful, eerie, heartbreaking, and incredibly creepy. I also love them because it reminds me of the time when New York was edgy and meaningful. I was a college student at Brown and would travel down to NYC on weekends, and go to her gallery, Metro Pictures, around 1986, to see her latest collection." Courtney Weaver
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1JSniAtavnQ/S_1BvLG33zI/AAAAAAAAACo/OR9WfxjfwJQ/s320/sherman+2.jpg
"BA's take: Diebenkorn's lovely landscape, inspired by the Ingleside neighborhood in which he grew up, is a wonder of color and light and a stepping stone to his later embrace of abstraction. But I return regularly to this lesser-known masterpiece because it urges me to look at my corner of our city with fresh eyes, to find its magic and beauty and intrigue over and over." Bruce Anderson
"I saw this piece years ago at an Edward Hopper exhibit that my mom took me to at the De Young when I was in high school. I loved the piece, it’s light that drew me in and made me feel like I was sitting in the diner. My mom noticed how much I liked the painting, and when I got my first apartment, she sent my dad down to see me and he had carried a framed print for me to hang on my wall. They’re both gone now, but every time I see the painting, or a print of it, I think them." Susan Anderson
"I was in Paris in December 2015 at the UN Climate Conference for work, as was my wife Diana. The city was on pins and needles, as coordinated groups of terrorists had recently massacred over two days concert-goers at the Bataclan theater, fans outside a soccer stadiums, people eating in cafes and strolling along Boulevards. Some of the terrorists successfully escaped. The fear was they would strike again. Meanwhile, COP21 delegates, meeting as the largest gathering of national leaders in world history, pressed on after ten tense days. Delegates and citizens were cautioned not to use the Paris Metro system, and to be on red alert in public spaces and buildings, such as museums.
One Saturday afternoon before the finish of the conference (the day before the successful 1.5C agreement was announced), I decided to visit the Louvre. I’d been to numerous museums in Paris over several visit: Pompidou, D’Orsey, architectural and planning museums, but never the Louvre, as the lines and hassle of crowds always were overwhelming. Not so on this day.
After viewing the obligatory Mona Lisa, some contemporary masters and the Renaissance portraitist Guiseppe Arcimboldo, I headed randomly up a large marble staircase inside a sweeping rotunda.
As I ascended to the top landing below the second floor, I gasped. A marble form of a woman, winged and poised, commanded delicately above everyone’s heads. I headed up the final flight toward her. She was headless, balanced in the air, space and time. Every step up revealed new features, feathered wings, diaphanous gown now fluttering overhead, impossible size, flawless scale on the massive pedestal—a ship’s prow. Winged Victory’s graceful personality was the triumph of eternal poetry.
I finally recovered my breath. I was totally unprepared, but calmed, even pleased, giddy and reassured as I examined the endless angles, each adding more to the perfection. And after some indeterminate period of time, I realized was unable to take in anything more after emerging from 300 BCE, so left for the hope of the cold 21st century streets." Warren Karlenzig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Sa...
8/19/24
https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/18/zuckerberg-sculpture-priscillachan-sf-arts/
"I didn't learn of Hilam af Klint until five or six years ago. She lived from 1862-1944. I love her modern sensibility, her gentle, harmonious use of color and her lyrical use of form. This particular piece has stood the test of time and, in my opinion, still looks fresh and original." Diana Donlon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint
https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hilma-af-kli...
"The beginning of an artistic career. Megan painted this work while a student at UCLA. Happy Birthday, Tom. With love and best wishes as you begin your “60’s”. It is a good time." Helen Bigelow
"The realization 2 days shy of my 12th birthday that the freedom we had would be saved by the defeat of Japan in World War 2. I would end up having the good fortune of living in the USA at least another 77 years after the raising of that flag." Mark Paper
"Monet called Cézanne “the greatest of us all”; to Picasso, he was the father of modern art; for Georges Braque, he was a key influence on Cubism. Cézanne threw away the convention of one-point perspective that had dominated painting since the Renaissance. He introduced multiple perspectives into a single canvas and looked at objects as sets of abstract shapes rather than through the precise detailing of naturalist painters." Eleanor Bigelow
"Callot was one of the first widely recognized artists to complete a work of art that displayed the horrors of war, period. You can't tell one side from the other. At the time he completed these etchings, the Spanish and Flemish had been tragically at war for decades. All you see in these etchings are the miserable things that people do to each other in war, including the tragedy of the soldiers, who often end up destitute and infirm. Prior to Callot, most artists depicted war and warriors as heroic or just. War is paradoxical. I believe it can be both horrific and miserable, as well as heroic and just. I appreciate my father's choice of the Iwo Jima flag, because it represents our freedom, which was only won through a war that took the lives of so many men and women. As a country, I believe we must stay strong and be prepared to fight." Tom Paper
Full exhibit of The Great Miseries of War on The Digital Gallery
"Back in about 1985 I read The Agony and the Ecstasy which is historical fiction and tells the story of Michelangelo. After that I felt like I had a personal relationship with Michelangelo and he created art for ME. His paintings and sculpture leave me speechless." Susan Beans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)
"This is a drawing that I commissioned in 2017/2018 to recreate (with a few additions) the flyleaf at the front of every Tom Swift book I read as a kid. Those books were, in effect, my introduction to engineering and they described it with a simple joy and a sense of adventure. That made a huge impression on me as a five year old. To me this image represents our ability to use our collective knowledge and inventiveness to design things that can literally transport us and change our perspective in amazing ways." John Beans
"I was in high school [on a trip to Paris], and my teacher was so disappointed that we couldn't see Sainte-Chapelle, as it was under restoration. Every time I went back to France, I tried to see it, but it wasn't until 2015 that I was able to get in. I was with Alison and the kids. And it was amazing.
Here are a few reasons why it's so special to me:
- Built in seven years, Sainte-Chapelle was intended to house precious Christian relics, including Christ's crown of thorns, acquired by Saint Louis.
- It is not as famous as its neighbor, Notre Dame, but to me, it is a more accessible and you can feel the echo of the royalty and religious figures who passed through the chapel over the 10th and 14th centuries.
- Stunning stained glass. Arranged across 15 windows, each 15 metres high, the stained glass panes depict 1,113 scenes from the Old and New Testaments recounting the history of the world until the arrival of the relics in Paris."
by Craig Lee
"I also am overwhelmed by the wall hangings of the Ghanian artist, El Anatsui. While I don't know which of these extraordinary, enormous, vibrant, undulating works made with found liquor bottle caps is my favorite, this is a prime example, "In the World But Don't Know the World" from 2009. And you need to see these pieces in person to fully experience them. For more on El Anatsui and his work, see this NYT article and the embedded slideshow here." Jill Parker
"This is one of my favorites --- Monet's Cliff Walk at Pourville. While perhaps a bit cliche, I have always loved the impressionists, and especially Monet. I worked one summer at the gift shop at the Art Institute of Chicago and got to spend a lot of time with the paintings --- some even before the galleries opened. While I am enchanted by so many of his paintings, and especially the series of haystacks and cathedrals at different times of day, this one, despite the women's formal dress, makes me feel joyful, warm but refreshed, free, breezy, with possibility. And he is truly a genius with color." from Jill Parker
"I like the movement, the color choices, the mystery and routine of people in raincoats hustling in a city and the hint of patriotism with the glimpse of the US flag given WW2 had just ended. Lots to imagine could be happening." from Geoff Parker
https://anderson.stanford.edu/collection/1946-by-c...
http://christopherbrownpainting.com/1946
"This painting hung in my house growing up in the dining room and then after 30 years when my Mom sold that house and moved to Boulder it hung in her living room. I have no idea who painted it and doubt it’s an important work of art, but it’s meaningful to me because it reminds me of my Mom, who died in 2021. I like the colors, and was told it was of a harbor in Italy and as a little kid in CO who’d never been to Europe, a harbor in Italy sounded impossibly glamorous!" Annie Williams
"One of my favorites is Ancient of Days - I studied iWilliam Blake in school, I always liked this woodcut. It’s simple, mystical, scientific, has beautiful colors, and was re-printed many times by Blake in different style which makes it somehow practical and unpretentious. That’s my pick!" Jeremy Solterbeck
"My fave piece is by James Turrell is called Raemar Pink White (1969). It speaks to me because well light, space and pink!!!! It is an installation that also happily lives in my brain."
