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Bruce

Art fanatics rejoice! thebyte now has a place where those who appreciate paintings can discuss they're favourites artists and paintings. Please do share!

As Luwalira will already know, I'm a big fan of Ed Mell. Mr. Mell is a Phoenix, Arizona resident who was born in 1942. As is obvious, much of his works draws inspiration from Grand Caynon.

'Shear Point Cliffs'


'Canyon Rain Columns'


'Canyon Cactus Bloom'


'Ochre Ramparts'


'Scattered Rain, Grand Canyon'


'Storm Runoff'


and this one..the title of which I cannot recall



I'm also a fan of Lawren Stewart Harris. LSH is a member of Canada's famous 'Group of Seven' and his work is fantastic.







A.Y. Jackson (also a member of the group of seven)

'Terre Sauvage' (1913)



'St. John’s, Newfoundland' (1951)

Rob

Great Bruce. Ed Mell's paintings are very reminiscent of the work of the Italian Futurists:

Fortunato Depero -Case alpestri in grigio (1936)



I really like Giacomo Balla.

Giacomo Balla - Lampado ad Arco (1910)


Giacomo Balla - Correa de perro en movimiento (1912)

Bruce

Fortunato Deperoof's work looks very interesting! Anymore?

Rob

Hi Bruce ... his name is Depero ....sorry about my crazy spelling I'm going mad ...I even called you Jeff in the above post (I just edited it)

Fortunato Depero (1892-1960) is a great artist who has been very influential, particularly in the area of graphic design.

Italian Modernism is often overlooked ....I have a great love for early 20th century Italian and Russian art.

Fortunato Depero
































































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Rob

Even today some contemporary artists are influenced by Depero (and his contemporaries)

Mark Kostabi's work reminds me of Depero.

Mark Kostabi is a well known contemporary American artist.

Bruce

Lol

I hadn't heard of Depero, but his work is just fantastic!


Love these!


Love how Depero uses his shapes and context; not to mention his use of colours.

My favourite without a doubt.

Also very interesting!

Thanks for sharing!

Bruce

By posting these, I believe I am moving away from the "traditional meaning" of a painting (especially as I believe some of them are done with graphics, manipulations, etc). Couldn't resist posting them though.

All done by Hugh Syme

Rob

Very cool Bruce

Rob

I have really loved the work of Vuillard for a long time. He was a member of an art group who called themselves "Les Nabis" (pronounced na-bee). He was a post-Impressionist. Post-Impressionism was probably the first genuine Modern Art style. The important thing about post-Impressionism is the abstraction of natural forms and shapes to become more geometric -- suddenly the composition and shapes in the painting were becoming more important than the actual subject matter -- this was a very big step in the development of Modern western art. The other important thing about post-Impressionism was the obvious distortion of perspective ...in fact there can be several perspective planes in the same picture -- this was an influence on Cubism later on.

There are more important post-Impressionists than Vuillard (like Van Gogh, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Gauguin) but I have long had a fondness for his works.

Unfortunately, some of the real beauty of these paintings is lost in photographs -- the way the paint is applied to the canvas is a very important aspect of their aesthetic power.

Jean-Édouard Vuillard 1868-1940.













In this painting (below) we can see how Vuillard is starting to see the painting as an object in its own right -- rather than a depiction of the world. The artist is dividing up the spacial plane of the canvas in a more abstract way ...this kind of thinking led to pure abstraction in Modern Art a little bit later. The subjects of the painting were now becoming less important to the meaning or intentions of the work ...they were becoming abstract elements in a composition.

The abstract nature of the composition (almost like a snap shot) was likely influenced by photography too ...it is certainly a break from the formality of traditional portrait painting.







I absolutely love this painting (below). Apart from the obvious Art Nouveau influence (Art Nouveau was the most fashionable decorative-art style in France at the time), the subject has almost been entirely reduced to abstract forms. In fact, it might even take a second to realize what the subject even is.

Bruce

Unbelievable Rob. You really are a book of knowledge!

I'm afraid I haven't much else to say as my personal knowledge in art doesn't surpass a general appreciation.

My father has a much greater appreciation and knowledge when it comes to this stuff. As a result, I'm going to try and get him to join.

That's quite an interesting painting and as you said, certainly a departure from the norm. My impression is that Jean's aim was not to focus the entirety of the painting on himself, but most everything around him too. Photography inspired? I'd most certainly say so.

Once again, thank you for the interesting information and artist!