If you could own any painting or work of art. What would it be?

Gainsborough is famous for his portraits but I love the way he paints trees.

grannysyb

I haven't got room for either, but Whistlejacket by Stubbs or La Pieta by Michelangelo in the Vatican, I cried when I saw it.

I so understand what you say having been lucky enough to see The Prodigal Son by Rembrandt, in the Hermitage. It made me feel hugely emotional.

Anything by Gaugin. I love his work so much I know he was a bad boy but I guess that’s me😀 his work from the islands was particularly fantastic
I m definitely an impressionists gal and like most of them
And second favourite
Salvadore Dali so much to work out such a complex man and puzzling pictures love them
Do like Lowery too Did you see the film about him ?

TwiceAsNice

Anything by Caravaggio . His use of light is amazing

Snap!
Posted Doubting Thomas upthread.

While looking for Cave of the Storm Nymphs I came across The Acrobats by Gustave Dore.
Now there's a story in a painting.

Crossed post! Whitewavemark2

grandMattie is it Cracked Ice by Maryuma Okyo?

gm do you mean the screen painting?

If so that was done by Okyo.

I do like Japanese art. It is the clean lines and simple but powerful images that draw me.

I particularly like those of images of cranes, known as birds of happiness.

Westcoaster

For me nothing will ever beat Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali.
Sadly too big for any wall in my house though!

That would do me too, together with ‘the sculpture on the 4th plinth - Ecco homo!

I love Berthe Morisot’s paintings, but the one I would love to own, I saw at the National gallery .
I’m afraid I can’t remember the Japanese artist’s name, but it is all white with a few jagged black lines . It represents cracks in the ice of a frozen lake. So simple, so moving!

Absolutely anything at all by Leonora Carrington.

Oreo

Pretty much anything by Monet.

I said that even before I saw your post. His paintings are beautiful.

Let's try that again. Cave of the Storm Nymphs

Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire' was the first painting to catch my eye as a youngster, but I'm mostly a lover of the Pre-Raphaelites. I have 'The Lady of Shalott' by Waterhouse on my wall, but it's already been claimed.

I will have to go with a very special painting Cave of the Storm Nymphs which I discovered is in a private collection belonging to Andrew Lloyd Webber so I'll never see it. The depth of the cave is what lures me in. Then I can lead a debauched life lying in the sand naked playing with jewels.

No portraits at all; that painting of La Penitente would make me feel distinctly uneasy.

A beautiful scene, the countryside or the coast, perhaps with small figures in the distance, yes. I always loved Canaletto's paintings when I was younger but not so much now.
Tranquil scenes that can transport me to somewhere beautiful.

Looking at modern artists, I do have prints of John Lowrie Morrison and love his use of colour.
I like Cornish scenes by more modern artists of the last century too.

For me nothing will ever beat Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali.
Sadly too big for any wall in my house though!

AskAlice

Claude Monet's "The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil". Such a beautiful sunlit garden path with sunflowrs and the two little children. I have a print of it and it always cheers me up, particularly in the dark gloomy winter time.

I have that on my wall - not the original!

Doodledog

What a lovely thread! I love the pre-Raphaelites. I don’t know what I would choose though. As with so many things it depends on the day.

Me too!

Sorry Lixy I hadn’t read the whole thread before I posted. Great minds think alike!

Anything by Caravaggio . His use of light is amazing

Sam Toft is one of my favourite artists and I would choose ‘The Day I Met You’ if pushed for just one. Others show various adventures on a bicycle, always with a dog. Their quirkiness makes me smile every time.

If not that, then a Caravaggio please. His representation of light is astonishing.

AI tells me that Episode 3 of the Big Art series concentrates on Interstitial America and focuses on Grant Wood, Edward Hopper and David Smith.
I shall have to look up Interstitial. It's probably too long ago for it to be on iPlayer. But tomorrow I shall see if its still available.

Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer is lovely.

HelterSkelter1

NotSpaghetti. The programme was Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art presented by Waldemar Januszczak in 2018 on BBC4. The picture was so distinctive. They look so hardworking and straightforward.

Thank you.
I'd be interested to see that.

Yes. They are.
And hospitals.