"It is calming, reminds me of water, and many beaches that I have explored over the years." Kendall Wilkinson
"We rarely go to museums, but my wife and I have 34 paintings and prints in our small home, covering almost every free space available. Our favorite art isn’t based on fame or quality of brushstrokes, but instead the story of where it came from and the feeling you get when soaking it in. The piece I’m sharing is a stained, sewn-together drawing of a French customs officer, probably torn out of a used textbook, which we bought in Paris on our honeymoon for 40 euros." Steve Bazant
"One of my favorite pieces of art is Le Palais ideal by Ferdinand Cheval. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cheval He was a French postman in the 19th century who walked the same, daily, 10-mile route delivering mail. One day, at age 43, he tripped over an interesting rock, which he carried back with him and used it to begin building a structure. For the next 33 years he picked up stones on his route, and at night (by oil lamp) and on weekends built his ‘ideal palace,’ 100 feet long and 30 feet high, with animals, figures, spirals that often have a Pacific or African feel to them (though he had never traveled). It is a stunning work from someone who has no training or contact with the art world, but made up for it with time, determination, and imagination. Spending a few hours in and around his palace was one of the best art experiences I have ever had." William Blomstedt
"As I noted as soon as you told me of your sensational birthday idea, my two favorite artworks are both by Monet, "The Japanese Bridge" and "Haystack in Winter. Monet is my favorite artist because of the feeling in his works. Why the bridge? After falling in love with “The Japanese Bridge” many years ago, Jane and I made a trip to Giverny. (I think it was our 40th anniversary.) I’ll never forget the moment when I walked along a trail, looked up, and saw the bridge from the exact point from which Monet painted it. It was a breath-taking moment. Why the haystack? I was taking a tour of a Monet exhibit at the Denver Art Museum on a wintery day. As I stood in front of “Haystack in Winter," the Audio Guide played a mesmerizing musical piece which completely drew me into the painting. When I go on winter walks back in Colorado, I always think of those moments with the haystack." Ron Gibbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet
Japanese Footbridge by Monet, Wikipedia
"Here is my submission. Couldn't decide so went with a local guy, Barry McGee. I included a video with a larger scope of his talents through installations and sculpture be. It was so much fun to do the research!
I love Barry's work because he is able to convey playful bright color schemes and shapes as well as portray disgruntled, weary cartoon-like faces in his work. McGee is a street artist under the moniker TWIST, who was born and bred here in SF. " Mina de Almeida
"I knew about the Watts Towers before I knew anything about art and Barcelona. I was amazed by the dedication of this man, Simon Rodia, towards a single project over a long period of time. I would have loved to have met him." Tom Paper
"I can’t find a photo of my favorite piece, which I helped build at the college museum many moons ago. It was made by James Turrell who works with light, and it’s nearly impossible to photograph his work well. Here are some examples: [images by James Turrell, 1969] or, here’s a Brancusi sculpture [image of Brancusi], and if something flat works better for this project, one of Barnett Newman’s stations of the cross, though this works way better when you see all of them. [image]. I wish I could pick something like a painting! If I think of anything else I’ll bore you with more simpleton art!" Tim Sedlock
Eleanor and Tom visited this installation 2/10/2024.
https://hyperallergic.com/74499/inside-the-light-j...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Turrel...
"This has meaning to me since my wife Mary gave it to me when in my past life I was an optometrist." Harold Zlot
"Well art history was my favorite class at Williams. And I love the idea of two paintings for your 60th birthday. My eyes were opened to the fact that the art world was primarily male by Mary Cassatt. At the time I had no clue about parenting, motherhood or tubby time as we called it. Now I get it. And this sweet pairing says a lot.
I also liked Henry Toulos Latrec (sp). Because he showed the less sophisticated side of life and put himself in the painting. They always seemed a little pre Instagram snapshots to me at the time.
Bonus painting [The Gare St. Lazare, Claude Monet, 1877] since railroad and culture was such a huge part of the art worlds story during Impressionism. And you’re in the railroad business it makes sense to give you one of how city and nature come together. Not always pretty but very necessary." Cathy Paper
https://www.marycassatt.org/The-Childs-Bath-1893.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Child%27s_Bath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Moulin_Rouge
10/15/23 @DeYoung
"Thomas Trum. Young Dutch artist. Love the color and 3 dimensional aspect. Just bought it for our house in sun valley! For your 60th album. Very in the moment." Martha Moseley
https://galleryviewer.com/en/artwork/47417/looping...
"My favorite painting is Birth of Venus by Botticelli. In my small rural Illinois high school, art history was one of my favorite subjects and I was also fascinated by Greek mythology. My French class organized a trip to Europe and our first stop was the Uffizi in Florence where I was completely enthralled when I saw this in person. It’s a painting that makes you feel like she is looking right at you and that you are a part of the story." Jennifer Tulley
"Not sure if I can say this is my single "favorite" - I have too many things I like. But I think of this as one of the most fascinating pieces of art, for many reasons: huge scale, staggeringly beautiful composition of horrific depiction, it's place it history, both for the real story it depicts and for it's artists break with traditions. It came to my attention in 1985 because an Irish folk-punk group called The Pogues used it as cover art on their seminal album "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash," which title is itself an interesting Winston Churchill quotation. He once quipped the British Navy tradition was 'nothing more than rum, sodomy and the lash.'"
"The color painting pic is from a photo that I think I took in Paris in 1996. Loved the dresses in the window and the architecture. Two favorite subjects… fashion & architecture. I did the painting in approx. 2011, from my photo, in a course at Fort Mason w/ one of my favorite, most inspiring teachers, Helen Stanley. Her classmate and friend at the Art Institute on Chestnut St which she attended (marrying her professor!) was Annie Liebowitz." Megan Bigelow
From Louise Rogers Wikipedia
- Notes to myself on beginning a painting (by Richard Diebenkorn)
- Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.
- The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued - except as a stimulus for further moves.
- Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
- Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.
- Don't "discover" a subject - of any kind.
- Somehow don't be bored - but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.
- Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.
- Keep thinking about Polyanna.
- Tolerate chaos.
- Be careful only in a perverse way.
"Here is the Youtube link to one of my most favorite musical pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTJd24oVCM This is the classical guitarist Eliot Fisk playing Paganini's 24 caprices. Number 24 is the most famous one, and I especially like numbers 1, 5, 10, 18, and 20, but all of them are really wonderful to listen to." Roger Miller
"An Egyptian scribe from 4,000 years ago. I feel like this is the job I would like if I lived backed then." Jan van Eck
https://egymonuments.gov.eg/collections/statue-of-...
