Name That Artist! - Page 9

The Gaffer · 01-16-2006, 04:30 AM

That's Rodin! I'll have a look for one then post it when I get a chance.

Lotesse · 01-21-2006, 11:34 PM

Yes, that was Auguste Rodin, you of course got it, Gaffer! But you haven't given us a new one yet, so in the meantime I'll give you guys another one...

Mostly this artist is well known for all his ink drawings and etchings, but this here is a gorgeous little sculpture of his.

hectorberlioz · 01-25-2006, 05:19 PM

Here's one.

Hint, he's the purple Ninja Turtle

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/donatell/1_e...c/1georg_2.jpg

***Earniel*** · 01-25-2006, 07:53 PM

Hector, you really shouldn't post links wherein the name of the artist (and probably the name of the work itself) is visible.

The Gaffer · 01-26-2006, 08:19 AM

That's a groovy sculpture, Lotesse. Sadly I have no idea at all.

Sorry I wasn't around to post another pic; real life intruding etc.

Lotesse · 01-26-2006, 12:27 PM

That sculpture is by M. C. Escher!

Yes, my RL is busy a lot lately, too, Gaffer. Well, I'll wait.

hectorberlioz · 01-27-2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

That sculpture is by M. C. Escher!

Yes, my RL is busy a lot lately, too, Gaffer. Well, I'll wait.

Oooh!

His drawings are masterpieces. I bought a calendar with his art. (Iy was for someone else though.)

Earniel, blah!!

Elanor · 01-31-2006, 02:38 PM

Hm, the Escher sculpture doesn't show up anymore. Do you have a link to it?

I remember going to a Rodin exhibit when I was about 14 and being totally blown away. Amazing stuff. His sculptures were so lifelike that he was actually accused of casting real human body parts. So he ended up making them all either very small or huge.

The Gaffer · 01-31-2006, 04:51 PM

OK, apologies in advance for this one being a monster, but I had to work hard to find one without his name in the URL.

Lotesse · 01-31-2006, 07:01 PM

Ooo, thank you, Gaffer! Nice one. Is that by Georges Braque?

The Gaffer · 02-01-2006, 04:54 AM

No, but close. He probably met this artist and was certainly influenced by him.

Hasty Ent · 02-01-2006, 10:43 AM

Cezanne?

The Gaffer · 02-01-2006, 01:21 PM

Correct! (you're back, and right in there with the correct answer. have a nice trip?)

I love Cezanne. I had an almost spiritual experience the first time I took off my glasses (I am blind as a bat and have two coke bottle bottoms for lenses): it was like the picture became a window.

Or maybe it was the mushrooms...

Hasty Ent · 02-01-2006, 02:43 PM

LOL! I know what you mean about the glasses, I'm blind as a bat as well. Years ago I found myself in Giverny and took my glasses off, stunned, I gasped when Monet's garden blurred into one of his paintings. Btw, I loathe the Impressionists, but adore gardens so agreed to tour Giverny.

Trip was lovely, San Fran and Monterey Peninsula, ate a horrifying amount of seafood, saw grey whales spouting and elephant seals breeding.

here's something a little more recent than the Father of Modern Art (aka Cezanne) :

The Gaffer · 02-01-2006, 06:04 PM

Arg! Can't remember the artist, but I did see the Simpsons episode the other night where Homer is sitting at the counter in this scene.

Why do you hate the Impressionists? The first time I saw paintings which truly interested me it was Impressionist stuff (gotta love those haystacks, surely!). I think it gave me a gentle introduction to understanding what Cubism, Expressionism etc were about, and also made me appreciate better what came before. But, no, I don't have Monet coasters and tea towels.

Sounds like a fantastic trip.

Lotesse · 02-01-2006, 06:10 PM

Oh, MAN, that artist is on the tip of my tongue - is it Hopper, something Hopper?

Hasty Ent · 02-01-2006, 07:10 PM

yep, Lotesse, it is by Edward Hopper.... a painting called Nighthawks which has entered into mainstream consciousness, ergo Gaffer's view of it on the Simpsons

here's more info http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections...em?acc=1942.51

as for Gaffer's question re: why I hate the Impressionists, it's because they are too sweet for my taste, although I do understand their importance in art history canon

also, I should mention that the entire Impressionist movement has been hijacked and perverted by a number of contemporary painters that have so polluted the original movement that I can't look at a Renoir without gagging....

Hasty Ent · 02-01-2006, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Gaffer

The first time I saw paintings which truly interested me it was Impressionist stuff (gotta love those haystacks, surely!).

ACK!!!!! living in Chicago I have my fill of Monet's haystacks, honestly

/me flees the Art Institute's Impressionist gallery whenever she's unlucky enough to stumble near

**crickhollow** · 02-03-2006, 01:13 AM

Funny, HE, I visited Chicago for the first time this summer, and got lost in the Impressionist Gallery. Impressive to see them in person for the first time, but I guess I can understand getting sick of them.

