snuffypuffer 7 #1 Posted August 26, 2003 Here's a question for all the artsy types on here. Who are some of your favorite artists? Here are a few of mine, in no particular order. marc chagall robert Desnos, a surrealist poet. Charles Schultz Salvador Dali there's more.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyWatcher 0 #2 Posted August 26, 2003 Frank Frazetta really does some great stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starlyte 4 #3 Posted August 26, 2003 What a great topic Snuffy! Here are some of my favorites: First and foremost my absolute favorite artist is.... John William Waterhouse I also like... Claude Monet Amy Brown Edmund Blair Leighton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bizarro 2 #4 Posted August 26, 2003 Alexander Calder Wassily Kandinsky Cy Twombly Gustav Klimt Joan Miro i could go on and on. those are some of my favorites though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starlyte 4 #5 Posted August 26, 2003 Gustav Klimt Another good one! Who doesn't love "The Kiss"?!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffypuffer 7 #6 Posted August 26, 2003 Kandinsky and Frazetta rawk. Ohh, and what about Paul Gauguin and Mary Cassatt? Henri Toulousse Latrec. Yeah, I can keep going. Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, the whole Dada movement rocked hard core. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djdodo 0 #7 Posted August 26, 2003 I don't have meny .. hmm!! Mattie Stepanek His is young but his poems are so nice .. they really touch my heart .. here is a website which has an interview of him with Oprah .. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starlyte 4 #8 Posted August 26, 2003 I also like: Jessica Galbreth Boris Vallego Julie Bell And soooo many more!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exeter 31 #9 Posted August 26, 2003 My favorite to this day is Hans Rudy Giger. I've been a fan of his since before his work on the movie Alien. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aslan 3 #10 Posted August 26, 2003 No links, but I thought I'd join in anyway with a few of mine... Painters. El Greco Miro Lucien Freud Stanley Spencer Poets. Tony Harrison John Betjemen John Milton Coleridge Authors Kurt Vonnegut Milan Kundera Thomas Mann Geoffery Chaucer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pious Augustus 0 #11 Posted August 26, 2003 Some of my favorites are Alex Ross, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, Arthur Hughes, and Yoshitaka Amano. Others were already mentioned: Frank Frazetta Amy Brown John William Waterhouse Edmund Blair Leighton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 6 #12 Posted August 26, 2003 I like Kandinksy and Kokoschka... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaj 1 #13 Posted August 26, 2003 Music: Dave Gahan (DM) Films: Jim Carrey (Sooo funny) Robert De Niro And the best actor of all times Sean Connery Can´t think of anyone else right now...tired as H*** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blood Angel 2 #14 Posted August 26, 2003 Yoshiyuki Sadamoto the guy who drew and created neon genesis evangelion all hail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
backward progress 0 #15 Posted August 27, 2003 painters; vincent van ghog paul ganguin georges seurat singers; cat stevens john denver steven tyler (aerosmith) poets; robert greaves robert frost writers; g.b.shaw ann michaels ayn rand charles dickens -runaway train Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 6 #16 Posted November 4, 2003 Moved this oldie to the all new and improved "Writer's and Artist's Hangout". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Byuu94 0 #17 Posted November 11, 2003 M. C. Escher does mostly surreal stuff. lots of stairs and geometrical shapes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bright Eyes 0 #18 Posted November 12, 2003 M. C. Escher did the picture that was featured in 'Labyrinth' and was part of the castle in Goblin City. I've wanted a copy of that print for ages. My favourite artist is definitely Brian Froud, he has such a vivid imagination and pays fine attention to every little detail. He always has such a lot going on in his large compositions, he creates an entire different world. I love Franz Marc, as his favourite subject was animals, and he cared so much for them. I loved his use of surreal colours. I was so upset to find out he was killed in combat in World War II. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pious Augustus 0 #19 Posted November 13, 2003 My favourite artist is definitely Brian Froud, he has such a vivid imagination and pays fine attention to every little detail. He always has such a lot going on in his large compositions, he creates an entire different world. Froud is amazing! I only have his Good Fairies/bad Fairies book but i wish I own more of his stuff. Other artists I like are Edward Gorey and Tim Burton... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bright Eyes 0 #20 Posted November 13, 2003 Other artists I like are Edward Gorey and Tim Burton... I agree with you, Pious, about Tim Burton - Nightmare Before Xmas is one of my favourite movies and I have the book which shows all his original drawings and the set and character designs. My dream would have been to have worked on that film! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cufflink 4 #21 Posted November 13, 2003 I love the works of the romantic Victorian painters, my favourite being Edmund Blair Leighton. My favourite work of his, is The Accolade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pious Augustus 0 #22 Posted November 13, 2003 I agree with you, Pious, about Tim Burton - Nightmare Before Xmas is one of my favourite movies and I have the book which shows all his original drawings and the set and character designs. My dream would have been to have worked on that film! Yeah, my friend bought me the book (the published poem really) and I think its such a brilliant childrens book with its lavish design and illustrations. I am a fan of the film as well. In fact, right now I'm wearing one of my many NMBC t shirts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bright Eyes 0 #23 Posted November 13, 2003 Yeah, my friend bought me the book (the published poem really) and I think its such a brilliant childrens book with its lavish design and illustrations. I am a fan of the film as well. In fact, right now I'm wearing one of my many NMBC t shirts I've been obsessed by the film even before it came out - the imagination of Tim Burton is like no other, he creates pure magic! And every time I watch it I just admire those many artists who worked on it more and more. I have the original poem too, and this other book I have is more of the making of the film from the start of production to the end. Wish I could walk through the forest and find the doors! What I like about his artwork is the way he uses loads of lines to create patterns. I have the book Good/Bad faeries, and would like to collect all Froud's other books too. I have his faery oracle. Labyrinth is one of my favourite films, which is based on his artwork too. His son was Toby and what a cutie! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