"It is meaningful to me because of its beauty and simplicity but really because Jan and I chose it together during Covid and it made us so happy." Cynthia van Eck
"One of my absolute favorites is "Scream" by Edvard Munch. I think of this painting whenever I experience extreme frustration and helplessness. Most recently after the Uvalde school shooting and the Supreme Court leak regarding abortion rights. I realize this is not Happy Birthday material but solving these problems might lead to genuine happy birthdays." Chris da Cunha
"My favorite artist is the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. I think I love him because his subject matter was often women, and the way he captures their expressions is so distinct. They are done with a beautiful palette, but also often haunting, with very intense expressions. When I look at one of these portraits, I think that the artist really understood women in all their complexity – and I always want to know the story of the person depicted. Probably my favorite of his paintings is one called “Window to the Soul.” I knew an artist friend when I was working my way through law school and I think I loved her work because it reminded me of Modigliani’s work. I’ll send you a picture by text! As it turns out, I unwittingly have collected a lot of “street” art -most of which are portraits of women in a somewhat similar vein. So, I guess learning about Modigliani in my college Art History course really started something for me!" Mary Jane Weaver
"I love Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings! They bring me back to the thrill of discovery I experienced in high school American Studies class, when I did a semester long deep-dive into abstract expressionism. Art that was incomprehensible came alive for me. Drip. Drip. Drip." Doug Winthrop
"A favorite artist is Jacob Lawrence. I first remember being intrigued by Lawrence’s migration series while visiting the Phillips gallery in Washington DC, where I lived after college and where I started dating my love, Douglas, who would introduce me to Tom, and a few years later, lovely Eleanor.
The Jacob Lawrence portrait hat I have chosen for Tom’s birthday tribute is of Toussaint L’Ouverture, a key leader of the Haitian Revolution who defeated Napoleon’s forces, leading to Haitian independence in 1804. Toussaint L’Ouverture became Haiti’s first president before being deceived and imprisoned by Napoleon in 1802. The epitaph often used for Haiti is “poorest country in the Western Hemisphere,” rather than first free Black republic, which I know it as, having learned from my parents and a comic book biography they gave me as a child.
Something I admire about Tom and which inspires me, is his wide-ranging intellectual curiosity. I imagine this contributed to his interest in maps. Tom shared with us this lecture about maps and Haitian history (YouTube) and recently texted us about the New York Times series detailing the country-pillaging taxes levied by France after the Haitian revolution and the subsequent economically destabilizing actions of the United States. I am enriched by learning about history and culture beyond the canon that most of us studied in school. Here is another interesting discussion about Haiti https://www.worldaffairs.org/media/blog/912. It’s been fun to share interest in Haiti with Tom and Eleanor! Happy Birthday Tom! from Yamilee Bermingham
El Paso Museum of Art - Toussaint Louverture
"I loved Matisse in my art history class in college. The Le Bonheur de Vivre is vibrant and dreamy!" Pam Bonnie
"Stoic philosophy reminds us to live life each and every day with meaning, values and integrity as Socrates poignantly teaches here even as loved ones grieve the intended hemlock. Memento Mori. We studied this painting in my first Stanford art class and I visited it weekly for years at The Met." Lori Ogden Moore
"A real favorite is Edouard's The Bar at the Folies-Bergere. I am fascinated by the complexity and disorientation of the barmaid facing us, her back reflected in a mirror, and a man reflected in the mirror facing the barmaid." Bob Bransten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-...
"I am not much of an art collector. This photo though caught my eye as we were there recently. Colmar France in the (Northeast) Alsace Region. Loved it there. The painting in my view represents, serenity, peacefulness, and appreciation of life." Dave Barry
https://www.familiscope.fr/sorties-famille/balades...
"This piece resonates with me on many levels: the blue color of the Mediterranean Sea; the subject matter of swimming and the flow, rhythm, and movement of water; the silhouetted shapes of the swimmers, waves, and water creatures; the unique medium of paper cut-outs; the installation of nine rectangular panels approx. 2.5 meters high x 8 meters long positioned slightly above eye-level at 3 meters from the floor. I experienced this piece at the Matisse Museum in Nice, France and it was breathtaking. The piece, the museum, the locale (Mediterranean Sea) is my go-to mental “happy place!” 😊" Anne Paper
"I am selecting a watercolor of Haifa by the Israeli artist Mordechai Avniel.(1900-1989). It is a wonderful watercolor by an artist who represented Israel in the Venice Biennale in 1958. It is a favorite because it was left to us by David’s Aunt Bessie Jones who was married to Howard Mumford Jones, a famous Harvard professor. Aunt Bessie had no children of her own and loved David and invited him over when she had Robert Frost and others to dinner!. She selected this because she knew of our interest in Israel." Phyllis Cook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Avniel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Mumford_Jones
"This etching has hung in my house ever since I decided to make San Francisco my permanent home and raise a family here. I love it because I loved the artist who made it, my cousin Beth. She often found her models on the streets of San Francisco and offered them a meal and income in exchange for modeling at a few drawing sessions. Beth is most known for her etchings of animals and flowers, which hang in museums around the country. But it's her lesser known portraits of San Francisco residents that convey her deep affection for her community and her ability to see the humanity in everyone." Mary Hossfeld
https://collection.mcnayart.org/objects/20013/trac...
"Beth Van Hoesen and fellow artist Wayne Thiebaud were close friends. The two often shared studio space, and the expense of hiring a model, in the converted firehouse where Van Hoesen lived with her husband, the artist Mark Adams." The McNay
https://www.mcnayart.org/exhibition/beth-van-hoese...
Other selections by Mary Hossfeld
Bowl of Borscht, 1982. Mark Adams.
"While his grander paintings, tapestries (Lotus Sumatra at the de Young) and stained glass (the Fire and Water windows at Temple Emanuel) are far more well known, this understated, whimsical watercolor of a simple bowl of soup is one of my favorites because of the memories it conjures. I had just moved from NY to CA for college, and was having my first Thanksgiving away from home. Mark and his wife Beth were hosting the holiday in their SF home. I was asked to make and bring borscht soup, a dish I had never even tasted. Seated around the Thanksgiving table, I asked Mark, "why on earth borscht soup?" and he responded, with a twinkle in his eye, "the color!" The next year, he painted this." Mary Hossfeld
Lotus Sumatra, de Young collection, 1989. Mark Adams.
"Mark's paintings have always brought me joy, especially those showing off his favorite colors, pink and orange. His works—whether watercolor, tapestry or stained glass—all have a luminescent quality, as did he. He was a quiet man with a big heart and he exuded joy and generosity. This tapestry, from the de Young's permanent collection, is one of my all time favorites." Mary Hossfeld
"Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (link to wiki image below) is probably one of the most well known paintings in the world. I thought would submit it to you despite that. I was hoping to find a hidden treasure of some sort, but there are two reasons I was drawn back to this piece after searching elsewhere. First, it reminds me of a favorite portion of the Art History class at Williams, which was a fantastic mind-opening experience I enjoyed a great deal. Second, this painting is so delicate and the lines so sharp and flowing that it’s hard to find anything else that compares to it, even within Renaissance art. Each time I look at it this hits me. It comes to mind immediately when I think about a striking work of art. Someday I would like to see it in person at the Uffizi gallery in Florence and admire it in full scale."
"A suggestion of a story, so beautifully rendered." Sally Cole
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78455
"I love the airy clouds, the open fields and the impression it gives of being able to take a deep breath and sigh contentedly on a summer day." Anita Lang-Bakar
http://www.williamhudders.com/
"For your digital gallery, I am sending this painting by Wayne Thiebaud. I saw it in person several years ago at the De Young when they had a Thiebaud exhibit. I can’t explain it, but I felt this incredible emotional pull when I saw it, deep in my gut. I’ve never had that deep of a visceral reaction to a work of art before. I love Wayne Thiebaud’s style (this photo doesn’t do the many colors in the piece justice) and perhaps the shoes also reminded me of my father, who always wore shoes like this? I don’t know, but I’ll never forget that experience. And I wanted to own that painting soooo much!☺"
Dulcy Wolverton is a friend of Kate and Mindy who is a practicing radiologist. Kate and Mindy have Dulcy's work in their kitchen. Dulcy makes her art using the technology that is used for mammograms.
