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After endless hours of searching for years of this painting or sketch and being up all night long again on coffee way too much coffee I found it but Iām pretty pleased Iām going to share it
IMO he looks sooo divine here
wish i could find a bigger one probably can figure it out later i should OBVIOUSLY GO TO BED
favorite peice of art though hands down no doubt
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Almost three years ago I visited one exhibition of the Irish photographer Richard Mosse
Some of his works are very impressive, especially certain large format work. For instance, that guy purchased military surplus infrared cameras (border control type stuff), decommissioned from Frontex or so to take photographs from the refugee camps within the EU (e.g. Lampedusa).
He used those to create large panoramas which are several meters wide.
An different topic he is addressing is the destruction of rain forest in Brazil, there he used drones to locate illegal saw mills, also with reconnaissance grade camera equipment, creating aerial shots.
Hard to grasp solely from the regular pictures.
In case there is an exhibition from him close bye, I can totally recommend it.
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Since this thread has been active a bit I will post some.
Childrenās Games 1560, (Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Bruegel is a Flemish Renaissance artist. One of the reasons I like a lot of his art, such as this one, is how it portrays and shows daily life (Genre painting or petit genre) of people in the past, something I otherwise would have no clue. This painting shows a collection various childrens games, I havenāt counted them myself but there is supposed to be over 90 of them depicted here. Some of these toys I have used in my own artwork.
Antonio Rotta, Il caso senza speranza, 1871
A shoemaker giving the news of the impossibility of repairing the boot once again, back in a time where people didnāt buy new items much as it was too expensive compared to repairing. Antonio often painted scenes that were strong in empathy, his paintings are a visual narration of these themes among others.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, A Little Coaxing, 1890
This one is more simple, it is depicting sisters, on a concrete step, with the younger sister kissing the older one on the cheek.
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Oh! This thread came back! Iām sorry that I wonāt post high level art here, but I would like to share some of my favorite anime illustrations too. Clicking on the illustration will provide you with the source, if youāre interested.
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All paintings are by Hans Anderson Brendekilde from Denmark. Started off educated as a sculptor and started painting. He was one of the first Danish Painters (Along with Laurits Andersen Ring) who grew up among poor in the countryside and so portrays true conditions of rural Denmark between 1880 and 1920. Many artworks he painted portray poor people working on fields or their houses, showing the tragic sides of life. Some others depict just normal life in rural areas.
A wooded Path in Autumn (1902)
I like the colours and scene in this one, especially as Autumn and Winter are my favourite seasons of the year.
Blowing Bubbles (1906)
I like this painting as it captures a glimpse of life in the past
Fortrykt or Oppressed, 1887
A bit more information for this one but I also like this as it shows life of people int he past.
Poor children and very old without land are in a field collecting left over crops from a field after harvest (Gleaning). The left over crops could be because they didnāt meet standards, or fields were left as they were not viable or a certain amount was always left kind of like a type of welfare system, today this would be giving āunsuitableā food to those in need. At least in this specific painting it portrays a young maid and her fatherless child arrive from the city to live with her parents.
This is another painting but I noticed someone had already posted it here.
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in Europe at this time (1900s) (and usa) this was the Naturalism movement. In the 1850ā the pre-raphaelites thought they were the true naturalists but they were just really good aesthetes in my opnion (nothing natural about having your models spend all day in a cold
stream in a dress) but their work was magnificent. Naturalism was an acceptance the Industrial Revolution was here. People punched a clock or made do.
And poverty in peopleās lives, like Brendekilde painted, was taken straight up, naturally. Naturalism in literature was the style Hemingway, jack London, Willa Cather etc used.
BTW GREAT paintings.
[no stinking AI was used in my reply]
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These two paintings hang on my wall, and Iāve had them since I was a kidā¦
The first is the Battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, when Joshua Chamberlain led what was left of his 20th Maine in a bayonet charge down the mountain to save the Union Flank when all ammunition was spent after facing wave after wave of the Confederate army trying to overrun their flank and defeat the Union army.
The second is the High Water Mark, the point where the Confederates were stopped during Pickettās Charge against the Union-held stone wall on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Growing up I wore out 3 VHS sets of the Gettysburg movie, was always fascinated with that particular battle and was lucky enough to go walk that hallowed ground multiple times (only living about an hour away). Also read the book The Killer Angel upon which the movie was based. Both of these paintings were done by Mort KĆ¼nstler.
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I agree with this.
Mentioning Industrial revolution reminded me of other paintings of that Era too, or to bring photography in to it people like Lewis Hines who brought more exposure working class or child labour (At least in the USA, but Europe had similar photographers too). Here in the UK at least a lot of people remember the industrial revolution positives benefits achievements, but forgot about the working class and poor who kept it all running and working everyday who are often overshadowed, and then there are the people who lived rural areas since a lot of industrialisation was only in cities, or at least places like London got all the spotlight. In my family history as an example way back they had a small basket weaving shop (I think it was basket weaving) quite a small business but it was a lot of skill and manual work.
I will give these a check.
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Flatford Mill 1817
A landscape painting by John Constable. I like the colours and the peace this image provides, it looks like a calmer and slower paced lifestyle which I have grown to appreciate more compared to modern life. My life isnāt exactly like this with technology and internet, but more making changes to my life to make it less hectic than it needs to be.
The Highland Family 1824
This painting by David Wilkie goes in the opposite direction and portrays the dark interior of a home in the Scottish Highlands, life was tough in the highlands but captures the simple lives there, and also less advanced lifestyle compared to cities at the time. I am part Scottish and have Scottish folk in Scotland, lived in England all my life but have visited the Scottish countryside, of course the houses and highland lives are not like this anymore, for the better.
The Age of Innocence 1785-1788
Painting by Joshua Raynolds. This is a character study, and Joshua was known for his portraits of children, one of the main things he focused on was childhood innocence and grace. It was painted over another of Joshuaās work, A Strawberry Girl, potentially due to paint losses, only the hands from the original that didnāt deteriorate. The deterioration of the painting was documented since 1859.
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Reminds me of dad, he hung a copy of this in my room when I was a kid.
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Thatās breathtaking
I believe this is AI generated when I downloaded it I think thatās what I read but I canāt remember exactlyā¦ Regardless itās cool and Iāve been sharing it with a lot of my friends on through text message lately and I thought Iād share with you guys.
Whoever or whatever if AI generated created it itās awesome 
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The left hand fingers (our right) are a giveaway.
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Lol thanks maybe thatās not such an impressive piece of art after all lol.
On a positive note my dog got hit by a car today and I am so happy heās going to pull through tomorrow Iām expected to pick him up. They say 90% chance that he wonāt have any complications. They just got to drain some blood near his lung and hopefully the blood doesnāt keep coming back.
Yeah after learning that. Iām not so impressed by that piece of art anymore BUT who cares my dogs expected to live Iām so happy Iām so happy Iām so happy
Iāll share better art in the future lol
Getting hit by a car aināt easy on anyone
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Nice work, I have a few of Edward Hopperās work in my image collection. I like the use of space on this one, like some of his other works, such as the famous Nighthawks. I also like the painting āNew York Movieā as well.
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Donāt know if streetart does count, but here are 2 of my favourites:
I like Peetas artwork a lot:
https://www.peeta.net/works/walls/
Nychos artwork is amazing, also.
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This is digital art by me, no A.I. involved.
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Yes, I was influenced by Andy Warhol here. I used this iconic image of Johnny Cash to create the above image.
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If for some reason youād like the full resolution 2160x1460 image, you can download it here:
https://postimg.cc/DSkKtn0X
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