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I have a lot of favourite paintings and favourite painters. Thought I’d post a few local artists that you may not of heard of.
Brett Whitely
John Olsen
Fred Williams
Sidney Nolan
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Bought my sister a signed LTD edition SN lithograph for a wedding present many years ago. Still one of her favourite things. Never much got the Whitely thing, though.
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The Whiteley might just be a Sydney thing. He was a wasted talent.
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper is one of my favorites… not sure if I can pick a single painting as the favorite.
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I have a soft spot for Mucha; back in the 90’s some old friends were visiting me in Prague. We did the sights and galleries and were walking around Mala Strana, when my friends said we must stop and knock on this door. They had done some research and found out that Mrs Mucha was still alive. Sure enough a frail old lady opened the door to us. My Czech was basic, but she happily talked to us as it turned out she was English. It was a highlight for my friends.
How brilliant. I have been to the Mucha museum in Prague, but clearly not the same as meeting Mrs Mucha!
There is something about his art and style he developed in Paris that I really like… and of course it paved the way for a lot of commercial marketing graphic design/art which I find interesting. The four seasons, of which I have shown Autumn above, are quite exquisite and personify the seasons through a lens of a Parisian late 19th century ‘romantic’ feel.
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One of the pleasures of Prague is the fin de siecle and art nouveau architecture and associated work. Something that I only really appreciated on a recent return visit. I’m chuffed that this a shared pleasure.
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And finally for now… an artist who used the photograph like a canvas, so I hope the OP doesn’t object, but I adore the work of Saul Leiter … and his rainy scenes have a wonderful resonance, and this is a favourite.
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Love his work 
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If to qualify as a favourite painting was one that when first seen in the flesh stunned - and then one that you have found yourself going back to over and over again through the years ?
It would be for me the little painting of The Bridesmaid. By Sir John Millais.
Helps that this is in the Cambridge Fitzwilliam just up the road.
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So many choices, it might depend on mood. As an artist I might choose Kyffin Williams, but locally the picture I stand in front of and enjoy is The Watersplash in the Victoria Gallery in Bath
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The best paintings I’ve ever seen were probably the late Rembrandts, many of which were gathered together in London a couple of years ago.
I really love this, Windswept by the Cornish artist Neil Davies. The best thing is that it’s ours.
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My paternal grandfather was at Keble during the early 20’s. He was a keen ruby player, cricketer and clergyman. As a child I lived with his family in the mid 60’s. They always talked fondly about this picture which I eventually saw two years ago on a trip to Oxford. There are several other versions but this one always reminds me of my grandfather.
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David Inshaw - Our Days Were a Joy and Our Paths Through Flowers
Being asked to identify a favourite painting is rather like being asked to identify a favourite piece of music - impossible. I am very enthusiastic about the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but this painting (not PRB, of course) used to be on permanent display in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery and I spent many hours being transfixed by it whilst I was studying at the university. An image that digs into the depths of your emotions.
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