"I would like to give a shout out to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s immersive installation: Infinity Mirrored Room — Filled with the Brilliance of Life (2012). Currently on exhibit at the Tate Modern in London, the roughly 10 ft x 20 ft room, in which mirrored glass and pools of water reflect sparkles of pulsing colored light, feels endless and miraculous. It is simply an awe-inspiring and unforgettable experience to rest inside this magical space-altering installation for any length of time."
"There are so many wonderful works of art but none that made more of an impression on me than The Last Supper by da Vinci. I was in Milan with a friend in 2000 and we had no expectations of being able to get a ticket to see the mural. As we were walking by the Santa maria del Grazie Church, someone offered us two tickets and we were so thrilled! It was also one of the last times it was open to the public before closing for years of restoration. What’s great about this painting is that it feels like you could walk into the scene, as well as The obvious significance of that moment where Jesus tells his disciples someone will betray him."
"After looking at your gallery, I’m going to throw you a curve ball for my art submission since it isn’t too late. I took this picture in Shanghai last year during my soft quarantine. I wouldn’t call this my “favorite” piece in the world but it’s memorable and hope that you will like the backstory. The artist is Cai Guo-Qiang. His is one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists and has reached international acclaim (your gallery seemed to be all Western artists so I thought some global expansion might be in order). He's probably most famous for his firework pieces including displays as part of the opening ceremonies for both the Summer and Winter Olympics in Beijing (Google his ladder pieces). He also uses gunpowder with paintings and sculptures such as this piece. When I saw it, I sent it to Will, Ed, and Andy as an illustration of us having one body that needs cooperation despite having multiple heads and ideas ;)" Jeff Clark
https://caiguoqiang.com/projects/projects-2016/my-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Guo-Qiang
“Whistlejacket blew me away the first time I saw at London’s National Gallery. It is a large format painting 9.5 feet high and 8 feet wide. The curators have placed it at the end of a long hallway, so it grows larger as you make your way through the various galleries until you are standing in front of this magnificent painting that feels alive — you expect Whistlejacket to jump off the canvas!” Courtney Spikes
The Coronation of Napoleon[a] (French: Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris. The oil painting has imposing dimensions – it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a little over 6 metres (20 ft) tall. The work is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Wikipedia guide to characters shown in painting:
Source: Wikipedia
See also Google Arts & Culture.
“Thornton Willis is 87 years old and he’s still painting with childlike wonder, as he balances the weight of the world.” Howard Altmann
Source: Artsy
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E264 - The Son of Man, Rene Magritte, 1964 - from Tom Paper
"I wasn't interested in art for very long time. In fact, I went to Europe in 1983 with Freddy Nathan and the one thing we agreed on was that we would visit no museums. At some point, at least five or ten years later, my sister Anne introduced me to Magritte, who hit me over the head with the idea that alternative perspectives to reality exist, can be seen in art and they are very interesting." Tom Paper
E264 - Apart, by Antony Gormley - from Sandy Dean
E264 - Untitled, Alexander Calder, 1949 - from Cathy Dean
"My favorite art is any of the mobiles by Alexander Calder. I appreciate the geometry, balance, color and fluidity of these pieces that remind me that almost anything is possible." Cathy Dean
E264 - Beat in the Heart of Time, Ib Benoh - from Jeff Akel
"Despite Ib being my brother-in-law, I find “Beat in the Heart of Time” to be one of his most striking pieces given the color contrasts. As I interpret it, yellow being the beat and black being the heart of time." Jeff Akel
E264 - Title Unknown, Callie Akel, Year Unknown - from Erin Akel
"After a lot of thinking I kept coming back to an up and coming amazing artist, my niece Callie Akel. This is a charcoal drawing that she did about different emotions. She did it last year in her art class at Convent and has recently been in an art exhibit in the city for this drawing. I am in such amazement of her talent I wanted to share it with you. I cannot believe how she got across these raw emotions in such detail. I am very jealous because I do not have an artistic bone in my body and can barely draw a circle. So far she is only famous in the Akel family, but I have a feeling we will be seeing more of her amazing works." Erin Akel
E264 - The Lacemaker, Vermeer, 1669 - from Simon Frankel
"I learned of this painting through the 1977 movie The Lacemaker (French: La Dentelliere) (which I think I saw circa 1981), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lacemaker. The painting is a lovely portrait of a girl making lace, but also of a girl whose history, what led her to this point, one can only guess. I have seen the painting numerous times at the Louvre in Paris, but sometimes it is in storage and not on view." Simon Frankel
E264 - The Picture of Dorian, Ivan Albrecht, 1944 - from Simon Frankel
"This gruesome work was painted for the movie adaption of Oscar Wilde’s novel of the same name, and it wonderfully captures the novel’s notion that all of a man’s transgressions could be captured in a painted portrait of him, while he does not age at all. Usually on view at the Art Institute in Chicago." Simon Frankel
E264 - Title Unknown, Cindy Sherman, Year Unknown - from Courtney Weaver
"One of my favorite pieces of art is/are the photographic portraits of Cindy Sherman, taken by her, of herself, posing as another self. I like the mirror inside the mirror effect, and find all of her portraits a mixture of beautiful, eerie, heartbreaking, and incredibly creepy. I also love them because it reminds me of the time when New York was edgy and meaningful. I was a college student at Brown and would travel down to NYC on weekends, and go to her gallery, Metro Pictures, around 1986, to see her latest collection." Courtney Weaver
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1JSniAtavnQ/S_1BvLG33zI/AAAAAAAAACo/OR9WfxjfwJQ/s320/sherman+2.jpg
E264 - Ingleside, Richard Diebenkorn, 1963 - from Bruce Anderson
"BA's take: Diebenkorn's lovely landscape, inspired by the Ingleside neighborhood in which he grew up, is a wonder of color and light and a stepping stone to his later embrace of abstraction. But I return regularly to this lesser-known masterpiece because it urges me to look at my corner of our city with fresh eyes, to find its magic and beauty and intrigue over and over." Bruce Anderson
E264 - Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942 - from Susan Anderson
"I saw this piece years ago at an Edward Hopper exhibit that my mom took me to at the De Young when I was in high school. I loved the piece, it’s light that drew me in and made me feel like I was sitting in the diner. My mom noticed how much I liked the painting, and when I got my first apartment, she sent my dad down to see me and he had carried a framed print for me to hang on my wall. They’re both gone now, but every time I see the painting, or a print of it, I think them." Susan Anderson
E264 - Winged Victory of Samothrace, Greek, 2nd Century BCE - from Warren Karlenzig
"I was in Paris in December 2015 at the UN Climate Conference for work, as was my wife Diana. The city was on pins and needles, as coordinated groups of terrorists had recently massacred over two days concert-goers at the Bataclan theater, fans outside a soccer stadiums, people eating in cafes and strolling along Boulevards. Some of the terrorists successfully escaped. The fear was they would strike again. Meanwhile, COP21 delegates, meeting as the largest gathering of national leaders in world history, pressed on after ten tense days. Delegates and citizens were cautioned not to use the Paris Metro system, and to be on red alert in public spaces and buildings, such as museums.
One Saturday afternoon before the finish of the conference (the day before the successful 1.5C agreement was announced), I decided to visit the Louvre. I’d been to numerous museums in Paris over several visit: Pompidou, D’Orsey, architectural and planning museums, but never the Louvre, as the lines and hassle of crowds always were overwhelming. Not so on this day.
