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95. I think we did stop there. It was a lovely trip (a Road Scholar trip IIRC).

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 06:48 PM

Feb 2024

It was on a retrofitted barge with Road Scholar. Nothing fancy, but we were all art lovers. We experienced the same weather patterns, the same sky that the artist must have experienced and it greatly enhanced our visit to the painting. I kinda broke down in front of "Wheat Fields with Crows" and just cried for the beauty of it and also the suffering the artist must have gone through. When I was leaving, I asked a museum guide if he had seen others crying in front of the paintings and he said "All the time."

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If you could have one famous work of art in your home so you could see it every day which would it be? [View all] CTyankee Feb 2024 OP

The School of Athens Glorfindel Feb 2024 #1

Because of the cast of characters in it? CTyankee Feb 2024 #2

Yes, Ma'am. Glorfindel Feb 2024 #4

One of Turner's, and/or one of Virgin of the Rocks/ Madonna of the Rocks elleng Feb 2024 #3

I would take the Virgin of the Rocks with that beautiful angel. CTyankee Feb 2024 #6

Maybe Gainsborough's Blue Boy appleannie1 Feb 2024 #5

A Monet. MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #7

His work at Giverny is just so gorgeous and inviting. CTyankee Feb 2024 #9

Supposedly, El Greco had a vision issue yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #53

This is an easy one AltairIV Feb 2024 #8

Are you fascinated by her? CTyankee Feb 2024 #10

Light AltairIV Feb 2024 #13

GOOD one! elleng Feb 2024 #11

THANKS for this exercise, yank! elleng Feb 2024 #12

Oh, geez, so many of them. grumpyduck Feb 2024 #14

The Return of the Prodigal Son is the best painting of all time, IMO. It always moves me. CTyankee Feb 2024 #15

Many years ago I had an opportunity grumpyduck Feb 2024 #43

Swiss-German artist Paul Klee's "Twittering Machine" (1922) Tikki Feb 2024 #16

Prescient!🤔n/t skamaria Feb 2024 #105

This one by Escher GreenWave Feb 2024 #17

LOLOLOL!!! elleng Feb 2024 #23

I have a room with three wall and a window so I want three paintings Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #18

The Nahl is a standout, but all are wonderful. CTyankee Feb 2024 #19

I believe that Nahl painting is in the Smithsonian Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #25

wonderful history. I had no idea. It's nice to learn these back stories. CTyankee Feb 2024 #56

Grace Hudson has the greatest back story Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #74

It's most likely not a famous work of art such as Monet or Van Gogh. Niagara Feb 2024 #20

Hopper's works always has a hint that something is going to happen...no wonder it inspired the "Psycho" house. CTyankee Feb 2024 #21

I admire Hopper's work. It certainly speaks to me. Niagara Feb 2024 #87

The House by the railroad is stunning and the bear craft is fun. MLAA Feb 2024 #30

The first time I ever encountered Bear Craft, Niagara Feb 2024 #88

I have a few prints... 2naSalit Feb 2024 #22

The Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera JoseBalow Feb 2024 #24

Saw these in December 2022 TexasBushwhacker Feb 2024 #40

It's a wonderful museum JoseBalow Feb 2024 #42

It was definitely worth the special trip n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2024 #46

Yes, great works. The 3 famous Mexican muralists are said to have invented... brush Feb 2024 #71

Mona Lisa OR Madame X. fierywoman Feb 2024 #26

Love Madame X MLAA Feb 2024 #28

Any Gustavo Klimt and any Magritte. MLAA Feb 2024 #27

Sorry, but I couldn't resist. Abolishinist Feb 2024 #57

I'm glad you couldn't resist. I saw that movie years and years ago but remember laughing a lot. MLAA Feb 2024 #85

The Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti TexasDem69 Feb 2024 #29

well...yes...one of the finest works of art of all time... CTyankee Feb 2024 #68

I must say I'm surprised, nobody here chose anything... Enter stage left Feb 2024 #31

Oooooo, great question! Gotta think on that! electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #32

Not famous, but I really GP6971 Feb 2024 #33

Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose bamagal62 Feb 2024 #34

Ok, my first thought is one of Monet's very long Waterlilly paintings. Except it wouldn't fit! So gotta think of electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #35

I remember seeing a presentation of them at the L'Orangerie in Paris and at the time we were told to speak in whispers CTyankee Feb 2024 #65

Wow! I visited my aunt & uncle in '16 in Switzerland. She was an artist who invited me to make art w her... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #75

CTyankee.......... Upthevibe Feb 2024 #36

Van Gogh - Cafe Terrace at Night Permanut Feb 2024 #37

Self deleted duplicate Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #63

Thanks! Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #64

Starry Night for me. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #38

Me, too! Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #82

I would cry if I saw it in person, too. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #83

Yes, just looking at the brushstrokes Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #113

Chesley Bonestell's "Saturn As Seen From Titan" ThoughtCriminal Feb 2024 #39

Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #41

I treasure this Whistler. He was a fine artist. CTyankee Feb 2024 #58

The Forest MyMission Feb 2024 #44

Two choices: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, or Rest on the Flight into Egypt NBachers Feb 2024 #45

Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484-1486) IcyPeas Feb 2024 #47

Marcel Duchamp - "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" aka "The Large Glass" GReedDiamond Feb 2024 #48

The Night Watch --- Rembrandt lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #49

