What Is The Greatest Painting That Has Ever Been Painted?

[puglover]

Dad has this one on his bedroom wall. I love looking at it.


Hold to the Last Round

 

[nonconformist]

Wow. That is a good picture. And it is very histrically accurate as well. Is it of the U.S army in the Ardennes in winter 1944? Maybe Bastogne?

 

[thestonesfan]

Originally posted by Pirate


But that's not a value judgement of course.

Yes, there are jumbled, messy modern paintings out there that do look like kids paintings, but for the one I posted you are sorely mistaken. Look at it and you will see a person walking down stairs, the angles of their arms, legs, head, body frozen in a succession of snapshots, capturing motion in a still frame. It's not random.

Like one of those "Magic Eye" calenders?

Ah...modern art.

 

[thestonesfan]

Alex Ross - possibly the greatest artist alive...

 

[thestonesfan]

Just to show that the majority of great artists work in the funnybook business these days...

More Superman goodness...

 

[CurtSibling]

Frank Frazetta is one of the best modern artists of the recent era.

 

[CurtSibling]

Another Frazetta classic - just look at the brooding power of the visuals!

 

[Karl Lenin]

I didn't know you were a fan of minimalism, Curt.

 

[CurtSibling]

I see it as comic-based modern art - but you may apply whatever tag you wish, my vodka-swigging friend.

But it is fine stuff, from my view.

 

[Karl Lenin]

They looked a bit too boring to me to be comic-based art. Just red x:s on white background, not much action there.

 

[thestonesfan]

Frazetta is God.

 

[thestonesfan]

Still unconvinced?

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by Karl Lenin
They looked a bit too boring to me to be comic-based art. Just red x:s on white background, not much action there.

The uploaded links work fine from here.

Perhaps your inferior soviet computer cannot handle graphics.

 

[thestonesfan]

I can't see them either, Curt. But here's a particularly striking one I found...thanks for reminding me of him!

 

[h4ppy]

^^^edit: I say, that Viking appears to be a cross dresser.

James Dietz is my favorite artist. His war prints are the best art I've seen.

This man speaks the truth.

 

[thestonesfan]

Originally posted by h4ppy
^^^edit: I say, that Viking appears to be a cross dresser.

When you are at the helm of a ship crewed by dead men and demon-spawn, I figure you can wear whatever you want!

 

[CurtSibling]

@Lenin and Stonesfan:

This is strange, as you can see:
I can spot them easily!

 

[thestonesfan]

I can see that one.

 

[Johann MacLeod]

this one i want to see "Triumph in the Name of Jesus"

 

[Zwelgje]

I like Van Gogh a lot. When I was at the Van Gogh museum last year I especially liked this painting:

Really dark colors and a bit of a spooky atmosphere to it. The colors don't really come across in this picture but the real thing just made me shiver. Normally when I go to a museum I will check out a painting for maybe 10-20 seconds but this painting kept my attention for at least 10 minutes, it's so intense, unbelievable...