After viewing the obligatory Mona Lisa, some contemporary masters and the Renaissance portraitist Guiseppe Arcimboldo, I headed randomly up a large marble staircase inside a sweeping rotunda.
As I ascended to the top landing below the second floor, I gasped. A marble form of a woman, winged and poised, commanded delicately above everyone’s heads. I headed up the final flight toward her. She was headless, balanced in the air, space and time. Every step up revealed new features, feathered wings, diaphanous gown now fluttering overhead, impossible size, flawless scale on the massive pedestal—a ship’s prow. Winged Victory’s graceful personality was the triumph of eternal poetry.
I finally recovered my breath. I was totally unprepared, but calmed, even pleased, giddy and reassured as I examined the endless angles, each adding more to the perfection. And after some indeterminate period of time, I realized was unable to take in anything more after emerging from 300 BCE, so left for the hope of the cold 21st century streets." Warren Karlenzig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Sa...
8/19/24
https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/18/zuckerberg-sculpture-priscillachan-sf-arts/
E264 - The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, Hilma af Klint, 1907 - from Diana Donlon
"I didn't learn of Hilam af Klint until five or six years ago. She lived from 1862-1944. I love her modern sensibility, her gentle, harmonious use of color and her lyrical use of form. This particular piece has stood the test of time and, in my opinion, still looks fresh and original." Diana Donlon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint
https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hilma-af-kli...
E264 - Woman in Water, Megan Bigelow, ~1982 - from Helen Bigelow
"The beginning of an artistic career. Megan painted this work while a student at UCLA. Happy Birthday, Tom. With love and best wishes as you begin your “60’s”. It is a good time." Helen Bigelow
E264 - Iwo Jima Memorial, Joe Rosenthal & Felix de Weldon, 1945 & 1954 - from Mark Paper
"The realization 2 days shy of my 12th birthday that the freedom we had would be saved by the defeat of Japan in World War 2. I would end up having the good fortune of living in the USA at least another 77 years after the raising of that flag." Mark Paper
E264 - Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, Paul Cezanne, 1887 - from Eleanor Bigelow
"Monet called Cézanne “the greatest of us all”; to Picasso, he was the father of modern art; for Georges Braque, he was a key influence on Cubism. Cézanne threw away the convention of one-point perspective that had dominated painting since the Renaissance. He introduced multiple perspectives into a single canvas and looked at objects as sets of abstract shapes rather than through the precise detailing of naturalist painters." Eleanor Bigelow
E264 - La Pendaison (The Hanging), Jacques Callot, 1633 - from Tom Paper
"Callot was one of the first widely recognized artists to complete a work of art that displayed the horrors of war, period. You can't tell one side from the other. At the time he completed these etchings, the Spanish and Flemish had been tragically at war for decades. All you see in these etchings are the miserable things that people do to each other in war, including the tragedy of the soldiers, who often end up destitute and infirm. Prior to Callot, most artists depicted war and warriors as heroic or just. War is paradoxical. I believe it can be both horrific and miserable, as well as heroic and just. I appreciate my father's choice of the Iwo Jima flag, because it represents our freedom, which was only won through a war that took the lives of so many men and women. As a country, I believe we must stay strong and be prepared to fight." Tom Paper
Full exhibit of The Great Miseries of War on The Digital Gallery
E264 - The Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, 1536-1541 - from Susan Beans
"Back in about 1985 I read The Agony and the Ecstasy which is historical fiction and tells the story of Michelangelo. After that I felt like I had a personal relationship with Michelangelo and he created art for ME. His paintings and sculpture leave me speechless." Susan Beans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)
E264 - Title Unknown, Artist Unknown, 2017-2018 - from © John Beans
"This is a drawing that I commissioned in 2017/2018 to recreate (with a few additions) the flyleaf at the front of every Tom Swift book I read as a kid. Those books were, in effect, my introduction to engineering and they described it with a simple joy and a sense of adventure. That made a huge impression on me as a five year old. To me this image represents our ability to use our collective knowledge and inventiveness to design things that can literally transport us and change our perspective in amazing ways." John Beans
E264 - Sainte-Chapelle, 1248 - from Craig Lee
"I was in high school [on a trip to Paris], and my teacher was so disappointed that we couldn't see Sainte-Chapelle, as it was under restoration. Every time I went back to France, I tried to see it, but it wasn't until 2015 that I was able to get in. I was with Alison and the kids. And it was amazing.
Here are a few reasons why it's so special to me:
- Built in seven years, Sainte-Chapelle was intended to house precious Christian relics, including Christ's crown of thorns, acquired by Saint Louis.
- It is not as famous as its neighbor, Notre Dame, but to me, it is a more accessible and you can feel the echo of the royalty and religious figures who passed through the chapel over the 10th and 14th centuries.
- Stunning stained glass. Arranged across 15 windows, each 15 metres high, the stained glass panes depict 1,113 scenes from the Old and New Testaments recounting the history of the world until the arrival of the relics in Paris."
by Craig Lee
E264 - Earth's Skin, El Anatsui, 2007 - from Jill Parker
"I also am overwhelmed by the wall hangings of the Ghanian artist, El Anatsui. While I don't know which of these extraordinary, enormous, vibrant, undulating works made with found liquor bottle caps is my favorite, this is a prime example, "In the World But Don't Know the World" from 2009. And you need to see these pieces in person to fully experience them. For more on El Anatsui and his work, see this NYT article and the embedded slideshow here." Jill Parker
E264 - Cliff Walk at Pourville, Claude Monet, 1882 - from Jill Parker
"This is one of my favorites --- Monet's Cliff Walk at Pourville. While perhaps a bit cliche, I have always loved the impressionists, and especially Monet. I worked one summer at the gift shop at the Art Institute of Chicago and got to spend a lot of time with the paintings --- some even before the galleries opened. While I am enchanted by so many of his paintings, and especially the series of haystacks and cathedrals at different times of day, this one, despite the women's formal dress, makes me feel joyful, warm but refreshed, free, breezy, with possibility. And he is truly a genius with color." from Jill Parker
E264 - 1946, Christopher Brown, 1992 - from Geoff Parker
"I like the movement, the color choices, the mystery and routine of people in raincoats hustling in a city and the hint of patriotism with the glimpse of the US flag given WW2 had just ended. Lots to imagine could be happening." from Geoff Parker
https://anderson.stanford.edu/collection/1946-by-c...
http://christopherbrownpainting.com/1946
E264 - Untitled, Artist Unknown, Date Unknown - from Annie Williams
"This painting hung in my house growing up in the dining room and then after 30 years when my Mom sold that house and moved to Boulder it hung in her living room. I have no idea who painted it and doubt it’s an important work of art, but it’s meaningful to me because it reminds me of my Mom, who died in 2021. I like the colors, and was told it was of a harbor in Italy and as a little kid in CO who’d never been to Europe, a harbor in Italy sounded impossibly glamorous!" Annie Williams
E264 - Ancient of Days, William Blake, 1794 - from Jeremy Solterbeck
"One of my favorites is Ancient of Days - I studied iWilliam Blake in school, I always liked this woodcut. It’s simple, mystical, scientific, has beautiful colors, and was re-printed many times by Blake in different style which makes it somehow practical and unpretentious. That’s my pick!" Jeremy Solterbeck
E264 - Raemar Pink White, James Turrell, 1969 - from Anne Cook
"My fave piece is by James Turrell is called Raemar Pink White (1969). It speaks to me because well light, space and pink!!!! It is an installation that also happily lives in my brain."