You would need an awfully big wall!!! chowder66 Feb 2024 #52

I saw it twiice. My mother took me to Amsterdam when I was 16 and I was totally blown away by this painting. CTyankee Feb 2024 #67

I can imagine. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #69

Wow, same here, sort of. Abolishinist Feb 2024 #73

I think we did stop there. It was a lovely trip (a Road Scholar trip IIRC). CTyankee Feb 2024 #95

Did you see Nightwatching? Cool movie that used the painting as a jumping-off point. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #130

Sorry to say I missed it. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #132

Undergrowth with Two Figures LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #50

Feeding the sheep painting Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #51

Something by Andrew Wyeth. Maybe 'Open sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #54

Thank you. Wyeth is wonderful and it's nice to encounter him here. CTyankee Feb 2024 #59

Anything by Odd Nerdrum. chowder66 Feb 2024 #55

Frans Hals' "Laughing Cavalier", or a Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden or a Charles White. brush Feb 2024 #60

Too many to chose from, but Abolishinist Feb 2024 #61

I love Monet, so anything of his would be excellent yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #62

Anything by Edvard Munch or Degas n/t ailsagirl Feb 2024 #66

Anything by Toulouse-Lautrec or Andrew Wyeth! Amazing artists. nt CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2024 #70

Ten Verses on Oxherding (Metropolitan Museum of Art) WheelWalker Feb 2024 #72

The He-Gassen scroll. Kablooie Feb 2024 #76

Given the poses, I hesitate to ask what this painting is all about....but please give me some background here as I know CTyankee Feb 2024 #110

This is a long scroll depicting a humorous fart competition from the 15th century Kablooie Feb 2024 #112

It's wonderful! I absolutely love it... CTyankee Feb 2024 #114

Just about anything from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Bayard Feb 2024 #77

Thanks for sharing this, Bayard. Niagara Feb 2024 #89

Joy of Life Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #78

Well, it is a piece from his "fauvist" period. I really like fauvism... CTyankee Feb 2024 #100

I do too Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #108

Henri Rousseau's "The Sleeping Gypsy" nuxvomica Feb 2024 #79

The Hallucinogenic Toreador unweird Feb 2024 #80

Edward Hoppers "Nighthawks" maxrandb Feb 2024 #81

One of my favorites. Paladin Feb 2024 #84

To be honest maxrandb Feb 2024 #86

It's perfectly fine not to know everything right off the top of your head. Niagara Feb 2024 #90

I already have a reproduction of Van Gogh's "Starry Night' up in my front hallway. Aristus Feb 2024 #91

You just proved John Updike right... CTyankee Feb 2024 #92

Renoir, "Luncheon of the Boating Party." malthaussen Feb 2024 #93

A nice Rothko, two or three Modigliani portraits, one of Gauguin's Tahiti paintings, Van Gogh's night cafe or.. BluesRunTheGame Feb 2024 #94

We are fortunate to have Van Gogh's "Night Cafe" here at the Yale University Art Gallery. CTyankee Feb 2024 #96

Michelangelo ....... David turbinetree Feb 2024 #97

It is the classic pose known as "contraposto" CTyankee Feb 2024 #98

Yes......I love my art teacher from California.......... turbinetree Feb 2024 #99

Kanagawa oki nami ura if..fish..had..wings Feb 2024 #101

Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #102

The Fox Hunt - Winslow Homer yorkster Feb 2024 #103

A panel from Monet's Water Lilies... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #104

At one point my dad had a small cataloge of mostly Japanese wood prints... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #124

Monet's "The Water Lillies" Jrose Feb 2024 #106

Thomas Cole: 'The Oxbow' and many of the Hudson River School painters Jrose Feb 2024 #107

Cezanne's Lac d'Annecy AnnaLee Feb 2024 #109

Any Roger Dean work yankee87 Feb 2024 #111

Oh, I was luck enough waaaay back to see a show of his works... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #125

For those who love Nightwatch (a favourite of mine, too) GenThePerservering Feb 2024 #115

That was very well done. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #117

One of them: The Flood, A Deluge Scene Drum Feb 2024 #116

👀I've narrowed it down to Tiepelo, Turner, Monet, Hockney, Cole, Church, and maybe two others. electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #118

that's good! You have an expansive view of art which enriches your life ! CTyankee Feb 2024 #119

Ty. I was lucky my parents esp my mom enjoyed art so... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #121

Can you display some of your art here on DU? CTyankee Feb 2024 #122

Ty. Maybe at some point. Although I might be able to show some digital stuff easier than having pull out, and... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #123

Hieronymus Bosch - Garden of Earthly Delights Doc_Technical Feb 2024 #120

That would be a nice one. If it was on my wall, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2024 #137

Nothing fancy for me... QED Feb 2024 #126

A Rothco painting would thrill me. n/t Imalittleteapot Feb 2024 #127

I'd like each month from the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry -- especially February, betsuni Feb 2024 #128

Matisse's The Dance. The one with the more saturated colors. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #129

Starry night... From The Ashes Feb 2024 #131

Sun and Life - Frida Kahlo, 1947 OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #133

She's baaaack. Re Thomas Coles: The Architect's Dream electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #134

i can fake most styles. maybe an o'keffe. pansypoo53219 Feb 2024 #135

Here's the image (I hope 😄 ) electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #136

PPR - The Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de' Mdici Chakaconcarne Feb 2024 #138

Marc's Blue Horses PlutosHeart Feb 2024 #139

I'm going right for the very top - the Mona Lisa. Earth-shine Feb 2024 #140