PS I have never come across a more grumpy group of people than the employees at the Chicago Art Institute. But other than them, I loved Chicago. This small-town girl had never been through a revolving door before visiting there. :-)

The Gaffer · 02-03-2006, 05:05 AM

Heh! I guess I like 'em because they opened my eyes to how there's always colour. Which "contemporary hijackers" do you mean?

You're up, Lotesse, if I'm not mistaken.

01-21-2006, 11:34 PM	#162
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Yes, that was Auguste Rodin, you of course got it, Gaffer! But you haven't given us a new one yet, so in the meantime I'll give you guys another one... Mostly this artist is well known for all his ink drawings and etchings, but this here is a gorgeous little sculpture of his. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

01-25-2006, 05:19 PM	#163
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01-25-2006, 07:53 PM	#164
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Hector, you really shouldn't post links wherein the name of the artist (and probably the name of the work itself) is visible. __________________ We are not things.

01-26-2006, 12:27 PM	#166
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	That sculpture is by M. C. Escher! Yes, my RL is busy a lot lately, too, Gaffer. Well, I'll wait. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

01-31-2006, 07:01 PM	#170
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Ooo, thank you, Gaffer! Nice one. Is that by Georges Braque? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

01-16-2006, 04:30 AM	#161
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	That's Rodin! I'll have a look for one then post it when I get a chance.

01-26-2006, 08:19 AM	#165
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	That's a groovy sculpture, Lotesse. Sadly I have no idea at all. Sorry I wasn't around to post another pic; real life intruding etc.

01-31-2006, 02:38 PM	#168
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	Hm, the Escher sculpture doesn't show up anymore. Do you have a link to it? I remember going to a Rodin exhibit when I was about 14 and being totally blown away. Amazing stuff. His sculptures were so lifelike that he was actually accused of casting real human body parts. So he ended up making them all either very small or huge.

01-31-2006, 04:51 PM	#169
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	OK, apologies in advance for this one being a monster, but I had to work hard to find one without his name in the URL.

02-01-2006, 04:54 AM	#171
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	No, but close. He probably met this artist and was certainly influenced by him.

02-01-2006, 10:43 AM	#172
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	Cezanne?

02-01-2006, 01:21 PM	#173
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Correct! (you're back, and right in there with the correct answer. have a nice trip?) I love Cezanne. I had an almost spiritual experience the first time I took off my glasses (I am blind as a bat and have two coke bottle bottoms for lenses): it was like the picture became a window. Or maybe it was the mushrooms...

02-01-2006, 02:43 PM	#174
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	LOL! I know what you mean about the glasses, I'm blind as a bat as well. Years ago I found myself in Giverny and took my glasses off, stunned, I gasped when Monet's garden blurred into one of his paintings. Btw, I loathe the Impressionists, but adore gardens so agreed to tour Giverny. Trip was lovely, San Fran and Monterey Peninsula, ate a horrifying amount of seafood, saw grey whales spouting and elephant seals breeding. here's something a little more recent than the Father of Modern Art (aka Cezanne) :

02-01-2006, 06:04 PM	#175
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Arg! Can't remember the artist, but I did see the Simpsons episode the other night where Homer is sitting at the counter in this scene. Why do you hate the Impressionists? The first time I saw paintings which truly interested me it was Impressionist stuff (gotta love those haystacks, surely!). I think it gave me a gentle introduction to understanding what Cubism, Expressionism etc were about, and also made me appreciate better what came before. But, no, I don't have Monet coasters and tea towels. Sounds like a fantastic trip.

02-01-2006, 06:10 PM	#176
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Oh, MAN, that artist is on the tip of my tongue - is it Hopper, something Hopper? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-01-2006, 07:10 PM	#177
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	yep, Lotesse, it is by Edward Hopper.... a painting called Nighthawks which has entered into mainstream consciousness, ergo Gaffer's view of it on the Simpsons here's more info http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections...em?acc=1942.51 as for Gaffer's question re: why I hate the Impressionists, it's because they are too sweet for my taste, although I do understand their importance in art history canon also, I should mention that the entire Impressionist movement has been hijacked and perverted by a number of contemporary painters that have so polluted the original movement that I can't look at a Renoir without gagging....

02-03-2006, 01:13 AM	#179
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Funny, HE, I visited Chicago for the first time this summer, and got lost in the Impressionist Gallery. Impressive to see them in person for the first time, but I guess I can understand getting sick of them. PS I have never come across a more grumpy group of people than the employees at the Chicago Art Institute. But other than them, I loved Chicago. This small-town girl had never been through a revolving door before visiting there. :-) __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

02-03-2006, 05:05 AM	#180
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Heh! I guess I like 'em because they opened my eyes to how there's always colour. Which "contemporary hijackers" do you mean? You're up, Lotesse, if I'm not mistaken.

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