E264 - Title Unknown, Barbara Vaughn, Date Unknown - from Kendall Wilkinson
"It is calming, reminds me of water, and many beaches that I have explored over the years." Kendall Wilkinson
E264 - Title Unknown, Artist Unknown, Date Unknown - from Steve Bazant
"We rarely go to museums, but my wife and I have 34 paintings and prints in our small home, covering almost every free space available. Our favorite art isn’t based on fame or quality of brushstrokes, but instead the story of where it came from and the feeling you get when soaking it in. The piece I’m sharing is a stained, sewn-together drawing of a French customs officer, probably torn out of a used textbook, which we bought in Paris on our honeymoon for 40 euros." Steve Bazant
E264 - Le Palais ideal, Ferdinand Cheval, 1879-1912 - from William Blomstedt
"One of my favorite pieces of art is Le Palais ideal by Ferdinand Cheval. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cheval He was a French postman in the 19th century who walked the same, daily, 10-mile route delivering mail. One day, at age 43, he tripped over an interesting rock, which he carried back with him and used it to begin building a structure. For the next 33 years he picked up stones on his route, and at night (by oil lamp) and on weekends built his ‘ideal palace,’ 100 feet long and 30 feet high, with animals, figures, spirals that often have a Pacific or African feel to them (though he had never traveled). It is a stunning work from someone who has no training or contact with the art world, but made up for it with time, determination, and imagination. Spending a few hours in and around his palace was one of the best art experiences I have ever had." William Blomstedt
E264 - The Japanese Bridge, Claude Monet, 1897-1899 - from Ron Gibbs
"As I noted as soon as you told me of your sensational birthday idea, my two favorite artworks are both by Monet, "The Japanese Bridge" and "Haystack in Winter. Monet is my favorite artist because of the feeling in his works. Why the bridge? After falling in love with “The Japanese Bridge” many years ago, Jane and I made a trip to Giverny. (I think it was our 40th anniversary.) I’ll never forget the moment when I walked along a trail, looked up, and saw the bridge from the exact point from which Monet painted it. It was a breath-taking moment. Why the haystack? I was taking a tour of a Monet exhibit at the Denver Art Museum on a wintery day. As I stood in front of “Haystack in Winter," the Audio Guide played a mesmerizing musical piece which completely drew me into the painting. When I go on winter walks back in Colorado, I always think of those moments with the haystack." Ron Gibbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet
Japanese Footbridge by Monet, Wikipedia
E264 - Title Unknown, Barry McGee, Date Unknown - from Mina de Almeida
"Here is my submission. Couldn't decide so went with a local guy, Barry McGee. I included a video with a larger scope of his talents through installations and sculpture be. It was so much fun to do the research!
I love Barry's work because he is able to convey playful bright color schemes and shapes as well as portray disgruntled, weary cartoon-like faces in his work. McGee is a street artist under the moniker TWIST, who was born and bred here in SF. " Mina de Almeida
E264 - The Watts Towers, Simon Rodia, 1921-1954 - from Tom Paper
"I knew about the Watts Towers before I knew anything about art and Barcelona. I was amazed by the dedication of this man, Simon Rodia, towards a single project over a long period of time. I would have loved to have met him." Tom Paper
E264 - Dividing The Light, James Turrell, 2007 - from Tim Sedlock
"I can’t find a photo of my favorite piece, which I helped build at the college museum many moons ago. It was made by James Turrell who works with light, and it’s nearly impossible to photograph his work well. Here are some examples: [images by James Turrell, 1969] or, here’s a Brancusi sculpture [image of Brancusi], and if something flat works better for this project, one of Barnett Newman’s stations of the cross, though this works way better when you see all of them. [image]. I wish I could pick something like a painting! If I think of anything else I’ll bore you with more simpleton art!" Tim Sedlock
Eleanor and Tom visited this installation 2/10/2024.
https://hyperallergic.com/74499/inside-the-light-j...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Turrel...
E264 - Test Mirror, Shusaka Arakawa, 1975 - from Harold Zlot
"This has meaning to me since my wife Mary gave it to me when in my past life I was an optometrist." Harold Zlot
E264 - The Child's Bath, Mary Cassatt, 1893 - from Cathy Paper
"Well art history was my favorite class at Williams. And I love the idea of two paintings for your 60th birthday. My eyes were opened to the fact that the art world was primarily male by Mary Cassatt. At the time I had no clue about parenting, motherhood or tubby time as we called it. Now I get it. And this sweet pairing says a lot.
I also liked Henry Toulos Latrec (sp). Because he showed the less sophisticated side of life and put himself in the painting. They always seemed a little pre Instagram snapshots to me at the time.
Bonus painting [The Gare St. Lazare, Claude Monet, 1877] since railroad and culture was such a huge part of the art worlds story during Impressionism. And you’re in the railroad business it makes sense to give you one of how city and nature come together. Not always pretty but very necessary." Cathy Paper
https://www.marycassatt.org/The-Childs-Bath-1893.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Child%27s_Bath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Moulin_Rouge
10/15/23 @DeYoung
E264 - Looping Line 45, Thomas Trum, 2022 - from Martha Moseley
"Thomas Trum. Young Dutch artist. Love the color and 3 dimensional aspect. Just bought it for our house in sun valley! For your 60th album. Very in the moment." Martha Moseley
https://galleryviewer.com/en/artwork/47417/looping...
E264 - The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1484-1486 - from Jennifer Tulley
"My favorite painting is Birth of Venus by Botticelli. In my small rural Illinois high school, art history was one of my favorite subjects and I was also fascinated by Greek mythology. My French class organized a trip to Europe and our first stop was the Uffizi in Florence where I was completely enthralled when I saw this in person. It’s a painting that makes you feel like she is looking right at you and that you are a part of the story." Jennifer Tulley
E264 - The Raft of Medusa, Theodore Gericault, 1818-1819 - from Douglas Tulley
"Not sure if I can say this is my single "favorite" - I have too many things I like. But I think of this as one of the most fascinating pieces of art, for many reasons: huge scale, staggeringly beautiful composition of horrific depiction, it's place it history, both for the real story it depicts and for it's artists break with traditions. It came to my attention in 1985 because an Irish folk-punk group called The Pogues used it as cover art on their seminal album "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash," which title is itself an interesting Winston Churchill quotation. He once quipped the British Navy tradition was 'nothing more than rum, sodomy and the lash.'"
E264 - Untitled, Megan Bigelow, 2011
"The color painting pic is from a photo that I think I took in Paris in 1996. Loved the dresses in the window and the architecture. Two favorite subjects… fashion & architecture. I did the painting in approx. 2011, from my photo, in a course at Fort Mason w/ one of my favorite, most inspiring teachers, Helen Stanley. Her classmate and friend at the Art Institute on Chestnut St which she attended (marrying her professor!) was Annie Liebowitz." Megan Bigelow
E264 - Berkeley #44, Richard Diebenkorn, 1955 - from Louise Rogers
From Louise Rogers Wikipedia
- Notes to myself on beginning a painting (by Richard Diebenkorn)
- Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.
- The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued - except as a stimulus for further moves.
- Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
- Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.
- Don't "discover" a subject - of any kind.
- Somehow don't be bored - but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.
- Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.
- Keep thinking about Polyanna.
- Tolerate chaos.
- Be careful only in a perverse way.
E264 - Caprice No. 24, composed by Niccolo Paganini, performed by Eliot Fisk, 1807 & 2017 - from Roger Miller
"Here is the Youtube link to one of my most favorite musical pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTJd24oVCM This is the classical guitarist Eliot Fisk playing Paganini's 24 caprices. Number 24 is the most famous one, and I especially like numbers 1, 5, 10, 18, and 20, but all of them are really wonderful to listen to." Roger Miller
E264 - Ka-aper, Artist Unknown, CA 2465-2323 BC - from Jan van Eck
"An Egyptian scribe from 4,000 years ago. I feel like this is the job I would like if I lived backed then." Jan van Eck
https://egymonuments.gov.eg/collections/statue-of-...
E264 - Title Unknown, Olifur Eliasson, Date TBD - from Cynthia van Eck
"It is meaningful to me because of its beauty and simplicity but really because Jan and I chose it together during Covid and it made us so happy." Cynthia van Eck
E264 - The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893 - from Chris da Cunha
"One of my absolute favorites is "Scream" by Edvard Munch. I think of this painting whenever I experience extreme frustration and helplessness. Most recently after the Uvalde school shooting and the Supreme Court leak regarding abortion rights. I realize this is not Happy Birthday material but solving these problems might lead to genuine happy birthdays." Chris da Cunha
E264 - Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat and Necklace, Amedeo Modigliani, 1917 - from Mary Jane Weaver
"My favorite artist is the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. I think I love him because his subject matter was often women, and the way he captures their expressions is so distinct. They are done with a beautiful palette, but also often haunting, with very intense expressions. When I look at one of these portraits, I think that the artist really understood women in all their complexity – and I always want to know the story of the person depicted. Probably my favorite of his paintings is one called “Window to the Soul.” I knew an artist friend when I was working my way through law school and I think I loved her work because it reminded me of Modigliani’s work. I’ll send you a picture by text! As it turns out, I unwittingly have collected a lot of “street” art -most of which are portraits of women in a somewhat similar vein. So, I guess learning about Modigliani in my college Art History course really started something for me!" Mary Jane Weaver
E264 - One: Number 31, 1950, Jackson Pollock, 1950 - from Doug Winthrop
"I love Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings! They bring me back to the thrill of discovery I experienced in high school American Studies class, when I did a semester long deep-dive into abstract expressionism. Art that was incomprehensible came alive for me. Drip. Drip. Drip." Doug Winthrop
E264 - General Toussaint L’Ouverture, Jacob Lawrence, 1986 - from Yamilee Bermingham
"A favorite artist is Jacob Lawrence. I first remember being intrigued by Lawrence’s migration series while visiting the Phillips gallery in Washington DC, where I lived after college and where I started dating my love, Douglas, who would introduce me to Tom, and a few years later, lovely Eleanor.
The Jacob Lawrence portrait hat I have chosen for Tom’s birthday tribute is of Toussaint L’Ouverture, a key leader of the Haitian Revolution who defeated Napoleon’s forces, leading to Haitian independence in 1804. Toussaint L’Ouverture became Haiti’s first president before being deceived and imprisoned by Napoleon in 1802. The epitaph often used for Haiti is “poorest country in the Western Hemisphere,” rather than first free Black republic, which I know it as, having learned from my parents and a comic book biography they gave me as a child.
Something I admire about Tom and which inspires me, is his wide-ranging intellectual curiosity. I imagine this contributed to his interest in maps. Tom shared with us this lecture about maps and Haitian history (YouTube) and recently texted us about the New York Times series detailing the country-pillaging taxes levied by France after the Haitian revolution and the subsequent economically destabilizing actions of the United States. I am enriched by learning about history and culture beyond the canon that most of us studied in school. Here is another interesting discussion about Haiti https://www.worldaffairs.org/media/blog/912. It’s been fun to share interest in Haiti with Tom and Eleanor! Happy Birthday Tom! from Yamilee Bermingham
El Paso Museum of Art - Toussaint Louverture
E264 - Le bonheur de vivre, Henri Matisse, 1905-1906 - from Pam Bonnie
"I loved Matisse in my art history class in college. The Le Bonheur de Vivre is vibrant and dreamy!" Pam Bonnie
E264 - The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis-David, 1787 - from Lori Ogden Moore
"Stoic philosophy reminds us to live life each and every day with meaning, values and integrity as Socrates poignantly teaches here even as loved ones grieve the intended hemlock. Memento Mori. We studied this painting in my first Stanford art class and I visited it weekly for years at The Met." Lori Ogden Moore
E264 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Edouard Manet, 1882 - from Bob Bransten
"A real favorite is Edouard's The Bar at the Folies-Bergere. I am fascinated by the complexity and disorientation of the barmaid facing us, her back reflected in a mirror, and a man reflected in the mirror facing the barmaid." Bob Bransten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-...
E264 - The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899 - from Dave Sherry
E264 - Le Petite Venise de Colmar, Artist Unknown, Date Unknown - from Dave Barry
"I am not much of an art collector. This photo though caught my eye as we were there recently. Colmar France in the (Northeast) Alsace Region. Loved it there. The painting in my view represents, serenity, peacefulness, and appreciation of life." Dave Barry
https://www.familiscope.fr/sorties-famille/balades...
E264 - The Swimming Pool, Henri Matisse, 1952 - from Anne Paper
"This piece resonates with me on many levels: the blue color of the Mediterranean Sea; the subject matter of swimming and the flow, rhythm, and movement of water; the silhouetted shapes of the swimmers, waves, and water creatures; the unique medium of paper cut-outs; the installation of nine rectangular panels approx. 2.5 meters high x 8 meters long positioned slightly above eye-level at 3 meters from the floor. I experienced this piece at the Matisse Museum in Nice, France and it was breathtaking. The piece, the museum, the locale (Mediterranean Sea) is my go-to mental “happy place!” 😊" Anne Paper
E264 - Haifa, Mordechai Avniel, date unknown - from Phyllis Cook
"I am selecting a watercolor of Haifa by the Israeli artist Mordechai Avniel.(1900-1989). It is a wonderful watercolor by an artist who represented Israel in the Venice Biennale in 1958. It is a favorite because it was left to us by David’s Aunt Bessie Jones who was married to Howard Mumford Jones, a famous Harvard professor. Aunt Bessie had no children of her own and loved David and invited him over when she had Robert Frost and others to dinner!. She selected this because she knew of our interest in Israel." Phyllis Cook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Avniel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Mumford_Jones
E264 - Traci, Beth Van Hoesen, 1988 - from Mary Hossfeld
"This etching has hung in my house ever since I decided to make San Francisco my permanent home and raise a family here. I love it because I loved the artist who made it, my cousin Beth. She often found her models on the streets of San Francisco and offered them a meal and income in exchange for modeling at a few drawing sessions. Beth is most known for her etchings of animals and flowers, which hang in museums around the country. But it's her lesser known portraits of San Francisco residents that convey her deep affection for her community and her ability to see the humanity in everyone." Mary Hossfeld
https://collection.mcnayart.org/objects/20013/trac...
"Beth Van Hoesen and fellow artist Wayne Thiebaud were close friends. The two often shared studio space, and the expense of hiring a model, in the converted firehouse where Van Hoesen lived with her husband, the artist Mark Adams." The McNay
https://www.mcnayart.org/exhibition/beth-van-hoese...
Other selections by Mary Hossfeld
Bowl of Borscht, 1982. Mark Adams.
"While his grander paintings, tapestries (Lotus Sumatra at the de Young) and stained glass (the Fire and Water windows at Temple Emanuel) are far more well known, this understated, whimsical watercolor of a simple bowl of soup is one of my favorites because of the memories it conjures. I had just moved from NY to CA for college, and was having my first Thanksgiving away from home. Mark and his wife Beth were hosting the holiday in their SF home. I was asked to make and bring borscht soup, a dish I had never even tasted. Seated around the Thanksgiving table, I asked Mark, "why on earth borscht soup?" and he responded, with a twinkle in his eye, "the color!" The next year, he painted this." Mary Hossfeld
Lotus Sumatra, de Young collection, 1989. Mark Adams.
"Mark's paintings have always brought me joy, especially those showing off his favorite colors, pink and orange. His works—whether watercolor, tapestry or stained glass—all have a luminescent quality, as did he. He was a quiet man with a big heart and he exuded joy and generosity. This tapestry, from the de Young's permanent collection, is one of my all time favorites." Mary Hossfeld
E264 - The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1484-1486 - from Tom Bottern
"Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (link to wiki image below) is probably one of the most well known paintings in the world. I thought would submit it to you despite that. I was hoping to find a hidden treasure of some sort, but there are two reasons I was drawn back to this piece after searching elsewhere. First, it reminds me of a favorite portion of the Art History class at Williams, which was a fantastic mind-opening experience I enjoyed a great deal. Second, this painting is so delicate and the lines so sharp and flowing that it’s hard to find anything else that compares to it, even within Renaissance art. Each time I look at it this hits me. It comes to mind immediately when I think about a striking work of art. Someday I would like to see it in person at the Uffizi gallery in Florence and admire it in full scale."
E264 - Christina's World, Andrew Wyeth, 1948 - from Sally Cole
"A suggestion of a story, so beautifully rendered." Sally Cole
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78455
E264 - Lopatcong Landscape, William Hudders, 2020 - from Anita Lang-Bakar
"I love the airy clouds, the open fields and the impression it gives of being able to take a deep breath and sigh contentedly on a summer day." Anita Lang-Bakar
http://www.williamhudders.com/
E264 - Black Shoes, Wayne Thiebaud, 1963 - from Louisa Ritter
"For your digital gallery, I am sending this painting by Wayne Thiebaud. I saw it in person several years ago at the De Young when they had a Thiebaud exhibit. I can’t explain it, but I felt this incredible emotional pull when I saw it, deep in my gut. I’ve never had that deep of a visceral reaction to a work of art before. I love Wayne Thiebaud’s style (this photo doesn’t do the many colors in the piece justice) and perhaps the shoes also reminded me of my father, who always wore shoes like this? I don’t know, but I’ll never forget that experience. And I wanted to own that painting soooo much!☺"
E264 - Serenity, Dulcy Wolverton, 2008 - from Kate Gerwe and Mindy Goldman
Dulcy Wolverton is a friend of Kate and Mindy who is a practicing radiologist. Kate and Mindy have Dulcy's work in their kitchen. Dulcy makes her art using the technology that is used for mammograms.
E264 - Infinity Mirrored Room — Filled with the Brilliance of Life, Yayoi Kusama, 2012 - from Pam Stone
"I would like to give a shout out to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s immersive installation: Infinity Mirrored Room — Filled with the Brilliance of Life (2012). Currently on exhibit at the Tate Modern in London, the roughly 10 ft x 20 ft room, in which mirrored glass and pools of water reflect sparkles of pulsing colored light, feels endless and miraculous. It is simply an awe-inspiring and unforgettable experience to rest inside this magical space-altering installation for any length of time."
E264 - The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci, 1495-1498 - from Meeta and Tim Arcuri
"There are so many wonderful works of art but none that made more of an impression on me than The Last Supper by da Vinci. I was in Milan with a friend in 2000 and we had no expectations of being able to get a ticket to see the mural. As we were walking by the Santa maria del Grazie Church, someone offered us two tickets and we were so thrilled! It was also one of the last times it was open to the public before closing for years of restoration. What’s great about this painting is that it feels like you could walk into the scene, as well as The obvious significance of that moment where Jesus tells his disciples someone will betray him."
E264 - Study for Seven-Headed Dragon, Cai Guo-Qiang, 2016 - from Jeff Clark
"After looking at your gallery, I’m going to throw you a curve ball for my art submission since it isn’t too late. I took this picture in Shanghai last year during my soft quarantine. I wouldn’t call this my “favorite” piece in the world but it’s memorable and hope that you will like the backstory. The artist is Cai Guo-Qiang. His is one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists and has reached international acclaim (your gallery seemed to be all Western artists so I thought some global expansion might be in order). He's probably most famous for his firework pieces including displays as part of the opening ceremonies for both the Summer and Winter Olympics in Beijing (Google his ladder pieces). He also uses gunpowder with paintings and sculptures such as this piece. When I saw it, I sent it to Will, Ed, and Andy as an illustration of us having one body that needs cooperation despite having multiple heads and ideas ;)" Jeff Clark
https://caiguoqiang.com/projects/projects-2016/my-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Guo-Qiang
E264 - Whistlejacket, by George Stubbs, 1762 - from Courtney Spikes
“Whistlejacket blew me away the first time I saw at London’s National Gallery. It is a large format painting 9.5 feet high and 8 feet wide. The curators have placed it at the end of a long hallway, so it grows larger as you make your way through the various galleries until you are standing in front of this magnificent painting that feels alive — you expect Whistlejacket to jump off the canvas!” Courtney Spikes
E264 - The Coronation of Napolean - by Jacques Louis David - 1807 - from Tim Arcuri
The Coronation of Napoleon[a] (French: Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris. The oil painting has imposing dimensions – it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a little over 6 metres (20 ft) tall. The work is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Wikipedia guide to characters shown in painting:
Source: Wikipedia
See also Google Arts & Culture.
Thornton Willis, grey area, 2020 - from Howard Altmann
“Thornton Willis is 87 years old and he’s still painting with childlike wonder, as he balances the weight of the world.” Howard Altmann
Source: Artsy
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Dot stories
Callot's scene La Pendaison (The Hanging) inspired the central image of William Hogarth's "The South Sea Scheme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblematical_Print_o...
**In the end these vile and lost thieves, as miserable fruits hanging on this tree Show that the crime (horrible and dark sort) is itself an instrument of shame and revenge And that it is the destiny of vicious men to experience sooner or later the justice of the heavens.
In the end these vile and lost thieves, as miserable fruits hanging on this tree
**Show that the crime (horrible and dark sort) is itself an instrument of shame and revenge
And that it is the destiny of vicious men to experience sooner or later the justice of the heavens.
In the end these vile and lost thieves, as miserable fruits hanging on this tree
Show that the crime (horrible and dark sort) is itself an instrument of shame and revenge
**And that it is the destiny of vicious men to experience sooner or later the justice of the heavens.
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E264 - Apart, by Antony Gormley - from Sandy Dean
E264 - Winged Victory of Samothrace, Greek, 2nd Century BCE - from Warren Karlenzig
E264 - The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, Hilma af Klint, 1907 - from Diana Donlon
E264 - Iwo Jima Memorial, Joe Rosenthal & Felix de Weldon, 1945 & 1954 - from Mark Paper
E264 - Title Unknown, Artist Unknown, 2017-2018 - from © John Beans
E264 - Dividing The Light, James Turrell, 2007 - from Tim Sedlock
E264 - The Child's Bath, Mary Cassatt, 1893 - from Cathy Paper
E264 - General Toussaint L’Ouverture, Jacob Lawrence, 1986 - from Yamilee Bermingham
E264 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Edouard Manet, 1882 - from Bob Bransten
E264 - Study for Seven-Headed Dragon, Cai Guo-Qiang, 2016 - from Jeff Clark
E264 - Whistlejacket, by George Stubbs, 1762 - from Courtney Spikes
E264 - The Coronation of Napolean - by Jacques Louis David - 1807 - from Tim Arcuri
Thornton Willis, grey area, 2020 - from Howard Altmann
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